Bird: Conservation projects Filter Conservation project topics

Project start and end dates:

• 2006

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Focal taxa:

• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
,
• Red-eyed Vireo
,
• Swainson's Warbler
,
• Veery

Lead agency/organization:

• Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Lead contact person(s):

• Andrew W. Jones

Database software:

• Microsoft Access

Vegetation data collected?:

• No

Partner agency/organization(s):

• North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Comments:

• Still collecting data in NE states.
,
• One grad student will analyze VEER song differences across range and relate to genetic data.

Project location(s):

• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Appalachian Mountains

Data collection method(s):

• Point count survey
,
• Nest monitoring
,
• Transect
,
• Spot map

Project start and end dates:

• 1990

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Focal taxa:

• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• United States Forest Service

Lead contact person(s):

• Laura Lewis

Database software:

• SAS

Vegetation data collected?:

• No

Partner agency/organization(s):

• Tennessee Ornithological Society

Comments:

• Just beginning trend analysis.

Project location(s):

• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Cherokee National Forest

Data collection method(s):

• Mist net

Project start and end dates:

• 2004

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Focal taxa:

• Northern Saw-whet Owl
,
• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• U.S. National Park Service

Lead contact person(s):

• Robert Cherry

Database software:

• Microsoft Word
,
• Microsoft Access

Vegetation data collected?:

• No

Comments:

• Narrative available for 2005

Project location(s):

• Blue Ridge Parkway
,
• Bird Conservation Region 28

Data collection method(s):

• Point count with callback recordings

Project start and end dates:

• Apr 2009

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Other key personnel:

• Andrew Laughlin

Focal taxa:

• Hermit Thrush
,
• Veery
,
• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• East Tennessee State University

Lead contact person(s):

• Fred Alsop

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Comments:

• Study will begin in spring 2009

Project location(s):

• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Appalachian Mountains

Data collection method(s):

• Nest monitoring

Data manager:

• Fred Alsop

Project start and end dates:

• 1987

Locations georeferenced?:

• No

Other key personnel:

• Brenda Hull

Associated publication(s):

• MS thesis

Focal taxa:

• Alder Flycatcher
,
• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• East Tennessee State University

Lead contact person(s):

• Fred Alsop

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Comments:

• MS thesis contains details.

Project location(s):

• Roan Mountain
,
• Bird Conservation Region 28

Data collection method(s):

• Nest monitoring
,
• Opportunistic sightings

Data manager:

• Fred Alsop

Project start and end dates:

• 1993

Locations georeferenced?:

• No

Other key personnel:

• Mark Barb

Associated publication(s):

• MS thesis

Focal taxa:

• Northern Saw-whet Owl
,
• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• East Tennessee State University

Lead contact person(s):

• Fred Alsop

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Partner agency/organization(s):

• United States Forest Service
,
• Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Comments:

• Study published in MS thesis
,
• Manuscript in preparation for submission.

Project location(s):

• Roan Mountain
,
• Cherokee National Forest
,
• Unaka Range
,
• Bird Conservation Region 28

Data collection method(s):

• Nest monitoring
,
• Opportunistic sightings

Data manager:

• Fred Alsop

Project start and end dates:

• 1991

Locations georeferenced?:

• No

Other key personnel:

• George Radford Mayfield III

Associated publication(s):

• MS Thesis

Focal taxa:

• Bird
,
• Magnolia Warbler
,
• Northern Saw-whet Owl

Lead agency/organization:

• East Tennessee State University

Lead contact person(s):

• Fred Alsop

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Partner agency/organization(s):

• ETSU Research Development Committee
,
• Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
,
• United States Forest Service

Comments:

• Nesting of Saw-Whet Owl published in The Migrant; thesis unpublished

Project location(s):

• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Southern Appalachian Mountains

Data collection method(s):

• Opportunistic sightings
,
• Nest monitoring
,
• Transect

Data manager:

• Fred Alsop

Project start and end dates:

• 1999

Locations georeferenced?:

• No

Other key personnel:

• C. Jason Osborne

Associated publication(s):

• MS Thesis

Focal taxa:

• Bird
,
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Lead agency/organization:

• East Tennessee State University

Lead contact person(s):

• Fred Alsop

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Partner agency/organization(s):

• United States Forest Service

Comments:

• Results published in M.S. Master Thesis: electronic version on line ETSU

Project location(s):

• Southern Appalachian Mountains
,
• Bird Conservation Region 28

Data collection method(s):

• Nest monitoring

Data manager:

• Fred Alsop

Project start and end dates:

Locations georeferenced?:

• No

Other key personnel:

• T. F. Laughlin

Associated publication(s):

• Changes in the spruce-fir avifauna of Mt. Guyot, Tennessee, 1967-1985

Focal taxa:

• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• East Tennessee State University

Lead contact person(s):

• Fred Alsop

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Partner agency/organization(s):

• U.S. National Park Service

Project location(s):

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
,
• Mount Guyot
,
• Bird Conservation Region 28

Data collection method(s):

• Transect
,
• Opportunistic sightings

Data manager:

• Fred Alsop

Results summary:

• Breeding birds on 60 acre plot compared with previous work on same plot w/changes in vegetation noted

Project start and end dates:

• 1996

Locations georeferenced?:

• No

Other key personnel:

• Melinda Wilson

Associated publication(s):

• MS Thesis

Focal taxa:

• Golden-winged Warbler
,
• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• East Tennessee State University

Lead contact person(s):

• Fred Alsop

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Partner agency/organization(s):

• Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Comments:

• Study described in MS thesis

Project location(s):

• Appalachian Mountains
,
• Hampton Creek Cove Natural Area
,
• Bird Conservation Region 28

Data collection method(s):

• Nest monitoring
,
• Opportunistic sightings

Data manager:

• Fred Alsop

Project start and end dates:

• 1993

Locations georeferenced?:

• No

Other key personnel:

• Elizabeth A. Wright

Associated publication(s):

• MS thesis

Focal taxa:

• Bird
,
• Resident bird

Lead agency/organization:

• East Tennessee State University

Lead contact person(s):

• Fred Alsop

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Partner agency/organization(s):

• United States Forest Service

Comments:

• Study described in MS thesis

Project location(s):

• Whitetop Mountain
,
• Bird Conservation Region 28

Data collection method(s):

• Nest monitoring
,
• Opportunistic sightings
,
• Transect

Data manager:

• Fred Alsop

Results summary:

• Breeding bird survey, population estimate, number of territorial males, nest searches/monitoring, vegetation data.

Project start and end dates:

• 1979

Locations georeferenced?:

• No

Other key personnel:

• Steven H. Hale

Associated publication(s):

• MS Thesis

Focal taxa:

• Bird
,
• Resident bird

Lead agency/organization:

• East Tennessee State University

Lead contact person(s):

• Fred Alsop

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Partner agency/organization(s):

• United States Forest Service

Comments:

• Study summarized in MS thesis

Project location(s):

• Mitchell County
,
• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Roan Mountain

Data collection method(s):

• Opportunistic sightings
,
• Transect
,
• Nest monitoring

Data manager:

• Fred Alsop

Results summary:

• Breeding bird survey, population estimate, number of territorial males, nest searches/monitoring, vegetation data.

Project start and end dates:

• May 5, 2006

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Focal taxa:

• Turkey Vulture
,
• Common Raven
,
• Peregrine Falcon
,
• American Black Vulture

Lead agency/organization:

• Center for Conservation Biology

Lead contact person(s):

• Bryan Watts

Database software:

• ArcGIS
,
• Microsoft Excel

Vegetation data collected?:

• No

Partner agency/organization(s):

• U.S. National Park Service

Project location(s):

• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Southern Appalachian Mountains

Data collection method(s):

• Aerial survey

Data manager:

• Bryan Watts

Results summary:

• 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.

Project start and end dates:

• Jun 1, 2005
,
• Jun 1, 2006

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Focal taxa:

• Blue-winged Warbler
,
• Golden-winged Warbler
,
• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• Virginia Important Bird Area Program

Lead contact person(s):

• Mary Elfner

Database software:

• ArcGIS

Vegetation data collected?:

• No

Partner agency/organization(s):

• United States Forest Service

Comments:

• Digital locations available but may not have been collected by GPS.

Project location(s):

• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Allegheny Mountains

Data collection method(s):

• Point count survey

Project start and end dates:

• May 8, 2006

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Focal taxa:

• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• Virginia Important Bird Area Program

Lead contact person(s):

• Mary Elfner

Database software:

• ArcGIS

Vegetation data collected?:

• No

Project location(s):

• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Stone Mountain
,
• Pine Mountain
,
• Powell Mountain

Data collection method(s):

• Point count survey

Project start and end dates:

• 2006

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Focal taxa:

• Blue-winged Warbler
,
• Bewick's Wren
,
• Golden-winged Warbler
,
• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• Center for Conservation Biology

Lead contact person(s):

• Michael D. Wilson

Database software:

• Microsoft Excel

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Partner agency/organization(s):

• Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Project location(s):

• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Appalachian Mountains
,
• Virginia

Data collection method(s):

• Point count survey

Data manager:

• Michael D. Wilson

Project start and end dates:

• May 2005

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Focal taxa:

• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Lead contact person(s):

• Sergio Harding

Database software:

• Microsoft Access

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Project location(s):

• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Virginia

Data collection method(s):

• Point count survey

Data manager:

• Sergio Harding

Project start and end dates:

• 2007

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Focal taxa:

• Cerulean Warbler
,
• Winter Wren
,
• Canada Warbler
,
• Kentucky Warbler

Lead agency/organization:

• Virginia Important Bird Area Program

Lead contact person(s):

• Mary Elfner

Database software:

• ArcGIS

Vegetation data collected?:

• No

Partner agency/organization(s):

• The Nature Conservancy
,
• U.S. National Park Service

Comments:

• Breeding season 2007 - temporarily suspended.

Project location(s):

• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Shenandoah Mountains

Data collection method(s):

• Transect

Project start and end dates:

• 2005

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Focal taxa:

• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• Smithsonian Institution Conservation and Research Center

Lead contact person(s):

• William McShea

Database software:

• Microsoft Excel

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Partner agency/organization(s):

• Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Comments:

• 2005-2007 breeding seasons
,
• Analysis in progress

Project location(s):

• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Virginia
,
• Appalachian Mountains

Data collection method(s):

• Point count survey

Associated publication(s):

• Taxonomic and distributional relationships of Black-capped (Parus atricapillus) and Carolina (P. carolinensis) chickadees in the southern Blue Ridge Province, North Carolina

Focal taxa:

• Black-capped Chickadee
,
• Carolina Chickadee
,
• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• Western Carolina University

Lead contact person(s):

• Michael H. Tove

Project start and end dates:

• Aug 2004

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Focal taxa:

• Northern Saw-whet Owl
,
• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• Southern Appalachian Raptor Research

Lead contact person(s):

• Mark Hopey

Database software:

• Bandit
,
• Microsoft Excel

Vegetation data collected?:

• No

Partner agency/organization(s):

• United States Forest Service
,
• Falcon Research Group

Comments:

• Project ongoing as of Fall 2008

Project location(s):

• Big Bald Mountain
,
• Southern Appalachian Mountains
,
• Bird Conservation Region 28

Data collection method(s):

• Trapping

Data manager:

• Mark Hopey

Focal taxa:

• Bird of prey
,
• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• Southern Appalachian Raptor Research

Partner agency/organization(s):

• Falcon Research Group
,
• United States Forest Service

Project start and end dates:

• 2003

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Focal taxa:

• Bird
,
• Black-throated Blue Warbler
,
• Golden-crowned Kinglet
,
• Common Raven

Lead agency/organization:

• North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

Lead contact person(s):

• Christine Kelly

Database software:

• Microsoft Access

Vegetation data collected?:

• No

Comments:

• Project on-going

Project location(s):

• Cold Mountain Game Land
,
• Cold Mountain
,
• Bird Conservation Region 28

Data collection method(s):

• Point count survey

Data manager:

• North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

Project start and end dates:

• 1993

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Other key personnel:

• Donna Mitchell

Focal taxa:

• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• United States Forest Service

Lead contact person(s):

• Catherine Johnson

Database software:

• Microsoft Excel

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Partner agency/organization(s):

• West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

Comments:

• WVDNR enters data in a combined database with their point counts
,
• 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.

Project location(s):

• Monongahela National Forest
,
• Bird Conservation Region 28

Data collection method(s):

• Transect
,
• Point count survey

Data manager:

• Catherine Johnson

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Other key personnel:

• David Brinker

Focal taxa:

• Bird
,
• Northern Goshawk

Lead agency/organization:

• United States Forest Service

Lead contact person(s):

• Jay Martin
,
• Catherine Johnson

Database software:

• Microsoft Excel

Vegetation data collected?:

• No

Partner agency/organization(s):

• Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Comments:

• Historic nest sites have been tracked since 1989
,
• Some parallel research with banding and satellite transmitters.

Project location(s):

• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Monongahela National Forest

Data collection method(s):

• Opportunistic sightings
,
• Transect
,
• Nest monitoring

Project start and end dates:

• 2008

Locations georeferenced?:

• No

Focal taxa:

• Bird
,
• Golden-winged Warbler

Lead agency/organization:

• West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Lead contact person(s):

• Petra Wood

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Partner agency/organization(s):

• United States Forest Service
,
• West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
,
• West Virginia University

Comments:

• In addition to the ongoing study, Forest biologists have begun doing callback surveys in potential habitat across the Forest

Project location(s):

• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Monongahela National Forest

Project start and end dates:

• 1958

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Focal taxa:

• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• Brooks Bird Club

Lead contact person(s):

• Joan Bell Pattison
,
• Ralph K. Bell

Project location(s):

• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Grant County

Project start and end dates:

• 2002

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Focal taxa:

• Gray Catbird
,
• Dark-eyed Junco
,
• Veery
,
• Blackburnian Warbler

Lead agency/organization:

• U.S. National Park Service
,
• Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center

Lead contact person(s):

• Paul E. Super

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Partner agency/organization(s):

• The Institute for Bird Populations

Comments:

• Run mostly by volunteers and GSMNP staff; was discontinued for lack of GSMNP staff time availability.

