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Avian Ecology
We seek to understand how birds use the habitats available and how that will change as we work to create more diverse plant communities. We also host researchers that document migrations of raptors and songbirds across MPG.
In this section of the research pages, you will find links to reports and updates from all the researchers involved with avian ecology, posted chronologically. The links will show you more in-depth reports on our findings. The three main projects covered here are:
Songbird Counts- A grid of sampling points covers MPG with 560 points. We visit each point 3 times a year, once in winter and twice during the songbird breeding season. We record, by ear or by sight, all the birds near that point for 10 minutes.
Songbird Banding- The University of Montana Bird Ecology Lab, UMBEL, runs several trapping stations at MPG as part of their regional songbird monitoring program. UMBEL sets up very fine nets that are nearly invisible to birds in brushy habitats. Songbirds fly into the nets and become entangled. The researchers take the birds from the nets and affix a numbered band to their leg before releasing them.
Raptor Research- The Raptor View Research Institute monitors raptor populations on MPG and counts raptors that migrate past MPG in the spring and fall. Raptor View researchers have placed transmitters on osprey and golden eagles that use the Bitterroot Valley.
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2020 Woody Draw Songbird Research Report
2020 Fall Migration Research Update
2020 Fall Raptor Migration and Telemetry Summary
2019 Woody Draw Songbird Update
2018 Lewis’s Woodpeckers Research Update
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2018 Spring Raptor Telemetry Update
04-06-15 RVRI Research Update
MPG Raptor Banding and Fall Migration Summary Report 2014
Lewis’s Woodpecker Trapping Research Update
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Avian Science Center 2014 Annual Report
Lewis’s Woodpecker Nesting Research Update
Raptor View Research 2013 Report
2013 Mapping Songbird Territories in Woody Draws on the MPG Ranch
MPG Spring Migration Count 2013 by RVRI
RVRI Research Update 04-30-13
Raptor View Research Fall 2012 Report
RVRI Research Update 03-27-13
ASC Report on Mapping Songbird Territories in Woody Draw Habitats
Habitat and Nest Requirements for Lewis's Woodpeckers
Raptor View Research Update 12-05-12
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