Importance / Issues

Data mining and cooperative bird census efforts were planned to allow all the parks to meet the goal of having 90% of their species documented.  Inventory efforts were further justified by concerns about declining populations of neotropical migratory songbirds in the region.  The inventories were conducted by the Klamath Bird Observatory (KBO).  KBO administers the Klamath Demographic Monitoring Network, a partnership of federal, state, and private entities which conducts long term bird demographic monitoring stations on public lands in the Klamath region.

Principal Investigator

John Alexander
Klamath Bird Observatory
Ashland, OR 97520

Objectives

The first objective of the bird inventory was to establish bird monitoring stations and to conduct avian inventories in all six parks of the Klamath Network.

The second objective was to generate data on the distribution, abundance, and productivity of bird species in the region.

The third objective was to generate baseline data for eventual long-term monitoring.

Parks

Crater Lake National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lava Beds National Monument
Oregon Caves National Monument
Redwood National and State Parks
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

Project Status

Completed