Avian Inventory of Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas, 1998-1999
Lichtenberg JS and Powell AN. 1999. Avian Inventory of Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas, 1998-1999
Avian censuses were conducted from May 1998 through August 1999, using a combination of point count and transect methods to determine species distributions, relative abundance, and densities. Survey data and incidental bird sightings were used to develop a bird checklist for the preserve. Breeding birds were surveyed using fixed-distance (50-m and 100-m radius) circular point counts and resident, migratory, and breeding birds were surveyed using strip transects 500-m long and 100-m wide. Points and transects were unequally distributed among all habitats at TAPR. To understand bird and habitat associations, we quantified habitat characteristics for grassland areas where breeding bird counts were conducted using standardized methods.