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Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (RMBO)

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Abstract

This program was known as Monitoring Colorado's Birds (MCB) before it wentregional. RMBO's Regional Monitoring Program (RMBO RMP) is a regional birdmonitoring project administered by the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. The project has two main components: 1) a program of 30 point transects in each of Colorado's 13 main habitats and 2) a program of censussing directly those species (termed "special species") whose ranges, behaviors, and/or ecologies cause them to be under-represented on the transects. A variety of survey techniques (e.g., point transects, line transects, and colony counts) are used to obtain trend and status data for regularly-occurring breeding species in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains.

Purpose

Phase 1: To monitor population status and change of regularly breeding birds;

Phase 2: To do demographic studies of declining/increasing species to identify causes of population change and for the purposes of developing management information.

Supplemental Information

Game species and federally-listed Threatened or Endangered (T&E) species will not receive specific attention under RMBO RMP, as monitoring programs already exist for these species under other mandates. However, data generated by RMBO RMP on these species will be available and could be used to supplement other management information for these species. Annual summaries results and periodic trend analyses will be provided to all participating agencies via hard-copy reports, publications, and the internet. Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (RMBO) works to conserve Rocky Mountain and Great Plains birds and their habitats. Reports are available on the RMBO web site (<http://www.rmbo.org/pubs/default.html>) or by contacting David Hanni at RMBO (david.hanni@rmbo.org).

Contact

David Hanni: david.hanni@rmbo.org