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An evolving list of bird conservation projects. Current focus is on very simple descriptions of historical and ongoing projects in the Appalachian Mountains. However, the schema are purposefully generic so that other conservation projects can be described.
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x Behavorial Study of the Breeding Season of the Alder Flycather, Empidonax alnorum, on Roan Mountain
Project Objective: To determine the breeding history on Roan Mt (TN/NC), behavior, and habitat requirements
Alder Flycatcher East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Roan Mountain
Bird Bird Conservation Region 28
x Cherokee National Forest Fall Migrant Bird Banding
Objective: To pool the data of 3 volunteers from long-term high elevation banding stations and examine species trends, relate trends with habitat variables, and examine trends within individual species such as longevity, return data, differences in...
Bird United States Forest Service Laura Lewis Bird Conservation Region 28
Cherokee National Forest
x Avian Populations of the High Altitude Red Spruce Forest and Associated Northern Hardwoods on Unaka Mountain, Unicoi County, Tennessee
Recording of all avian species in the habitats at 4,100 feet and above over all seasons with special emphasis on Magnolia Warbler and Northern Saw-Whet Owl in the breeding season.
Bird East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Bird Conservation Region 28
Magnolia Warbler Southern Appalachian Mountains
Northern Saw-whet Owl
x Habitat analysis and survey of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius, in the Southern Appalachians   Bird East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Southern Appalachian Mountains
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Bird Conservation Region 28
x Changes in the spruce-fir avifauna of Mt. Guyot, Tennessee, 1967-1985
Comparative breeding bird census
Bird East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mount Guyot
Bird Conservation Region 28
x A breeding bird census of the spruce habitat on Whitetop Mountain, Virginia
Objective: Estimate breeding population, locate and describe nests & contents, describe vegetation/habitat on Whitetop Mountain, VA.
Bird East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Whitetop Mountain
Resident bird Bird Conservation Region 28
x A breeding bird census of boreal forest habitat on Roan Mountain, Mitchell County, North Carolina
Objective: Estimate breeding population, locate and describe nests & contents, describe vegetation/habitat
Bird East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Mitchell County
Resident bird Bird Conservation Region 28
Roan Mountain
x Pine Mountain, Powell Mountain, Stone Mountain IBA Surveys
Objective: Provide baseline inventory of avian community to support IBA nomination
Bird Virginia Important Bird Area Program Mary Elfner Bird Conservation Region 28
Stone Mountain
Pine Mountain
Powell Mountain
x VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Breeding Bird Surveys
Provide baseline inventory of avian community, evaluate effects of management actions and assess habitat use
Bird Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Sergio Harding Bird Conservation Region 28
Virginia
x Inventory of Bird Communities within High Elevation Sites of Virginia
Objective:  to conduct baseline surveys of high-elevation bird communities in Virginia
Bird Smithsonian Institution Conservation and Research Center William McShea Bird Conservation Region 28
Virginia
Appalachian Mountains
x NCWRC Cold Mountain Game Land Bird Survey
Objective: Inventory and monitoring of bird community on mid to high elevation game land (Cold Mountain Game Land, Haywood County, NC).
Bird North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Christine Kelly Cold Mountain Game Land
Black-throated Blue Warbler Cold Mountain
Golden-crowned Kinglet Bird Conservation Region 28
Common Raven
Ruffed Grouse
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x Monongahela National Forest Point Count Surveys
Point count survey routes run annually for 1) long-term trend data and 2) to assess changes in breeding bird community as related to land management activities.
Bird United States Forest Service Catherine Johnson Monongahela National Forest
Bird Conservation Region 28
x Monongahela National Forest Northern Goshawk Surveys
Goshawk surveys conducted for: 1) clearance of project areas, 2) historical nest site checks, 3) high potential habitat forestwide surveys
Bird United States Forest Service Jay Martin Bird Conservation Region 28
Northern Goshawk Catherine Johnson Monongahela National Forest
x Characteristics of Golden-winged Warbler Nest Microhabitat   Bird West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Petra Wood Bird Conservation Region 28
Golden-winged Warbler Monongahela National Forest
x Allegheny Front Migration Observatory
The Allegheny Front Migration Observatory (AFMO), located in Grant County, West Virginia, has completed its 49th year of bird banding.  The 50th season starts August 11, 2007 and ends October 13, 2007.
Bird Brooks Bird Club Joan Bell Pattison Bird Conservation Region 28
Ralph K. Bell Grant County
x Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrants in the Southern Appalachians
This study seeks to develop an ecosystem level approach to understanding the conservation needs of Neotropical migratory birds in the southern Appalachians. Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM) is being established as a control site for...
