The Putah Creek Nestbox Highway: 25 years and 18,000 fledglings скачать в хорошем качестве

The Putah Creek Nestbox Highway: 25 years and 18,000 fledglings

This presentation outlines the history of the Putah Creek Nestbox Highway, initiated in 2000 to enhance Western Bluebird breeding. It bands around 700 songbirds of six species annually and provides handling experience for 40 interns. Objectives: provide nesting habitat, study songbird life history and longevity, control invasive species, and offer internships/education. Topics cover resighting efforts, dispersal data, nestbox warfare, and species-specific life histories, including nest-site preferences and reproductive success. Amanda Kindel is a research biologist at the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology (MWFB). She graduated from UC Davis in 2021 and joined MWFB in 2023. Her work includes coordinating the terrestrial biomonitoring program on Putah Creek, managing the Putah Creek Nestbox Highway, conducting surveys in the California Delta, analyzing bat acoustic data, and contributing to specimen curation at the museum. Maggie Bourda serves as the Putah Creek Biologist at UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology. She obtained her B.S. in Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology from UC Davis in 2024 and has been with MWFB since then. Maggie oversees the Putah Creek Nestbox Highway, supervises interns, and bands nestlings. During the off-season, she focuses on data analysis, terrestrial biomonitoring along Putah Creek and in the California Delta, and prepares manuscripts and reports for the nestbox project.