Colonial Birds in South Florida National Parks, 1977-1978
Bass OL. 1979. Colonial Birds in South Florida National Parks, 1977-1978. SFRC T-538. South Florida Natural Resources Center. Homestead, Florida
The colonial bird monitoring was conducted from a fixed-wing aircraft and/or helicopter every month of the year in south Florida national parks and nearby areas. The flight schedule alternates between 3 days of fixed-wing and the second day by helicopter. This schedule begins with 2-day flights in October, Observers are the pilot and wildlife biologist. The flights vary from month-to-month according to nesting activity. The primary objective of the 3-day flights was to cover the entire monitoring area to locate new colony sites. All known colonies were also checked. The primary objective of the 2-day flights was to check all known or suspected colony sites. The total number of nests of each species were estimated each month, Additional data were obtained by ground censuses, Both aerial and ground counts were used to determine nesting success. Colonial nesting species censused were Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Louisiana Heron, White Ibis, American Wood Stork, Cattle Egret, Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant and Laughing Gull.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Bass, Oron
- Date of Issue
- 1979-04
- Publisher
- South Florida Natural Resources Center
- Units
- BICY , BISC , EVER
- Keywords
- Big Cypress, Birds, Biscayne, colonial, everglades, SFNRCTRS