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x Population genetics of selected Appalachian species       Yes         Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Cleveland Museum of Natural History Andrew W. Jones Microsoft Access   No North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences   Still collecting data in NE states. Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count survey Andrew W. Jones       2009 2006
Red-eyed Vireo One grad student will analyze VEER song differences across range and relate to genetic data. Appalachian Mountains Nest monitoring John Gerwin
Swainson's Warbler Transect
Veery Spot map
Dark-eyed Junco
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x Cherokee National Forest Fall Migrant Bird Banding      
Objective: To pool the data of 3 volunteers from long-term high elevation banding stations and examine species trends, relate trends with habitat variables, and examine trends within individual species such as longevity, return data, differences in...
Yes         Bird United States Forest Service Laura Lewis SAS   No Tennessee Ornithological Society   Just beginning trend analysis. Bird Conservation Region 28 Mist net Mark Ford         1990
Cherokee National Forest
x Northern Saw-whet Owl Surveys      
We surveyed sites where others (notably Mark Simpson) had found birds in years past and some new sites. Primary objective was to see if birds were still at same locations and to see if we could find any new locations.
Yes         Northern Saw-whet Owl U.S. National Park Service Robert Cherry Microsoft Word   No     Narrative available for 2005 Blue Ridge Parkway Point count with callback recordings Robert Cherry       2006 2004
Bird Microsoft Access Bird Conservation Region 28
x Hermit Thrush, Catharus guttatus, and Veery, C. fuscescens, habitat associations in a dynamic Southern Appalachian Spruce-fir Forest         Yes     Andrew Laughlin   Hermit Thrush East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop     Yes     Study will begin in spring 2009 Bird Conservation Region 28 Nest monitoring Fred Alsop   Spruce-fir forest   Aug 2010 Apr 2009
Veery Appalachian Mountains
Bird
x The Common Raven (Corvus corax) in Tennessee       No     Allan Trently   Common Raven East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop     Yes Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency   Results published as an MS thesis. Title unknown at this time. Bird Conservation Region 28 Opportunistic sightings Fred Alsop Documentation of Common Raven nest location and breeding success in southern Appalachian Mountains     1999 1997
Results published in The Migrant. Tennessee Nest monitoring
x Behavorial Study of the Breeding Season of the Alder Flycather, Empidonax alnorum, on Roan Mountain      
Project Objective: To determine the breeding history on Roan Mt (TN/NC), behavior, and habitat requirements
No     Brenda Hull MS thesis Alder Flycatcher East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop     Yes     MS thesis contains details. Roan Mountain Nest monitoring Fred Alsop Flycatcher arrival dates established, territories were located, bird’s behavior observed, nest monitored     1988 1987
Bird Bird Conservation Region 28 Opportunistic sightings
x Natural History of the Northern Saw-Whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus, in the Southern Appalachian Mountains      
Placement of nest boxes on Roan & Unaka mountains, monitoring of singing owls, monitoring of breeding success, recording prey items brought to nest, record of nest parasites, comparison with outer populations, some birds captured and measured.
No     Mark Barb MS thesis Northern Saw-whet Owl East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop     Yes United States Forest Service   Study published in MS thesis Roan Mountain Nest monitoring Fred Alsop Data collected on nesting cycle, clutch size, incubation times, egg sizes, food cached and brought to nests, parasites, surrounding vegetation.     1994 1993
Bird Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Manuscript in preparation for submission. Cherokee National Forest Opportunistic sightings
Unaka Range
Bird Conservation Region 28
x Avian Populations of the High Altitude Red Spruce Forest and Associated Northern Hardwoods on Unaka Mountain, Unicoi County, Tennessee       No     George Radford Mayfield III MS Thesis Bird East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop     Yes ETSU Research Development Committee   Nesting of Saw-Whet Owl published in The Migrant; thesis unpublished Bird Conservation Region 28 Opportunistic sightings Fred Alsop Annotated species list compiled, 9.9 hectare breeding bird plot established, species densities computed/compared with similar locations in the literature, Magnolia Warblers detected in breeding seasons, first nesting of N. Saw-Whet Owl confirmed in nesting box for Tennessee.     1993 1991
