Sagehen Creek Field Station

01 Jul, 10 AM - 31 Jul, 10 AM

PRBO Conservation Science is working in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service to monitor four Management Indicator Species (MIS) in California?s Sierra Nevada region. The four MIS that PRBO is responsible for are Hairy Woodpecker, Mountain Quail, Yellow Warbler and Fox Sparrow. To monitor these species, we conduct early morning passive point count surveys at over 1000 locations across the Sierra Nevada between mid-May and early-July of each year. In addition to passive surveys, we also broadcast calls of Hairy Woodpecker and Mountain Quail to increase detectability of these wide-ranging species. We have two sites located within the boundaries of the Sagehen Experimental Forest; one is near the Sagehen Creek campground while the second is near the Sagehen Hills. When we are visiting the Sagehen Forest, we will camp at the Forest Service campground. Our primary goal is to estimate occupancy and detectability of these four species each year and report those results to the U.S. Forest Service Region 5 office. We also record observations of all bird species detected on our point count surveys. This data will be used to track avian diversity, abundance and richness trends across the Sierra Nevada region in relation to trends in climate, forest management and other anthropogenic and natural changes.

Visit #21860 @Sagehen Creek Field Station

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Under Project # 21964 | Research

Avian monitoring in the Sierra Nevada region

professional - PRBO Conservation Science

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Alissa Fogg Jul 1 - 31, 2010 (31 days)
Alissa Fogg Jul 1 - 31, 2010 (31 days)

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Day Use 2 Jul 1 - 31, 2010