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Nevada Bird
Count : Program Status |
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The Nevada Bird Count (NBC) program was
initiated in 2002 by implementing statewide,
volunteer-based point count surveys of breeding landbirds.
In May and June of 2002 and
2003, 228 bird species were recorded along 316 ten-point
transects in fifteen distinct habitat
types of Nevada. In this status report, basic abundance
patterns among habitat types are
discussed for 35 bird species identified as conservation
priorities for Nevada. Results
suggested that in some cases, even basic habitat associations
of priority birds were slightly
different than previously assumed for the Nevada region,
demonstrating that quantitative
measurement of bird-habitat use is needed as a first
step in effective habitat conservation
planning. Changes in habitat use across different climatic
conditions, e.g. droughts and
normal water years, need to be assessed as the program
becomes implemented in the longerterm.
Also, for some species, especially in the Mojave region
of Nevada, additional data are
needed to clarify habitat associations. The next two
years of implementing the NBC program
will focus on these objectives and on generating multi-species
habitat suitability models for
priority species associated with aspen, lowland riparian,
mesquite-catclaw, sagebrush, and
pinyon-juniper habitats.
To read the full 2003 Nevada Bird Count
Status Report, view the pdf below.
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