Heermann's Gull in flight by Dave Krueper.

The SJV Awards Program – Past, Present, and Future

The SJV is collaborating with the International Community Foundation to help make the Awards Program easier and more accessible. The updated program will resume in early 2022.

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Canyon Towhee, by Dave Krueper.

Show me the money! SJV Awards Program Snapshot

The Sonoran Joint Venture has awarded more than $1.3 million dollars to partners in our region. Learn about where and how the funding has been put to good use.

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Northern Aplomado Falcon chick equipped with a satellite transmitter (photo courtesy of Alberto Macías Duarte).

Home Range and Dispersal of Juvenile Northern Aplomado Falcons

The Northern Aplomado Falcon is close to disappearing from Chihuahua. To better understand the ecology of this bird of prey, researchers estimated the home range of juvenile birds using satellite telemetry.

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A Sierra Madre Sparrow perched on vegetation, Ex Hacienda Coyotes (photo courtesy of Armando Sánchez).

Searching for the Sierra Madre Sparrow

Endemic to subalpine grassland habitat and highly endangered, the Sierra Madre Sparrow population is limited to just a few isolated areas in Mexico. A dynamic team of researchers is searching for the species in the Sierra Madre Occidental in Durango to update their population status, learn more about their genetic structure, and identify priorities for conservation.

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rolling grasslands

JV8 Central Grasslands Conservation Initiative

Through the JV8, eight Migratory Bird Joint Ventures — representing over 63 federal, state, provincial, non-profit, and industry conservation partners from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico — are collaborating to stem grassland losses and the negative impacts to migratory birds.

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San Rafael Valley Grasslands by Alan Schmierer

Tree-age Decision Support Tool

Thanks to a NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant, the SJV and partners are working to develop Tree-age, a web-based tool that land managers can use evaluate the effects of different grassland management actions on bird populations.

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Partnering with NPS and AZGFD, AZFO expedition participants surveyed birds at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in 2015 (photo courtesy of Eric Hough).

Filling in the Gaps on Arizona’s Birds

Are you looking for a safe, meaningful, and exciting way to volunteer for bird conservation efforts this year? Participate in AZFO’s eBird Gaps project to help fill in the gaps in our knowledge of Arizona’s birds!

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An Eared Quetzal perches on a pine tree (photo courtesy of Ovis Maria Olvera).

Reproductive Ecology of the Eared Quetzal

Organización Vida Silvestre and its partners present habitat characteristics and reproductive ecology of the Eared Quetzal based on a 20 year study in Chihuahua, Mexico.

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A Belding’s Savannah Sparrow adult sighted in the summer of 2018 at Estero de Punta Banda, Baja California, Mexico (photo courtesy of Hiram Moreno Higareda).

Baja California’s Belding’s Savannah Sparrow

Belding’s Savannah Sparrow is one of the many birds whose life depends on the coastal wetlands of southern California and northwestern Baja California, but faces many threats. SJV partners are working to learn more about the species and implement conservation actions.

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Argus Mountain Spring in the Argus Mountain Southern Important Bird Area, designated for the Inyo subspecies of the California Towhee (photo courtesy of Chris McCreedy).

Refining the Important Bird Areas of California’s Deserts

With funding support from the SJV, Audubon California revised 21 IBAs in California’s Colorado and Mojave Deserts, incorporating current science and land use changes that will better inform priorities for conservation and management planning.

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