Bird United States Geological Survey Theodore R. Simons Great Smoky Mountains National Park
U.S. National Park Service Susan Shriner Bird Conservation Region 28
x The effects of landscape pattern, core areas, and forest managment practices on avian communities in the Southern Appalachians
This study expands an avian community study in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM) to include U.S. Forest Service lands adjacent to the Park. GRSM will be used as a control site to examine breeding populations of forest...
Bird United States Forest Service Theodore R. Simons Great Smoky Mountains National Park
United States Geological Survey Jeremy Lichstein Bird Conservation Region 28
Kendrick Weeks
Kathleen E. Franzreb
x Birds and Climate Change: On the Move
Audubon scientists analyzed 40 years of citizen-science Christmas Bird Count data — and their findings provide new and powerful evidence that global warming is having a serious impact on natural systems. Northward movement was detected among...
Bird National Audubon Society   North America
x Survey of diurnal raptors during autumn migration in the Southern Appalachians   Bird of prey Southern Appalachian Raptor Research   Southern Appalachian Mountains
Bird Bird Conservation Region 28
x Comparison of Black-capped and Carolina Chickadee
An extensive project (my MS Thesis) to map the ranges of Black-capped and Carolina Chickadees and their hybrids over the full extent of the the former's range in North Carolina. Method was by mapping their calls (the &quot...
Black-capped Chickadee Western Carolina University Michael H. Tove Appalachian Mountains
Carolina Chickadee Bird Conservation Region 28
Bird Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina
Plott Balsams
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x Allegheny Highlands IBA Golden-winged Warbler Surveys
Determine distribution and abundance of Golden-winged Warblers to support IBA nomination
Blue-winged Warbler Virginia Important Bird Area Program Mary Elfner Bird Conservation Region 28
Golden-winged Warbler Allegheny Mountains
Bird
x Status Assessment of Golden-winged Warblers and Bewick’s Wrens in Virginia
The purpose of this report is to provide a rapid assessment of Golden-winged Warblers and Bewick’s Wren in Virginia. Specifically we determined 1) species’ distributions, 2) habitat use and requirements, and 3) the amount of geographic...
Blue-winged Warbler Center for Conservation Biology Michael D. Wilson Bird Conservation Region 28
Bewick's Wren Appalachian Mountains
Golden-winged Warbler Virginia
Bird
x Balsam Mountain MAPS Station
Objective: monitor bird productivity and survivorship in spruce-fir forest on Blue Ridge Parkway
Canada Warbler U.S. National Park Service Paul E. Super Bird Conservation Region 28
Bird Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Golden-crowned Kinglet Blue Ridge Parkway
Dark-eyed Junco Haywood County
Black-capped Chickadee Jackson County
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x Shenandoah NPS Priority Bird Species Monitoring
Objective: monitor abundance of priority species
Cerulean Warbler Virginia Important Bird Area Program Mary Elfner Bird Conservation Region 28
Winter Wren Shenandoah Mountains
Canada Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
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x The Common Raven (Corvus corax) in Tennessee
Breeding status and distribution of Common Raven in Southern Appalachians
Common Raven East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Bird Conservation Region 28
Tennessee
x Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on High Elevation Fauna in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The goal of this research is to examine the effects of atmospheric pollution on two groups of high elevation terrestrial animals. Air pollution such as acid precipitation and mercury toxicity remains high in eastern forests, and is considered a...
Dark-eyed Junco North Carolina State University Theodore R. Simons Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Snail United States Geological Survey Becky Keller Bird Conservation Region 28
x Breeding habitats and biology of the Golden-winged Warbler in the Appalachian highlands of upper East Tennessee
Objective: Estimate breeding population, locate and describe nests & contents, describe vegetation/habitat
Golden-winged Warbler East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Appalachian Mountains
Bird Hampton Creek Cove Natural Area
Bird Conservation Region 28
x Purchase Knob MAPS Station
Objective: monitor bird productivity and survivorship in northern hardwood/red oak habitat, along with regenerating field species (4,700’ elevation)
Gray Catbird U.S. National Park Service Paul E. Super Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Dark-eyed Junco Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center Bird Conservation Region 28
Veery Haywood County
Blackburnian Warbler
Bird
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x Hermit Thrush, Catharus guttatus, and Veery, C. fuscescens, habitat associations in a dynamic Southern Appalachian Spruce-fir Forest   Hermit Thrush East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Bird Conservation Region 28
Veery Appalachian Mountains
Bird
x The Western Hummingbird Project (WHP): Hummingbird Conservation in North America
The US Forest Service (FS) as part of the Wings Across the Americas Program, and the Hummingbird Monitoring Network (HMN) are working together to develop and implement the Western Hummingbird Project (WHP), which will address hummingbird...
