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Avian Monitoring at Meadow Restoration Sites Helen Loffland, Rodney Siegel, Bob Wilkerson The Institute for Bird Populations. Objectives. Develop and implement a monitoring protocol for bird species at meadow restoration sites.

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  1. Avian Monitoring at Meadow Restoration SitesHelen Loffland, Rodney Siegel, Bob WilkersonThe Institute for Bird Populations

  2. Objectives • Develop and implement a monitoring protocol for bird species at meadow restoration sites. • Identify focal species to guide restoration activities and assess their results

  3. Bird Monitoring Protocol • BACI Design • 2 visits between May 25 and July 15 • Point counts with 250 m spacing • Area search • Habitat characterization

  4. Meadow Focal Species • Virginia Rail • Sora • Sandhill Crane • Spotted Sandpiper • Wilson’s Snipe • Red-breasted Sapsucker • Willow Flycatcher • Warbling Vireo • Swainson’s Thrush • Yellow Warbler • MacGillivray’s Warbler • Common Yellowthroat • Wilson’s Warbler • Yellow-breasted Chat • Song Sparrow • Lincoln’s Sparrow • White-crowned Sparrow • Brown-headed Cowbird George Jameson

  5. Monitoring to Inform and Assess • Hope Valley • Ackerson Meadow • Perazzo Middle Meadow

  6. Upper Hope Valley

  7. Hope Valley – Index of Abundance

  8. Hope Valley – Point Count Stations

  9. Ackerson meadow

  10. Ackerson Meadow – Index of Abundance

  11. Ackerson Meadow –Point Count Stations

  12. Ackerson Recommendations

  13. Perazzo Middle Meadow

  14. Meadow & Willow Nesting Birds – Index of Abundance

  15. Waterfowl & Wetland Birds – Index of Abundance

  16. What Next? http://www.birdpop.org/Sierra/sierra_meadows.htm

  17. Acknowledgments • NFWF • American Rivers • Sierra Nevada Conservancy • Forest Service • National Park Service • Calif. Dept. Fish & Wildlife • Pitt Resource Conservation District • 2010 & 2012 Field Crews

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