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2006 2009 x Population genetics of selected Appalachian species Yes  
Collecting specimens of selected taxa throughout the Appalachian chain, to assess genetic diversity.
  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Cleveland Museum of Natural History Andrew W. Jones   No North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Still collecting data in NE states. Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count survey Andrew W. Jones Microsoft Access
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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1990   x Cherokee National Forest Fall Migrant Bird Banding Yes  
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...
  Bird United States Forest Service Laura Lewis   No Tennessee Ornithological Society Just beginning trend analysis. Bird Conservation Region 28 Mist net Mark Ford SAS
Cherokee National Forest
2004 2006 x Northern Saw-whet Owl Surveys Yes  
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.
  Northern Saw-whet Owl U.S. National Park Service Robert Cherry   No   Narrative available for 2005 Blue Ridge Parkway Point count with callback recordings Robert Cherry Microsoft Word
Bird Bird Conservation Region 28 Microsoft Access
Apr 2009 Aug 2010 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  
Veery Appalachian Mountains
Bird
1997 1999 x The Common Raven (Corvus corax) in Tennessee No Allan Trently
Breeding status and distribution of Common Raven in Southern Appalachians
  Common Raven East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Documentation of Common Raven nest location and breeding success in southern Appalachian Mountains Yes Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Results published as an MS thesis. Title unknown at this time. Bird Conservation Region 28 Opportunistic sightings Fred Alsop  
Results published in The Migrant. Tennessee Nest monitoring
1987 1988 x Behavorial Study of the Breeding Season of the Alder Flycather, Empidonax alnorum, on Roan Mountain No Brenda Hull
Project Objective: To determine the breeding history on Roan Mt (TN/NC), behavior, and habitat requirements
MS thesis Alder Flycatcher East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Flycatcher arrival dates established, territories were located, bird’s behavior observed, nest monitored Yes   MS thesis contains details. Roan Mountain Nest monitoring Fred Alsop  
Bird Bird Conservation Region 28 Opportunistic sightings
1993 1994 x Natural History of the Northern Saw-Whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus, in the Southern Appalachian Mountains No Mark Barb
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.
MS thesis Northern Saw-whet Owl East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Data collected on nesting cycle, clutch size, incubation times, egg sizes, food cached and brought to nests, parasites, surrounding vegetation. Yes United States Forest Service Study published in MS thesis Roan Mountain Nest monitoring Fred Alsop  
Bird Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Manuscript in preparation for submission. Cherokee National Forest Opportunistic sightings
Unaka Range
Bird Conservation Region 28
1991 1993 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
Recording of all avian species in the habitats at 4,100 feet and above over all seasons with special emphasis on Magnolia Warbler and Northern Saw-Whet Owl in the breeding season.
MS Thesis Bird East Tennessee State University 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. Yes ETSU Research Development Committee Nesting of Saw-Whet Owl published in The Migrant; thesis unpublished Bird Conservation Region 28 Opportunistic sightings Fred Alsop  
Magnolia Warbler Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Southern Appalachian Mountains Nest monitoring
Northern Saw-whet Owl United States Forest Service Transect
1999 2001 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 Several sapsucker territories were located in Washington Co., VA, some nests were monitored, habitat descriptions were compiled. Yes United States Forest Service Results published in M.S. Master Thesis: electronic version on line ETSU Southern Appalachian Mountains Nest monitoring Fred Alsop  
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Bird Conservation Region 28
  1985 x Changes in the spruce-fir avifauna of Mt. Guyot, Tennessee, 1967-1985 No T. F. Laughlin
Comparative breeding bird census
Changes in the spruce-fir avifauna of Mt. Guyot, Tennessee, 1967-1985 Bird East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Breeding birds on 60 acre plot compared with previous work on same plot w/changes in vegetation noted Yes U.S. National Park Service   Great Smoky Mountains National Park Transect Fred Alsop  
Mount Guyot Opportunistic sightings
Bird Conservation Region 28
1996 1997 x Breeding habitats and biology of the Golden-winged Warbler in the Appalachian highlands of upper East Tennessee No Melinda Wilson
Objective: Estimate breeding population, locate and describe nests & contents, describe vegetation/habitat
MS Thesis Golden-winged Warbler East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Population estimate, number of territorial males, nest searches/monitoring, vegetation data. Yes Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Study described in MS thesis Appalachian Mountains Nest monitoring Fred Alsop  
Bird Hampton Creek Cove Natural Area Opportunistic sightings
Bird Conservation Region 28
1993 1994 x A breeding bird census of the spruce habitat on Whitetop Mountain, Virginia No Elizabeth A. Wright
Objective: Estimate breeding population, locate and describe nests & contents, describe vegetation/habitat on Whitetop Mountain, VA.
