Raptor Breeding season report for Pinnacles National Monument
Ward KD. 2000. Raptor Breeding season report for Pinnacles National Monument
Annual Report The 2000 breeding season marks the fifteenth year of monitoring raptor nests in Pinnacles National Monument. I continued to use the same methods established by Julie Rechtin in 1988 and documented in the 1993 Five Year Summary. The North Chalone nest site was visited on a two to three week interval, rather than a four-week interval established in Julie Rechtin’s 1988 protocol. To allow for brevity in this report, study area description and method sections will not be included. Please refer to Rechtin's 1993 five-year summary for this information. We will move directly into the results of this year’s monitoring. Myself, Kelly Ward, conducted the bulk of the monitoring with 657 hours of observation in the field. Volunteers Debbie Huff and Julie Rechtin assisted in the project totaling 78 observation hours totaled. Shelley Buranek and Amy Fesnock of Pinnacle’s Resource and Research Management staff also spent a combined total of 66 observation hours in the field. The total combined time in the field was 861 hours. Field observations began 5 January, and ended 16 June. Eight pairs of prairie falcons were observed, with only the Little Pinnacles pair failing. Additionally, there were single prairie falcons observed in two territories: Dry Wall and Scout Peak. The 7 successful nests produced a total of 22 possible fledglings (20 fledglings confirmed).
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Ward, Kelly
- Date of Issue
- 2000
- Units
- PINN , SFAN
- Keywords
- Annual Report, Birds, Monitoring, prairie falcons