Final report of bird inventory: Little River Canyon National Preserve, 2003-2005.

Stedman, Stephen; Stedman, Barbara

Species Inventoried during the inventory period, Barbara Stedman made visits to LIRI on a total of 60 days during all seasons of the year (14 days during spring; 20 days during summer; 12 days during fall; and 14 days during winter). In the course of these visits she observed 145 species (Appendix A: Table 2) by one or more of the methods described above. Historical records of two species—Common Raven and Red Crossbill—were also provided to us by G. D. Jackson (pers. com.); we found it noteworthy that historical records for the park area were quite limited. The total of 147 species represents about 53% of the 275 species expected to occur in Northern Alabama, and the species encountered are very much in line with the species listed by Region in Imhof (1976), as well as with the species recorded in northern Alabama during the recent Alabama Breeding Bird Atlas project (S. W. McConnell pers. com. and R. West pers. com.). Note: exceptionally strong thunderstorms and flooding occurred in May and June of each year of the bird inventory and will be discussed further under “Influence of Weather on Results”; these weather events affected the results of the bird inventory.

Final report of bird inventory: Little River Canyon National Preserve, 2003-2005.

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