Project location(s):

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
,
• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Haywood County

Data collection method(s):

• Mist net

Data manager:

• Danielle Kaschube

Project start and end dates:

• 2008

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Focal taxa:

• Canada Warbler
,
• Bird
,
• Golden-crowned Kinglet
,
• Dark-eyed Junco

Lead agency/organization:

• U.S. National Park Service
,
• Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center

Lead contact person(s):

• Paul E. Super

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Partner agency/organization(s):

• The Institute for Bird Populations

Comments:

• One NSWO captured in 2008.

Project location(s):

• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
,
• Blue Ridge Parkway
,
• Haywood County

Data collection method(s):

• Mist net

Data manager:

• Danielle Kaschube

Project start and end dates:

• 2000

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Focal taxa:

• Northern Saw-whet Owl
,
• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• U.S. National Park Service

Lead contact person(s):

• Tim Milling

Vegetation data collected?:

• No

Comments:

• Year 1 study of planned three year study. I do not know if the subsequent, post-trail construction study was implemented.
,
• Density - Estimates based on area along transect encompassing maximum detection distance (i.e., distance within which detection is thought to be 100%).
,
• 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.

Project location(s):

• Bird Conservation Region 28
,
• North Carolina
,
• Mountains-to-Sea Trail

Data collection method(s):

• Transect
,
• Spot map
,
• Nest monitoring

Data manager:

• Tim Milling

Other key personnel:

• Robert Cherry

Focal taxa:

• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
,
• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• Mars Hill College
,
• North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Lead contact person(s):

• John Gerwin

Partner agency/organization(s):

• U.S. National Park Service

Comments:

• 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.

Project location(s):

• Southern Appalachian Mountains
,
• Bird Conservation Region 28

Data collection method(s):

• Point count survey
,
• Point count with callback recordings
,
• Opportunistic sightings
,
• Nest monitoring

Data manager:

• John Gerwin
,
• Scott Pearson

Project start and end dates:

• 1996

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Associated publication(s):

• Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrants in the Southern Appalachians 1999 Annual Report

Focal taxa:

• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• United States Geological Survey
,
• U.S. National Park Service

Lead contact person(s):

• Theodore R. Simons
,
• Susan Shriner

Database software:

• Microsoft Access

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Project location(s):

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
,
• Bird Conservation Region 28

Data collection method(s):

• Point count survey

Data manager:

• Theodore R. Simons

Project start and end dates:

• 1997

Locations georeferenced?:

• Yes

Associated publication(s):

• The Effects of Landscape Pattern, Core Areas, and Forest Managment Practices on Avian Communities in the Southern Appalachians 1999 Annual Report

Focal taxa:

• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• United States Forest Service
,
• United States Geological Survey

Lead contact person(s):

• Theodore R. Simons
,
• Jeremy Lichstein
,
• Kendrick Weeks
,
• Kathleen E. Franzreb

Database software:

• Microsoft Access

Vegetation data collected?:

• Yes

Partner agency/organization(s):

• U.S. National Park Service

Project location(s):

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
,
• Bird Conservation Region 28

Data collection method(s):

• Nest monitoring
,
• Point count survey

Project start and end dates:

• Mar 2009

Subject(s):

• Electricity distribution
,
• Risk assessment
,
• Water, Sewer, Pipeline, and Communications and Power Line Construction

Focal taxa:

• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• PacifiCorp

Lead contact person(s):

• Sherry Liguori

Project location(s):

• Oregon
,
• Wyoming

Subject(s):

• Bird migration
,
• Climate change
,
• Christmas Bird Count

Associated publication(s):

• Birds and Climate Change Ecological Disruption in Motion

Focal taxa:

• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• National Audubon Society

Subject(s):

• Drilling Oil and Gas Wells
,
• Stream assessment
,
• Bird conservation

Focal taxa:

• Cerulean Warbler
,
• Louisiana Waterthrush
,
• Bird

Lead agency/organization:

• West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Lead contact person(s):

• Petra Wood