Progress on Marsh Bird Monitoring in Prairie Canada. Kiel Drake, Bird Studies Canada

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1 Progress on Marsh Bird Monitoring in Prairie Canada Kiel Drake, Bird Studies Canada

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3 PHJV area BCR11 (&6)

4 Prairie MMP: JV-driven at inception 1. DSS Models: maps based on spphabitat models 2. Assess value of current NAWMP programs 3. Assess survey protocols and data gathering methodologies 4. PHJV/BCR11 bird and habitat objectives 5. Develop & implement long term trend-based monitoring

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8 Prairie MMP Wetland Class Size Ecoregion Stations Basins II III IV V VI Small Large (<3ha) (>3ha) Aspen Parkland Boreal Transition Fescue Grassland Mixed Grassland Moist Mixed Grassland Totals Temporal Replication 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 4yr Total Stations No. Stations No. Sites

9 Prairie MMP 1. DSS Models: maps based on spphabitat models 2. Assess value of current NAWMP programs 3. Assess survey protocols and data gathering methodologies 4. PHJV/BCR11 bird and habitat objectives 5. Develop & implement long term trend-based monitoring

10 Prairie MMP: DSS mapping Occupancy Analysis: covariates Ecoregion Wetland class May Pond Count Wetland Size (class) Wetland Size (continuous)

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16 Prairie MMP 1. DSS Models: maps based on spphabitat models 2. Assess value of current NAWMP programs 3. Assess survey protocols and data gathering methodologies 4. PHJV/BCR11 bird and habitat objectives 5. Develop & implement long term trend-based monitoring

17 Survey Methodology & Program Delivery Aural/Visual Individual Birds Common Name Total Detections Aural Detections Visual Detections Detection Detected American Bittern (90%) 63 (10%) 11 ( 2%) 200 Eared Grebe ( 1%) 3389 (99%) 25 ( 1%) 469 Horned Grebe ( 2%) 5241 (98%) 65 ( 1%) 609 Least Bittern 5 5 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 Nelson s Sparrow (94%) 73 ( 6%) 42 ( 4%) 352 Pied-billed Grebe (69%) 626 (31%) 70 ( 3%) 912 Red-necked Grebe (17%) 4199 (83%) 370 ( 7%) 710 Sora (97%) 184 ( 3%) 75 ( 1%) 2657 Virginia Rail (95%) 4 ( 5%) 3 ( 4%) 45 Yellow Rail (94%) 3 ( 6%) 0 ( 0%) 14

18 Prairie MMP: Assessing Automated Recorders units rotated among 45 stations recorded during a.m. & p.m. survey periods 6,500+ hours; 652 survey days 3 surveys conducted by people at ea. station building recognizers cf. estimates of occupancy & detection, and associated precision (cf. counts too) assess which species for which ARUs might work units rotated among ~80 stations recorded during 18:00-10:00 5,778 hours; 1,237 survey days 4-5 surveys conducted at ea. station

19 Single season occupancy model min sunrise segments 4-6 human-conducted surveys at each station Human-conducted Surveys Autonomous Recorders Naïve Estimated Detection Naïve Estimated Detection Occupancy Occupancy Probability Occupancy Occupancy Probability American Bittern (0.15) 0.18 (0.06) (0.07) 0.08 (0.08) (0.11) American Coot (0.06) 0.77 (0.03) (0.04) 0.77 (0.03) Nelson's Sparrow (0.11) 0.20 (0.11) (0.14) (0.08) 0.40 (0.05) Sora (0.04) 0.24 (0.12) (0.08) (0.03) 0.70 (0.03) Virginia Rail (0.00)* 0.01 (0.01) (0.31) 0.07 (0.06) Wilson's Snipe (0.07) 0.46 (0.04) (0.12) 0.24 (0.05) Yellow Rail (0.02) 0.59 (0.23) (0.06) 0.24 (0.11) Eared Grebe (0.05) 0.50 (0.10) (0.07) 0.18 (0.14) Horned Grebe (0.04) 0.64 (0.11) (0.00)* 0.00 (0.00)* Pied-billed Grebe (0.07) 0.18 (0.16) (0.10) (0.06) 0.57 (0.04) Red-necked Grebe (0.05) 0.51 (0.09) (0.13) 0.17 (0.06)

20 Multi-season occupancy model ψ S E ( ψ ) p 1 S E ( p 1 ) p 2 S E ( p 2 ) p 3 S E ( p 3 ) American Bittern American Coot Nelson's Sparrow Sora Virginia Rail Wilson's Snipe Yellow Rail Eared Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Red-necked Grebe early: May mid: 1-19 June late: 20 June - 2 July

21 Assessing Methods 2011 pilot for CMR of Yellow Rail Compare estimate of N from CMR to those derived from point counts (&ARUs?) Detected at 57 of 81 stations Sum of raw counts: 279 Captured 25 rails; several recaps J.

22 Prairie MMP: PHJV/BCR11 bird and habitat objectives 1. We are making progress on DSS models: occupancy-focused for now, should have some first generation abundance models to report on in early Information from the program will eventually inform on JV & BCR population & habitat objectives among other things

23 Prairie MMP: thoughts on operational monitoring Most land is privately owned, but ~95% success in gaining access Cost is prohibitively expensive using the current delivery model during 2009 and 2010 conducted 3,764 surveys and the average cost per survey was ~$55 ($44-77/survey) cost for collecting the 649 days of recording was ~$23/day cost of processing a 5-minute sample was ~$3 cost per day of sampling will decline as units are deployed in years to come

24 Prairie MMP: thoughts on operational monitoring More likely to have success with implementation if meeting needs for more that just marsh birds JV Plans, BCR Plans, NABCI docs: information needs for other tier groups are similar

25 Prairie MMP: some design considerations Harvest is not an issue in Canada; greater need for strengthened habitat programs (stewardship, easements, regulatory mechanisms) Need for linkage to JV/BCR: are there key questions to answer that will enhance our ability to achieve goals & objectives? Should strive to guide habitat programs: securement, easement, restoration & enhancement.

26 Prairie MMP: some design considerations Stratified sampling that accounts for, or assesses known or conjectured sources of variation strata: ecoregion, land use how much population process is due to things that we cannot control (fluctuating K)? What comprises an independent station? Area requirements are species-specific & scale of inference differs due to this.

27 Prairie MMP: some design considerations Consider flexibility on protocols and delivery mechanism Do all surveys need to be minute-byminute intensive sampling? Wide scale deployment of ARUs? Can the selection of PSU be flexible without compromising statistical integrity?

28 Partners & Sponsors Alberta Conservation Association # * Alberta NAWMP Science Fund # *» Ducks Unlimited Canada # *» Environment Canada/Canadian Wildlife Service *» Institute for Wetlands and Waterfowl Research Manitoba SDIF * Saskatchewan F&WDF» Service Canada HRDC *» Science Horizons *» Wildlife Habitat Canada p# *» p progenitorial sponsor # 2008/09 sponsor, * 2009/10 sponsor, 2010/11 sponsor,» 2011/12 sponsor

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