Integrated Regional Wetland Monitoring Pilot Project Bird Team Data Report Authors Nadav Nur1, Ph.D., PRBO Conservation Science, Principal Investigator (
[email protected]) Mark Herzog1, Ph.D., PRBO Conservation Science, Co-Principal Investigator Leonard Liu1, PRBO Conservation Science John Kelly2, Ph.D., Audubon Canyon Ranch Jules Evens, Avocet Research Associates Diana Stralberg1, PRBO Conservation Science Nils Warnock1, Ph.D., PRBO Conservation Science 1PRBO Conservation Science, 3820 Cypress Drive #11, Petaluma, CA 94954 2Cypress Grove Research Center, Audubon Canyon Ranch, P. O. Box 808, Marshall, CA 94940 3Avocet Research Associates, P.O. Box 839, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956 December 31, 2006 IRWM Bird Team Data Report 1.0 Introduction........................................................................................................1 1.1 Simple Conceptual model for Birds...................................................................................... 1 1.2 Specific Questions Addressed by IRWM Bird Team........................................................... 2 2.0 Scope of Work ....................................................................................................2 2.1 Collaborative Integration, Reporting, and Planning ............................................................ 3 2.2 Assess Patterns of Species Richness, Distribution, and Abundance of Migrating and Wintering Waterbirds, resident Passerines, and Other Bird Species of Interest......................... 3 2.3 Assessment of Predation of and by Birds