Klamath Bird Observatory and Redwood Sciences Laboratory developed a model for building bird monitoring networks from which the Klamath Bird Observatory - Redwood Sciences Laboratory Avian Data Center has emerged. The Avian Data Center currently hosts three nodes of the Avian Knowledge Network: 1-Landbird Monitoring Network of the Americas banding node, 2-Klamath Bird Monitoring Network node, and 3-Klamath-Siskiyou eBird.
In cooperation with PRBO Conservation Science, we developed the Landbird Monitoring Network of the Americas (LaMNA) node to serve banding data collected from throughout the Americas to the Avian Knowledge Network (AKN). The Klamath Bird Monitoring Network, a regional partnership, is now serving as an AKN node datasets that cover the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion of southern Oregon and northern California. Klamath-Siskiyou eBird represents a partnership between local Audubon Chapters within the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion to promote local birding communities' involvement with and contribution to the Klamath Bird Monitoring Network.
Klamath Bird Observatory (KBO) advances bird and habitat conservation in the Americas through science, education, and partnerships. KBO conducts scientific studies to monitor and inventory bird populations, contributing towards the Partners In Flight International Bird Conservation Program's efforts to keep common birds common. Working in the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion of southern Oregon and northern California, and beyond, we provide information to help federal, state, and local land managers better protect and enhance bird populations and their habitats.
The Redwood Sciences Laboratory is operated by the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station. Since 1976, the two-story Laboratory houses research hydrologists, geologists, wildlife and fisheries biologists, plant ecologists, and biometricians, research technicians, and support personnel who are conducting watershed, wildlife, and fisheries research applicable to the Pacific Northwest from Alaska to California. The Laboratory is located on the Preston Forest Research Site, a wooded, 3-acre site on the Humboldt State University campus in Arcata, California. Avian research at the Redwood Sciences Laboratory is focused on various aspects of avian ecology, restoration of bird habitat and bird populations of critical species, and avian population ecology in general.
Point Count Data
These data include point count surveys conducted at two scales. Extensive scale surveys were done over multiple watersheds, using on- and off-road counts in both upland and riparian habitats, and thus providing information at a landscape level. Intensive surveys were usually concentrated in the riparian zones or meadow edges, or in association with specific management efforts. These intensive efforts compliment the extensive dataset with site-specific information.
Those who obtain and use these data should contact the Klamath Bird Observatory - Redwood Sciences Laboratory Avian Data Center for permission and sign the Data Center's data sharing agreement.