Audubon New York Unknown http://ny.audubon.org/BirdSci_Grassland.html Audubon New York, with support from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), is coordinating a comprehensive grassland bird conservation effort in New York State. These grassland bird surveys are the first step in the data collection portion of what is intended to be an adaptive management process. The primary objective of this effort is to stabilize or reverse the declining trends of New York's grassland birds. 2005 2008 ground condition Complete Unknown Throughout New York. Especially eight focus areas: 1) Western New York; 2) Southern Tier; 3) Finger Lakes Region; 4) Central Leatherstocking Region and the Mohawk River Valley; 5) St. Lawrence River Valley; 6) Ft. Edward Grasslands IBA; 7) Shawangunk Grasslands; 8) Central Long Island (including portions of the Long Island Pine Barrens). -79.80 -71.75 45.10 40.50 None grassland distribution abundance index None United States USA U.S. New York NY None breeding season May June July None multiple species birds Northern Harrier Upland Sandpiper Short-eared Owl Sedge Wren Henslow's Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Bobolink Loggerhead Shrike Horned Lark Vesper Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Savannah Sparrow American Ornithologists' Union 1998 Seventh book http://www.aou.org/checklist/index.php3 The check-list is revised and updated on an annual basis by the American Ornithologists' Union. Revisions are published in The Auk. Observers have pre-existing knowledge of bird identification or they use published field guides. Grassland birds. Kingdom Animalia animals Phylum Chordata chordates Subphylum Vertebrata vertebrates Class Aves birds Order Falconiformes Family Accipitridae Genus Circus Species cyaneus Northern Harrier Order Charadriiformes Family Scolopacidae Genus Bartramia Species longicauda Upland Sandpiper Order Strigiformes Family Strigidae Genus Asio Species flammeus Short-eared Owl Order Passeriformes Family Laniidae Genus Lanius Species ludovicianus Loggerhead Shrike Family Alaudidae Genus Eremophila Species alpestris Horned Lark Family Troglodytidae Genus Cistothorus Species platensis Sedge Wren Family Emberizidae Genus Pooecetes Species gramineus Vesper Sparrow Genus Passerculus Species sandwichensis Savannah Sparrow Genus Ammodramus Species savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow Species henslowii Henslow's Sparrow Family Icteridae Genus Dolichonyx Species oryzivorus Bobolink Genus Sturnella Species magna Eastern Meadowlark None None Mike Morgan Audubon New York mailing and physical

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Ithaca NY 14850 USA (607) 254-2487 mmorgan@audubon.org Morgan, M. and M. Burger. 200805 document Ithaca, NY. Audubon New York. http://ny.audubon.org/PDFs/ConservationPlan-GrasslandBirds-NY.pdf not applicable A total of 487 different habitat patches were surveyed in 2005, a limited number of specific locations were surveyed in 2006, and a refined, more robust protocol was implemented at approximately 80 sites in 2008. Field None point counts In 2005, surveys were conducted throughout eight focus areas. Surveys were conducted using 5-minute point counts (both double and single-observer), and were randomly distributed across the focus areas. Survey effort was allocated according to the relative size of the focus area. Surveys were conducted at both roadside and in-field locations (when landowner permission was granted), in a variety of grassland habitats. In 2006, targeted surveys were conducted for grassland bird species poorly represented (or not represented at all) in the 2005 survey. In 2008, 10-minute point counts were conducted while recording exact distances and detection histories (3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 minute periods), and points were surveyed twice during the season. Points were located on roadsides at randomly selected sites, in-field in patches enrolled in the Landowner Incentive Program, and in-field in patches that were submitted to but not enrolled in the Landowner Incentive Program. The 2008 effort was conducted in collaboration with similar surveys in New Jersey and Connecticut, with advice provided by USFWS (Division of Migratory Bird Management, Frank Rivera). No process steps have been described for this data set Unknown Point Data include: location, vegetation, habitat, observer, bird species, number of birds, detection histories, exact distance, etc. Contact the distributor for details. Mike Morgan Audubon New York mailing and physical

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Ithaca NY 14850 USA (607) 254-2487 mmorgan@audubon.org New York Grassland Bird Surveys No warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding the accuracy or utility of these data. Contact the distributor. 20081023 Jim Lowe Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology mailing and physical

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Ithaca NY 14850 USA 607-254-2413 JDL6@cornell.edu E-Mail is preferred FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001.1-1999