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Sierra Madre Sparrow conservation study
Project Description We will conduct an ecological study of the Sierra Madre Sparrow to fill gaps in basic information, complete an inventory of habitats (map and database) with vegetation attributes per site. Based on the results of our investigation, we will prepare a report on the species’ status, including abundance, measurement of productivity and population
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Monitoring and an international monitoring Training workshop for Le Conte’s Thrasher on the U.S. Air Force Barry M. Goldwater Range-East, Arizona
Project Description Le Conte’s Thrasher (LCTH) is a poorly understood species of desert lowlands in southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico. According to SJV, the need for LCTH monitoring and population trend data is of the highest priority. Presently, the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) is assessing the distribution, developing a monitoring protocol, and describing
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Studies and conservation of Tricolored Blackbirds in Southern California
Project Description The work proposed herein are the first critically needed steps of a long term conservation strategy aimed at stemming the extirpation of Tricolored Blackbirds from Southern California south of the Tehachapis. Proposed is a three‐stage monitoring effort to locate sites important to Tricolored Blackbirds and census the population during the breeding season—early season
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Community participation and ecosystem services as conservation tools that use birds as indicators of habitat value
Project Description Payments for ecosystem services are used by the federal government and are quickly becoming an important conservation tool available in Mexico today. However, lack of data on how to distinguish which habitats are most important for wildlife is still prevalent. El Cúbajo microwatershed is a key area in Southern Sonora and one in
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Community outreach in La Purísima for bird conservation, Baja California Sur
Project Description This project will work with community members of La Purísima, Baja California Sur, to gain a better understanding of the importance of the region to birds. Specific objectives include: (1) obtain an description of the birds of the region throughout the annual cycle in order to determine bird use of this oasis; (2)
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Community participation in shorebird monitoring (with emphasis on Marbled Godwit and Red Knot) in the Guerrero Negro Lagunar Complex, Baja California Sur
Project Description This project involves an annual monitoring effort of the shorebirds that winter in the Guerrero Negro-Ojo de Liebre Lagunar Complex, located in the central western portion of the Baja peninsula. This is the one of the principal wintering site for shorebirds in this region. We will continue with the banding and re-observation of
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Coordinated Bird Monitoring in Arizona: implementing surveys for riparian associated priority species in the Arid Borderlands and Mexican Highlands regions
Project Description The Arizona Coordinated Bird Monitoring Program provides a framework for the design and implementation of the long-term monitoring of Arizona’s birds. The first segment of the program is to implement statewide riparian surveys. The objectives are to estimate and monitor the number of birds, by species, breeding (or attempting to breed) within riparian
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Monitoring of birds and outreach program in a coastal desert “Ejidal” Reserve, San José de Guaymas, Sonora
Project Description Ejido San José is located in a coastal desert ecosystem, within the Ejido there is a cardon forest of 20 ha with around 400 cardon cacti named “El Sahuaral.” This is one of the last patches of cardon in the area of Guaymas. Cavities in the cacti provide important nesting habitat for birds
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Coastal sage scrub and grassland restoration and Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve
Project Description The Orange County Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology (OCSCB) plans to restore 4.8 acres of endangered habitat in the Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve of Orange County, California. As a part of the Coastal Orange County Wetlands Important Bird Area, Upper Newport Bay provides critical habitat for both water and terrestrial
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Desert Grassland Conservation in Northern Mexico
Project Description The desert grasslands of Sonora, the southwestern U.S., and northern Mexico are globally important to North American grasslands birds in winter. This project will deliver information on the abundance, distribution, and inter-annual movements of wintering grasslands birds in Sonora, including up to 30 priority species, in relation to other desert grasslands in northern
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