Opportunistic sightings
Facts from the Community
From the Bird Info base
Project(s) using this method:
- The Common Raven (Corvus corax) in Tennessee
- Behavorial Study of the Breeding Season of the Alder Flycather, Empidonax alnorum, on Roan Mountain
- Natural History of the Northern Saw-Whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus, in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
- Avian Populations of the High Altitude Red Spruce Forest and Associated Northern Hardwoods on Unaka Mountain, Unicoi County, Tennessee
- Changes in the spruce-fir avifauna of Mt. Guyot, Tennessee, 1967-1985
- Breeding habitats and biology of the Golden-winged Warbler in the Appalachian highlands of upper East Tennessee
- A breeding bird census of the spruce habitat on Whitetop Mountain, Virginia
- A breeding bird census of boreal forest habitat on Roan Mountain, Mitchell County, North Carolina
- Virginia Avian Heritage
- Monongahela National Forest Northern Goshawk Surveys
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Point count survey
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Nest monitoring
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Point count with callback recordings
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Transect
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