MS thesis Bird East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Breeding bird survey, population estimate, number of territorial males, nest searches/monitoring, vegetation data. Yes United States Forest Service Study described in MS thesis Whitetop Mountain Nest monitoring Fred Alsop  
Resident bird Bird Conservation Region 28 Opportunistic sightings
Transect
1979 1980 x A breeding bird census of boreal forest habitat on Roan Mountain, Mitchell County, North Carolina No Steven H. Hale
Objective: Estimate breeding population, locate and describe nests & contents, describe vegetation/habitat
MS Thesis Bird East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Breeding bird survey, population estimate, number of territorial males, nest searches/monitoring, vegetation data. Yes United States Forest Service Study summarized in MS thesis Mitchell County Opportunistic sightings Fred Alsop  
Resident bird Bird Conservation Region 28 Transect
Roan Mountain Nest monitoring
1900   x Virginia Avian Heritage Yes  
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...
  Peregrine Falcon Center for Conservation Biology Michael D. Wilson   No Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Archive of Historical information from 1900-present Bird Conservation Region 28 Opportunistic sightings Michael D. Wilson Microsoft Excel
Bewick's Wren Virginia
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Swainson's Thrush
Golden-winged Warbler
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May 12, 2007 Jul 28, 2007 x U.S. Nightjar Survey Network Yes  
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....
  Nightjar Center for Conservation Biology Michael D. Wilson   No     Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count survey Michael D. Wilson STATISTICA
May 18, 2008 Jul 26, 2008 Whip-poor-will United States of America Point count with callback recordings Microsoft Excel
Chuck-will's-widow Transect ArcGIS
May 5, 2006 Jul 4, 2006 x Investigation of Cliffs and Cliff-nesting Birds of the Southern Appalachians Yes  
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...
  Turkey Vulture Center for Conservation Biology 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. No U.S. National Park Service   Bird Conservation Region 28 Aerial survey Bryan Watts ArcGIS
Common Raven Southern Appalachian Mountains Microsoft Excel
Peregrine Falcon
American Black Vulture
Bird
Jun 1, 2005 Jun 7, 2005 x Allegheny Highlands IBA Golden-winged Warbler Surveys Yes  
Determine distribution and abundance of Golden-winged Warblers to support IBA nomination
  Blue-winged Warbler Virginia Important Bird Area Program Mary Elfner   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 ArcGIS
Jun 1, 2006 Jun 7, 2006 Golden-winged Warbler Allegheny Mountains
Bird
May 8, 2006 Jun 23, 2006 x Pine Mountain, Powell Mountain, Stone Mountain IBA Surveys Yes  
Objective: Provide baseline inventory of avian community to support IBA nomination
  Bird Virginia Important Bird Area Program Mary Elfner   No     Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count survey Mary Elfner ArcGIS
Stone Mountain
Pine Mountain
Powell Mountain
2006 2006 x Status Assessment of Golden-winged Warblers and Bewick’s Wrens in Virginia Yes  
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...
  Blue-winged Warbler Center for Conservation Biology 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. Yes Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries   Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count survey Michael D. Wilson Microsoft Excel
Bewick's Wren Appalachian Mountains
Golden-winged Warbler Virginia
Bird
May 2005 Jul 2005 x VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Breeding Bird Surveys Yes  
Provide baseline inventory of avian community, evaluate effects of management actions and assess habitat use
  Bird Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Sergio Harding Data have not been analyzed Yes     Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count survey Sergio Harding Microsoft Access
Virginia
2007 2007 x Shenandoah NPS Priority Bird Species Monitoring Yes  
Objective: monitor abundance of priority species
  Cerulean Warbler Virginia Important Bird Area Program Mary Elfner   No The Nature Conservancy Breeding season 2007 - temporarily suspended. Bird Conservation Region 28 Transect Mary Elfner ArcGIS
Winter Wren U.S. National Park Service Shenandoah Mountains
Canada Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
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2005 2007 x Inventory of Bird Communities within High Elevation Sites of Virginia Yes  
Objective:  to conduct baseline surveys of high-elevation bird communities in Virginia
  Bird Smithsonian Institution Conservation and Research Center William McShea   Yes Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries 2005-2007 breeding seasons Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count survey Heather Lessig Microsoft Excel
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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Aug 2004   x Survey of Northern Saw Whet Owls during autumn migration in the Southern Appalachians Yes  
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
  Northern Saw-whet Owl Southern Appalachian Raptor Research Mark Hopey NSWO may nest on Big Bald. An investigation of probable nest locations is planned. No United States Forest Service Project ongoing as of Fall 2008 Big Bald Mountain Trapping Mark Hopey Bandit
Bird Falcon Research Group Southern Appalachian Mountains Microsoft Excel
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
2003   x NCWRC Cold Mountain Game Land Bird Survey Yes  
Objective: Inventory and monitoring of bird community on mid to high elevation game land (Cold Mountain Game Land, Haywood County, NC).
