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Mapping & Surveying: Monitoring the Active Replenishment of Subsiding Habitat Project (MARSH) - Bird Survey
Bird Survey
Birds were surveyed within Hill and Lee marsh through a network of about 30 survey plots. Sample plots were surveyed three times during the breeding season and three times during the winter. Sample plots were established in different vegetative communities to assess the relationship between breeding/wintering bird communities and plant associations (i.e. Phragmites vs Arrow Arum vs Big Cordgrass). Aerial surveys during the winter to determine the general use by waterfowl were also conducted. Below is a summary of the types of birds identified and some of the data associated with plant community and bird use relationships.
Species |
Hill Marsh |
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Winter |
Summer |
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American Black Duck |
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X |
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Mallard |
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X |
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Green-winged Teal |
|
X |
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Wood Duck |
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|
X |
Canada Goose |
|
X |
X |
Herring Gull |
|
X |
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Ring-billed Gull |
|
X |
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Great Blue Heron |
|
X |
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Virginia Rail |
|
X |
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King Rail |
|
|
X |
X |
Least Bittern |
|
|
X |
Common Snipe |
|
X |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
|
X |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
X |
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Least Sandpiper |
|
X |
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Killdeer |
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|
X |
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Dunlin |
|
|
X |
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Northern Harrier |
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X |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
|
X |
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Bald Eagle |
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|
X |
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American Crow |
|
X |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
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X |
X |
Common Grackle |
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|
X |
Song Sparrow |
|
X |
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Savannah Sparrow |
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X |
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Swamp Sparrow |
|
X |
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Purple Martin |
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|
X |
Barn Swallow |
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|
X |
Bank Swallow |
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|
X |
Cliff Swallow |
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|
X |
Tree Swallow |
|
X |
X |
Common Yellowthroat |
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|
X |
Marsh Wren |
|
X |
X |
Species |
Lee Marsh |
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Winter |
Summer |
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|
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|
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American Black Duck |
|
X |
X |
Great Blue Heron |
|
|
X |
King Rail |
|
|
X |
X |
Common Snipe |
|
X |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
X |
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Spotted Sandpiper |
|
|
X |
Killdeer |
|
|
X |
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Belted Kingfisher |
|
X |
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Osprey |
|
|
|
X |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
X |
Red-winged Blackbird |
|
X |
X |
Song Sparrow |
|
X |
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Swamp Sparrow |
|
X |
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Purple Martin |
|
|
X |
Barn Swallow |
|
|
X |
Tree Swallow |
|
|
X |
Common Yellowthroat |
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|
X |
Marsh Wren |
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X |
X |
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