Boston Harbor Islands Coastal Breeding Bird Monitoring 2007 Field Season Summary
Trocki CL and Paton PW. 2007. Boston Harbor Islands Coastal Breeding Bird Monitoring 2007 Field Season Summary. Natural Resources Report NPS/NER/NRR—2007/16. Boston Harbor Islands National Historical Park
In 2007, waterbird surveys were conducted in BOHA as part of the development of a long-term monitoring protocol for coastal breeding birds in the park. The objectives of this protocol are to: 1. Quantify annual variation in the long-term abundance of high priority coastal breeding bird species (Least Terns, Common Terns, and American Oystercatchers). 2. Conduct an annual surveillance program within the park to identify future use by threatened or endangered coastal breeding bird species, such as Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) or Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii). Neither of these species currently nest in the park, but could in the future. Thus, management agencies should be vigilant, as both species are listed on the federal endangered species list. 3. Determine long-term trends in species composition and relative abundance of priority coastal breeding bird species: Double-crested Cormorant, gulls, wading birds, Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia), and Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus). 4. Provide information that can be used to improve our understanding of the relationship between coastal breeding birds, their habitat, and management actions. Volunteers assisted cooperating researchers in conducting waterbird surveys in the park in 2007. It is the intent of the NETN and the park to use volunteers to implement this protocol in the future, both to enhance community involvement with park islands and to provide a cost-effective implementation method for long-term monitoring.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Trocki, Carol; Paton, Peter
- Date of Issue
- 2007-10
- Units
- BOHA , NETN
- Keywords
- Boston Harbor Islands, coastal breeding birds, Monitoring, Nesting, season summary, Waterbirds, x#annualReports, x#coastalBirds, x#NETN, x#publications
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Marine Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Intertidal Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds