Science & Management

Birds

General

• Backyard Bird Surveys
• Job Progress Report: Project #3 Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Upland Bird Population Dynamics and Management

Bald Eagle

• Bald Eagle Management and Protection in Washington State (includes Territory Histories)
• Bald Eagle Publications

Caspian Tern

• Barges as temporary breeding sites for Caspian terns: assessing potential sites for colony restoration
• Federal scoping process for EIS and Caspian tern management plan

Ducks

• Guidelines For Managing Wood Duck Nest Boxes in Washington State [PDF Format]

Geese

• Northwest Oregon/Soutwest Washington Canada Goose Agricultural Depredation Control Draft Plan

Grouse

• Changes in the Distribution and Abundance of Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse in Washington
• Fidelity of greater sage-grouse Centrocercus urophasianus to breeding areas in a fragmented landscape
• Genetic Analysis of Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse: A Preliminary Study - Final Report
• Grouse of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1803 To 1806

Hawks

• Efficacy of Northern Goshawk Broadcast Surveys in Washington State
• Migration and Winter Ranges of Ferruginous Hawks From Washington

Marbled Murrelets

• At-Sea Marbled Murrelet Population Monitoring Progress Reports
• Distribution and Abundance of Marbled Murrelets and Common Murres on the Outer Coast of Washington
• Northwest Forest Plan Marbled Murrelet Effectiveness Monitoring 2000 Annual Report
• Potential Utility of Using Fixed-wing Aircraft Either Alone or Jointly with Boats to Survey for Marbled Murrelets at Sea

Pheasant

• 2003 Pheasant Workshop Identification of Key Management Strategies

Seabirds

• Overlap in Diets and Foraging of Common Murres (Uria Aalge) and Rhinoceros Auklets (Cerorhinca Monocerata) After the Breeding Season - [PDF Format 4.52MB]
• The Seabird Fossil Record and the Role of Paleontology in Understanding Seabird Community Structure - [PDF Format 4.1MB]
• Snowy Plover Distribution, Abundance and Reproductive Success: 2006 Research Progress Report

Shrubsteppe Birds

• Fragmention by Agriculture Influences Reproductive Success of Birds in a Shrubsteppe Landscape
• Parasitism by Brown-Headed Cowbirds in the Shrubsteppe of Eastern Washington
• Predation on Real and Artificial Nests in Shrubsteppe Landscapes Fragmented by Agriculture
• Shrubsteppe Bird Response to Habitat and Landscape Variables in Eastern Washington, USA
• Use of Conservation Reserve Program Fields by Greater Sage-Grouse and Other Shrubsteppe-associated Wildlife in Washington State

Songbirds

• Male Incubation and Multiple Brooding in Sagebrush Brewer's Sparrows
• Range-wide Streaked Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris strigata) Assessment and Preliminary Conservation Strategy
• Streaked Horned Lark Monitoring, Habitat Manipulations, and a Conspecific Attraction Experiment

Spotted Owl

• An Assessment of Spotted Owl Habitat on Non-federal Lands in Washington between 1996 and 2004
• Final Briefing Report to the Washington State Forest Practices Board regarding Spotted Owl Status and Forest Practices Rules
• In My Opinion: Managing habitat for dispersing northern spotted owls—are the current management strategies adequate?

Turkey

• July 2005 Draft of Washington State Management Plan for Wild Turkey

Woodpecker

• Nest-Site Habitat Use by White-Headed Woodpeckers in the Eastern Cascade Mountains, Washington