Magnolia Warbler Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Southern Appalachian Mountains Nest monitoring
Northern Saw-whet Owl United States Forest Service Transect
x Habitat analysis and survey of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius, in the Southern Appalachians         No     C. Jason Osborne MS Thesis Bird East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop     Yes United States Forest Service   Results published in M.S. Master Thesis: electronic version on line ETSU Southern Appalachian Mountains Nest monitoring Fred Alsop Several sapsucker territories were located in Washington Co., VA, some nests were monitored, habitat descriptions were compiled.     2001 1999
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Bird Conservation Region 28
x Changes in the spruce-fir avifauna of Mt. Guyot, Tennessee, 1967-1985      
Comparative breeding bird census
No     T. F. Laughlin Changes in the spruce-fir avifauna of Mt. Guyot, Tennessee, 1967-1985 Bird East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop     Yes U.S. National Park Service     Great Smoky Mountains National Park Transect Fred Alsop Breeding birds on 60 acre plot compared with previous work on same plot w/changes in vegetation noted Spruce-fir forest   1985  
Mount Guyot Opportunistic sightings
Bird Conservation Region 28
x Breeding habitats and biology of the Golden-winged Warbler in the Appalachian highlands of upper East Tennessee      
Objective: Estimate breeding population, locate and describe nests & contents, describe vegetation/habitat
No     Melinda Wilson MS Thesis Golden-winged Warbler East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop     Yes Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency   Study described in MS thesis Appalachian Mountains Nest monitoring Fred Alsop Population estimate, number of territorial males, nest searches/monitoring, vegetation data.     1997 1996
Bird Hampton Creek Cove Natural Area Opportunistic sightings
Bird Conservation Region 28
x A breeding bird census of the spruce habitat on Whitetop Mountain, Virginia      
Objective: Estimate breeding population, locate and describe nests & contents, describe vegetation/habitat on Whitetop Mountain, VA.
No     Elizabeth A. Wright MS thesis Bird East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop     Yes United States Forest Service   Study described in MS thesis Whitetop Mountain Nest monitoring Fred Alsop Breeding bird survey, population estimate, number of territorial males, nest searches/monitoring, vegetation data. Spruce-fir forest   1994 1993
Resident bird Bird Conservation Region 28 Opportunistic sightings
Transect
x A breeding bird census of boreal forest habitat on Roan Mountain, Mitchell County, North Carolina      
Objective: Estimate breeding population, locate and describe nests & contents, describe vegetation/habitat
No     Steven H. Hale MS Thesis Bird East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop     Yes United States Forest Service   Study summarized in MS thesis Mitchell County Opportunistic sightings Fred Alsop Breeding bird survey, population estimate, number of territorial males, nest searches/monitoring, vegetation data. Spruce-fir forest   1980 1979
Resident bird Bird Conservation Region 28 Transect
Roan Mountain Nest monitoring
x Virginia Avian Heritage      
Virginia is unique in that it is considered the birthplace of ornithology in this country.  It has become the incomparable benefactor for the most extensive collection of archives that describe avifaunal change.  Much of the ornithological...
Yes         Peregrine Falcon Center for Conservation Biology Michael D. Wilson Microsoft Excel   No Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries   Archive of Historical information from 1900-present Bird Conservation Region 28 Opportunistic sightings Michael D. Wilson         1900
Bewick's Wren Virginia
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Swainson's Thrush
Golden-winged Warbler
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x U.S. Nightjar Survey Network      
The Nightjar Survey Network is a new and statistically powerful monitoring program, coordinated by the Center for Conservation Biology, which is designed to collect information on the population status of Nightjar species across the United States....
Yes         Nightjar Center for Conservation Biology Michael D. Wilson STATISTICA   No       Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count survey Michael D. Wilson       Jul 28, 2007 May 12, 2007
Whip-poor-will Microsoft Excel United States of America Point count with callback recordings Jul 26, 2008 May 18, 2008
Chuck-will's-widow ArcGIS Transect
x Investigation of Cliffs and Cliff-nesting Birds of the Southern Appalachians      
A systematic aerial survey of cliffs and cliff use by birds was conducted throughout a significant portion of the southern Appalachian Mountains covering nearly all of the mountains of Virginia a small portion of Kentucky, and the spine of the...
