Incorporating weather in counts and trends of migrating Common Nighthawks.

ABSTRACT: Effective conservation planning for species of concern requires long-term monitoring data that can accurately estimate population trends. Supplemental or alternative methods for estimating population trends are necessary for species that are poorly sampled by traditional breeding bird survey methods. Counts of migrating birds are commonly used to assess raptor population trends and could be useful for additional taxa that migrate diurnally and are difficult to monitor during the breeding season. In North America, the Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) is challenging to detect during comprehensive dawn surveys like the North American Breeding Bird Survey and is considered a species of conservation concern because of steep population declines across its range. We conducted standardiz

SUBMITTER: Kolbe SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11254321 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature