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Implementing a Regional Shorebird and Waterfowl Survey and Monitoring Database. John D. Stanton Robin Hunnewell 59 th Annual SEAFWA Conference St. Louis, Missouri. Current Uses of the web-based SAMBI Database:. To determine distribution and trends of waterfowl and shorebirds.
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Implementing a Regional Shorebird and Waterfowl Survey and Monitoring Database John D. Stanton Robin Hunnewell 59th Annual SEAFWA Conference St. Louis, Missouri
Current Uses of the web-based SAMBI Database: • To determine distribution and trends of waterfowl and shorebirds. • To track the timing of shorebird migration. • To note the occurrence of rare or high priority species. • To provide “real-time” buildup and declines of shorebirds for habitat management planning.
Current Information and Uses of the SAMBI Website:-Cont’d. • To provide a network for monitoring color-banded shorebirds. • To provide the public access to waterfowl and shorebird numbers via the Internet. • To improve management decisions to allocate managed shorebird habitat.
The SAMBI Website • A Public Site:http://samigbird.fws.gov • A Secure Site:http://shorebird.ncusfws.org* • (*Requires username and password to access.) **Use of the SAMBI database is VOLUNTARY.
Shorebird Survey Sites Shorebird Data Viewing SectionList byNumeric ACE Basin NWR (9) Alligator River NWR (74) Back Bay NWR (2) Bear Island WMA (35) Camp Lejeune (86) Cape Hatteras National Seashore - Bodie Island (13) Cape Romain NWR (14) Carolina Sandhills NWR (16) Cedar Keys NWR (18) Culebra Island (70) Currituck NWR (21) Ding Darling NWR (23) Donnelly WMA (25) False Cape State Park (87)
*Shorebird Habitat Planning* *A Management Tool:* Goal (yellow)-To display habitat goals by site for regional planning (e.g. 4,000 acres or managed habitat). Actual (blue)-To display actual acres provided during migration.
A Regional survey and monitoring need….. “The PRISM Connection” Program for Regional and International Shorebird and Monitoring (PRISM)
PRISM and SAMBI • PRISM is a blueprint for surveying shorebirds in North America, designed to meet the monitoring goals of the U.S. and Canadian Shorebird Conservation Plans (Brown 2001; Donaldson 2001). • There are 27 PRISM sites in the Southeast that contribute to the SAMBI database.
Participation to date: • National Wildlife Refuges - Mostly Southeast Units • State Management Areas - Southeast • Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences- Volunteers from Maine to Florida monitoring shorebirds • National Park Service - Mostly Southeast Units • Some Private lands
NOW AND IN THE FUTURE……… • Specifically, • Incorporate Marshbird/Waterbird Monitoring • Swallow-tailed Kite • Other species • Expand to Flyway Scale • Rename the effort