Yes         Turkey Vulture Center for Conservation Biology Bryan Watts ArcGIS   No U.S. National Park Service     Bird Conservation Region 28 Aerial survey Bryan Watts One of the benefits of the systematic approach used in this survey is the documentation that exposed rock surfaces are not evenly or randomly distributed throughout the study area. The survey allowed for the delineation of 6 geographic areas that contain dominant rock formations that will not be degraded over time by vegetation and multiple surfaces that appear appropriate for nesting. Cliff   Jul 4, 2006 May 5, 2006
Common Raven Microsoft Excel Southern Appalachian Mountains
Peregrine Falcon
American Black Vulture
Bird
x Allegheny Highlands IBA Golden-winged Warbler Surveys      
Determine distribution and abundance of Golden-winged Warblers to support IBA nomination
Yes         Blue-winged Warbler Virginia Important Bird Area Program Mary Elfner ArcGIS   No United States Forest Service   Digital locations available but may not have been collected by GPS. Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count survey Mary Elfner       Jun 7, 2005 Jun 1, 2005
Golden-winged Warbler Allegheny Mountains Jun 7, 2006 Jun 1, 2006
Bird
x Pine Mountain, Powell Mountain, Stone Mountain IBA Surveys       Yes         Bird Virginia Important Bird Area Program Mary Elfner ArcGIS   No       Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count survey Mary Elfner       Jun 23, 2006 May 8, 2006
Stone Mountain
Pine Mountain
Powell Mountain
x Status Assessment of Golden-winged Warblers and Bewick’s Wrens in Virginia      
The purpose of this report is to provide a rapid assessment of Golden-winged Warblers and Bewick’s Wren in Virginia. Specifically we determined 1) species’ distributions, 2) habitat use and requirements, and 3) the amount of geographic...
Yes         Blue-winged Warbler Center for Conservation Biology Michael D. Wilson Microsoft Excel   Yes Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries     Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count survey Michael D. Wilson Blue-winged Warblers were detected in all but one county where Golden-winged Warblers occurred. The two species distributions overlapped in elevation but differed somewhat in habitat use.     2006 2006
Bewick's Wren Appalachian Mountains
Golden-winged Warbler Virginia
Bird
x VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Breeding Bird Surveys      
Provide baseline inventory of avian community, evaluate effects of management actions and assess habitat use
Yes         Bird Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Sergio Harding Microsoft Access   Yes       Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count survey Sergio Harding Data have not been analyzed     Jul 2005 May 2005
Virginia
x Shenandoah NPS Priority Bird Species Monitoring       Yes         Cerulean Warbler Virginia Important Bird Area Program Mary Elfner ArcGIS   No The Nature Conservancy   Breeding season 2007 - temporarily suspended. Bird Conservation Region 28 Transect Mary Elfner       2007 2007
Winter Wren U.S. National Park Service Shenandoah Mountains
Canada Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
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x Inventory of Bird Communities within High Elevation Sites of Virginia      
Objective:  to conduct baseline surveys of high-elevation bird communities in Virginia
Yes         Bird Smithsonian Institution Conservation and Research Center William McShea Microsoft Excel   Yes Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries   2005-2007 breeding seasons Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count survey Heather Lessig       2007 2005
Analysis in progress Virginia
Appalachian Mountains
x Comparison of Black-capped and Carolina Chickadee      
An extensive project (my MS Thesis) to map the ranges of Black-capped and Carolina Chickadees and their hybrids over the full extent of the the former's range in North Carolina. Method was by mapping their calls (the &quot...
        Taxonomic and distributional relationships of Black-capped (Parus atricapillus) and Carolina (P. carolinensis) chickadees in the southern Blue Ridge Province, North Carolina Black-capped Chickadee Western Carolina University Michael H. Tove             Appalachian Mountains              
Carolina Chickadee Bird Conservation Region 28
Bird Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina
Plott Balsams
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x Survey of Northern Saw Whet Owls during autumn migration in the Southern Appalachians      
Objective: Identify, quantify and gather health condition data on Northern Saw Whet Owls in the blue ridge of the southern Appalachians, specifically on Big Bald Mountain, Madison County, NC
Yes         Northern Saw-whet Owl Southern Appalachian Raptor Research Mark Hopey Bandit   No United States Forest Service   Project ongoing as of Fall 2008 Big Bald Mountain Trapping Mark Hopey NSWO may nest on Big Bald. An investigation of probable nest locations is planned.       Aug 2004
Bird Microsoft Excel Falcon Research Group Southern Appalachian Mountains
Bird Conservation Region 28
x Survey of diurnal raptors during autumn migration in the Southern Appalachians                   Bird of prey Southern Appalachian Raptor Research         Falcon Research Group     Southern Appalachian Mountains              
Bird United States Forest Service Bird Conservation Region 28
x NCWRC Cold Mountain Game Land Bird Survey      
Objective: Inventory and monitoring of bird community on mid to high elevation game land (Cold Mountain Game Land, Haywood County, NC).