  Bird North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Christine Kelly   No   Project on-going Cold Mountain Game Land Point count survey North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Microsoft Access
Black-throated Blue Warbler Cold Mountain
Golden-crowned Kinglet Bird Conservation Region 28
Common Raven
Ruffed Grouse
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1993 2008 x Monongahela National Forest Point Count Surveys Yes Donna Mitchell
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.
  Bird United States Forest Service Catherine Johnson   Yes West Virginia Division of Natural Resources WVDNR enters data in a combined database with their point counts Monongahela National Forest Transect Catherine Johnson Microsoft Excel
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
    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 Yes David Brinker
Goshawk surveys conducted for: 1) clearance of project areas, 2) historical nest site checks, 3) high potential habitat forestwide surveys
  Bird United States Forest Service Jay Martin   No Maryland Department of Natural Resources Historic nest sites have been tracked since 1989 Bird Conservation Region 28 Opportunistic sightings Catherine Johnson Microsoft Excel
Northern Goshawk Catherine Johnson Some parallel research with banding and satellite transmitters. Monongahela National Forest Transect
Nest monitoring
2008   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    
Golden-winged Warbler West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Monongahela National Forest Point count with callback recordings
West Virginia University
1958   x Allegheny Front Migration Observatory Yes  
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.
  Bird Brooks Bird Club Joan Bell Pattison         Bird Conservation Region 28 Mist net    
Ralph K. Bell Grant County
2002 2007 x Purchase Knob MAPS Station Yes  
Objective: monitor bird productivity and survivorship in northern hardwood/red oak habitat, along with regenerating field species (4,700’ elevation)
  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  
Dark-eyed Junco Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center Bird Conservation Region 28
Veery Haywood County
Blackburnian Warbler
Bird
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2008   x Balsam Mountain MAPS Station Yes  
Objective: monitor bird productivity and survivorship in spruce-fir forest on Blue Ridge Parkway
  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  
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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2000 2000 x Mountian to Sea Trail construction effects on Northern Saw-whet Owl Yes  
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,...
  Northern Saw-whet Owl U.S. National Park Service 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. 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  
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   Robert Cherry
Objective: Determine breeding habitat, distribution, nest site selection, territory sizes and gather any behavioral data.
  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Mars Hill College 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.   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  
Bird North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences 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. Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count with callback recordings Scott Pearson
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. Opportunistic sightings
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. Nest monitoring
Transect
1996 1999 x Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrants in the Southern Appalachians Yes  
This study seeks to develop an ecosystem level approach to understanding the conservation needs of Neotropical migratory birds in the southern Appalachians. Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM) is being established as a control site for...
Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrants in the Southern Appalachians 1999 Annual Report Bird United States Geological 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. Yes     Great Smoky Mountains National Park Point count survey Theodore R. Simons Microsoft Access
U.S. National Park Service Susan Shriner 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. Bird Conservation Region 28
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.
1997 1999 x The effects of landscape pattern, core areas, and forest managment practices on avian communities in the Southern Appalachians Yes  
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...
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   Yes U.S. National Park Service   Great Smoky Mountains National Park Nest monitoring Theodore R. Simons Microsoft Access
United States Geological Survey Jeremy Lichstein Bird Conservation Region 28 Point count survey
Kendrick Weeks
Kathleen E. Franzreb
2006   x Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on High Elevation Fauna in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Yes  
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...
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   No U.S. National Park Service   Great Smoky Mountains National Park Nest monitoring Theodore R. Simons Microsoft Access
Snail United States Geological Survey Becky Keller Bird Conservation Region 28
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