Landbird Community Monitoring at Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, 2009
Byrne MW, DeVivo JC, Asper JR, Blankley BA. 2011. Landbird Community Monitoring at Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, 2009. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/SECN/NRDS—2011/298. National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science. Fort Collins, Colorado
Data were collected at 30 spatially-balanced random locations at the Park using an adaptation of the variable-circular plot (VCP) technique with distance estimation. Sampling activities occurred at the Park in April and again in May 2009. 845 birds representing 53 species were detected and included no non-native species. Monitoring efforts resulted in the addition of two new species to the Park’s official species list: cliff swallow and yellow warbler. An evaluation of sampling effort relative to the number of species detected indicated that the sample adequately characterized the bird diversity, and analyses suggest bird diversity is high at the Park. Northern cardinal and Northern parula were the most widely distributed species at the Park; occurring at all sampling locations. Red-bellied woodpecker, red-eyed vireo, tufted titmouse, Carolina wren, and American crow were the second-most widely distributed species at the Park, detected in 87 – 97% of the sampling locations.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Byrne, Michael; DeVivo, Joseph; Asper, Jennifer; Blankley, Brent
- Date of Issue
- 2011-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science
- Units
- HOBE , NRSS , SECN
- Keywords
- Birds, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, landbird monitoring, Monitoring, variable-circular plot