Yes         Bird North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Christine Kelly Microsoft Access   No     Project on-going Cold Mountain Game Land Point count survey North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   Oak-hickory forest     2003
Black-throated Blue Warbler Cold Mountain Northern hardwood forest concept
Golden-crowned Kinglet Bird Conservation Region 28 Acidic cove forest
Common Raven Rich cove forest
Ruffed Grouse
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x Monongahela National Forest Point Count Surveys      
Point count survey routes run annually for 1) long-term trend data and 2) to assess changes in breeding bird community as related to land management activities.
Yes     Donna Mitchell   Bird United States Forest Service Catherine Johnson Microsoft Excel   Yes West Virginia Division of Natural Resources   WVDNR enters data in a combined database with their point counts Monongahela National Forest Transect Catherine Johnson   Spruce-fir forest   2008 1993
Approximately 40 of the routes on the Forest are in NH/Spruce habitats (at least a portion of the route). Most of these are run by the Forest (i.e., routes are either run by Forest biologists, or contracted out by the Forest), but some are run out of the WVDNR. Of the Forest-run routes, six have been run for > 10 years, with another five having been run for 6-9 years. Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count survey Northern hardwood forest concept
x Monongahela National Forest Northern Saw-whet Owl Surveys                   Northern Saw-whet Owl United States Forest Service Kevin Boyle             Monongahela National Forest Nest monitoring            
Maryland Department of Natural Resources David Brinker Bird Conservation Region 28 Mist net
x Monongahela National Forest Northern Goshawk Surveys      
Goshawk surveys conducted for: 1) clearance of project areas, 2) historical nest site checks, 3) high potential habitat forestwide surveys
Yes     David Brinker   Bird United States Forest Service Jay Martin Microsoft Excel   No Maryland Department of Natural Resources   Historic nest sites have been tracked since 1989 Bird Conservation Region 28 Opportunistic sightings Catherine Johnson          
Northern Goshawk Catherine Johnson Some parallel research with banding and satellite transmitters. Monongahela National Forest Transect
Nest monitoring
x Characteristics of Golden-winged Warbler Nest Microhabitat         No         Bird West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Petra Wood     Yes United States Forest Service   In addition to the ongoing study, Forest biologists have begun doing callback surveys in potential habitat across the Forest Bird Conservation Region 28 Nest monitoring           2008
Golden-winged Warbler West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Monongahela National Forest Point count with callback recordings
West Virginia University
x Allegheny Front Migration Observatory      
The Allegheny Front Migration Observatory (AFMO), located in Grant County, West Virginia, has completed its 49th year of bird banding.  The 50th season starts August 11, 2007 and ends October 13, 2007.
Yes         Bird Brooks Bird Club Joan Bell Pattison             Bird Conservation Region 28 Mist net           1958
Ralph K. Bell Grant County
x Purchase Knob MAPS Station      
Objective: monitor bird productivity and survivorship in northern hardwood/red oak habitat, along with regenerating field species (4,700’ elevation)
Yes         Gray Catbird U.S. National Park Service Paul E. Super     Yes The Institute for Bird Populations   Run mostly by volunteers and GSMNP staff; was discontinued for lack of GSMNP staff time availability. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Mist net Danielle Kaschube   Northern hardwood forest concept   2007 2002
Dark-eyed Junco Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center Bird Conservation Region 28
Veery Haywood County
Blackburnian Warbler
Bird
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x Balsam Mountain MAPS Station       Yes         Canada Warbler U.S. National Park Service Paul E. Super     Yes The Institute for Bird Populations   One NSWO captured in 2008. Bird Conservation Region 28 Mist net Danielle Kaschube   Spruce-fir forest     2008
Bird Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Golden-crowned Kinglet Blue Ridge Parkway
Dark-eyed Junco Haywood County
Black-capped Chickadee Jackson County
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x Mountian to Sea Trail construction effects on Northern Saw-whet Owl      
Objective: To assess impacts to the local saw whet owl population caused by construction of the Mountains To Sea Trail and by increased levels of human activity as a result of trail use. Attempted to document population density, territory placement,...
Yes         Northern Saw-whet Owl U.S. National Park Service Tim Milling     No     Year 1 study of planned three year study. I do not know if the subsequent, post-trail construction study was implemented. Bird Conservation Region 28 Transect Tim Milling Results suggest that barred owl activity and certain types of human activity may discourage saw whet owls from locating their breeding season territories where these disturbances are present.     2000 2000
Bird Density - Estimates based on area along transect encompassing maximum detection distance (i.e., distance within which detection is thought to be 100%). North Carolina Spot map
Territory spacing in relation to disturbances- Disturbance categories included motor vehicles, daytime human pedestrian activity along trails and parking areas, night time human activity at camping and residential areas, and barred and great horned owl activity. Mountains-to-Sea Trail Nest monitoring
x Breeding biology of the Southern Appalachian Yellow-bellied Sapsucker      
Objective: Determine breeding habitat, distribution, nest site selection, territory sizes and gather any behavioral data.
      Robert Cherry   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Mars Hill College John Gerwin       U.S. National Park Service   funding provided mainly by USFWS, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, and Mars Hill College; logistic help from NPS. We did a broad “So. App” survey with staff plus volunteers; also did the focal study at 3 sites in NC. Southern Appalachian Mountains Point count survey John Gerwin nests found from 3m to 20m high, but mostly below 15m; snag dbh’s were 25-35 cm; clutch size in 2004 was 6, for nearly 50 nests (almost no variation really); in 2005 it was 5, likely due to two hard freezes during nest excavation period.        
Bird North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count with callback recordings Scott Pearson birds are selecting northern hardwoods, and areas on slopes just below the rim, and NOT down in the “bowl”; nest sites are in the largest trees within a plot; cavities are made in dead or mostly dead snags in live trees.
Opportunistic sightings Sugar Maple, Black Locust, and Red Maple were preferred nest trees; some nests within 100m of each other, but birds foraged wider; seemed to “skip” over territories to get to certain “feeding” trees; hickories used extensively early in spring, after which they used sugar and red maple’s, red oak, yellow poplar and others; Serviceberry a very important component of food to nestlings in June.
Nest monitoring we noted intense nest competition/usurpation by the squirrels; at least one banded pair has returned to the same territory/snag 3 years in a row.
Transect
x Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrants in the Southern Appalachians       Yes       Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrants in the Southern Appalachians 1999 Annual Report Bird United States Geological Survey Theodore R. Simons Microsoft Access   Yes       Great Smoky Mountains National Park Point count survey Theodore R. Simons For all years combined we established and censused 4,159 independent plots and conducted 3,414 repeat counts. In total, we recorded 74,797 individuals of 115 species. The increase in the total number of species observed over time is due to increased census coverage of the park, particularly in unique areas such as Cades Cove and The Purchase.     1999 1996
U.S. National Park Service Susan Shriner Bird Conservation Region 28 We did not detect any major differences in bird community composition or abundance between years. The relative abundance of some species did change from year to year, but these changes are consistent with differences in the sampling locations for each year.
In 1998 we combined census data with variables from the GRSM Geographic Information System (GIS) database to develop a logistic regression model for Wood Thrush. The model predicts the probability of detecting a Wood Thrush as a function of several habitat and topographic variables.
x The effects of landscape pattern, core areas, and forest managment practices on avian communities in the Southern Appalachians      
This study expands an avian community study in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM) to include U.S. Forest Service lands adjacent to the Park. GRSM will be used as a control site to examine breeding populations of forest...
Yes       The Effects of Landscape Pattern, Core Areas, and Forest Managment Practices on Avian Communities in the Southern Appalachians 1999 Annual Report Bird United States Forest Service Theodore R. Simons Microsoft Access   Yes U.S. National Park Service     Great Smoky Mountains National Park Nest monitoring Theodore R. Simons       1999 1997
United States Geological Survey Jeremy Lichstein Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count survey
Kendrick Weeks
Kathleen E. Franzreb
x Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on High Elevation Fauna in Great Smoky Mountains National Park      
The goal of this research is to examine the effects of atmospheric pollution on two groups of high elevation terrestrial animals. Air pollution such as acid precipitation and mercury toxicity remains high in eastern forests, and is considered a...
Yes       Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on High Elevation Fauna in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Progress Report 2008 Dark-eyed Junco North Carolina State University Theodore R. Simons Microsoft Access   No U.S. National Park Service     Great Smoky Mountains National Park Nest monitoring Theodore R. Simons   Spruce-fir forest     2006
Snail United States Geological Survey Becky Keller Bird Conservation Region 28
x Landscape level habitat characteristics of Cerulean Warblers                   Cerulean Warbler West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Petra Wood       Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture     Bird Conservation Region 28              
x Effects of gas well development on birds in the Appalachian Mountains             Drilling Oil and Gas Wells     Cerulean Warbler West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Petra Wood             Bird Conservation Region 28              
Stream assessment Louisiana Waterthrush
Bird conservation Bird
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