Hummingbird United States Forest Service Susan M. Wethington North America
Hummingbird Monitoring Network Cheryl Carrothers
Diana L. Craig
x U.S. Nightjar Survey Network
The Nightjar Survey Network is a new and statistically powerful monitoring program, coordinated by the Center for Conservation Biology, which is designed to collect information on the population status of Nightjar species across the United States....
Nightjar Center for Conservation Biology Michael D. Wilson Bird Conservation Region 28
Whip-poor-will United States of America
Chuck-will's-widow
x Northern Saw-whet Owl Surveys
We surveyed sites where others (notably Mark Simpson) had found birds in years past and some new sites. Primary objective was to see if birds were still at same locations and to see if we could find any new locations.
Northern Saw-whet Owl U.S. National Park Service Robert Cherry Blue Ridge Parkway
Bird Bird Conservation Region 28
x Natural History of the Northern Saw-Whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus, in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Placement of nest boxes on Roan & Unaka mountains, monitoring of singing owls, monitoring of breeding success, recording prey items brought to nest, record of nest parasites, comparison with outer populations, some birds captured and measured.
Northern Saw-whet Owl East Tennessee State University Fred Alsop Roan Mountain
Bird Cherokee National Forest
Unaka Range
Bird Conservation Region 28
x Survey of Northern Saw Whet Owls during autumn migration in the Southern Appalachians
Objective: Identify, quantify and gather health condition data on Northern Saw Whet Owls in the blue ridge of the southern Appalachians, specifically on Big Bald Mountain, Madison County, NC
Northern Saw-whet Owl Southern Appalachian Raptor Research Mark Hopey Big Bald Mountain
Bird Southern Appalachian Mountains
Bird Conservation Region 28
x Monongahela National Forest Northern Saw-whet Owl Surveys   Northern Saw-whet Owl United States Forest Service Kevin Boyle Monongahela National Forest
Maryland Department of Natural Resources David Brinker Bird Conservation Region 28
x Mountian to Sea Trail construction effects on Northern Saw-whet Owl
Objective: To assess impacts to the local saw whet owl population caused by construction of the Mountains To Sea Trail and by increased levels of human activity as a result of trail use. Attempted to document population density, territory placement,...
Northern Saw-whet Owl U.S. National Park Service Tim Milling Bird Conservation Region 28
Bird North Carolina
Mountains-to-Sea Trail
x Virginia Avian Heritage
Virginia is unique in that it is considered the birthplace of ornithology in this country.  It has become the incomparable benefactor for the most extensive collection of archives that describe avifaunal change.  Much of the ornithological...
Peregrine Falcon Center for Conservation Biology Michael D. Wilson Bird Conservation Region 28
Bewick's Wren Virginia
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Swainson's Thrush
Golden-winged Warbler
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x Investigation of Cliffs and Cliff-nesting Birds of the Southern Appalachians
A systematic aerial survey of cliffs and cliff use by birds was conducted throughout a significant portion of the southern Appalachian Mountains covering nearly all of the mountains of Virginia a small portion of Kentucky, and the spine of the...
Turkey Vulture Center for Conservation Biology Bryan Watts Bird Conservation Region 28
Common Raven Southern Appalachian Mountains
Peregrine Falcon
American Black Vulture
Bird
x Effect of Military Overflights on Shorebirds of Cape Lookout National Seashore, NC
This study will focus on the population dynamics and behavior of shorebirds nesting on Cape Lookout National Seashore, NC with special emphasis in understanding the effects, if any, of military flights over the study area.
Common Tern Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Sarah Karpanty Cape Lookout National Seashore
Black Skimmer James Fraser
Wilson's Plover
Gull-billed Tern
Shorebird
x Population genetics of selected Appalachian species
Collecting specimens of selected taxa throughout the Appalachian chain, to assess genetic diversity.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Cleveland Museum of Natural History Andrew W. Jones Bird Conservation Region 28
Red-eyed Vireo Appalachian Mountains
Swainson's Warbler
Veery
Dark-eyed Junco
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x Breeding biology of the Southern Appalachian Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Objective: Determine breeding habitat, distribution, nest site selection, territory sizes and gather any behavioral data.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Mars Hill College John Gerwin Southern Appalachian Mountains
Bird North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Bird Conservation Region 28
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