Eddy Gulch Late-Successional Reserve
Landbird Survey Report 2009-2010
Submitted to Sam Cuenca
District Wildlife Biologist
Salmon - Scott River Ranger District, Klamath National Forest
by
Linda L. Long
U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Redwood Sciences Laboratory
1700 Bayview Drive, Arcata, California 95521
27 January 2011
INTRODUCTION
The goals of the Eddy Gulch Late-Successional Reserve Fuels / Habitat Protection
Project are to provide community fire protection, habitat protection and late-successional habitat
development within the boundary of the Eddy Gulch Late-Successional Reserve (LSR). To
assist the Klamath National Forest in attaining these goals we collected bird monitoring data
beginning in 2007 for Northern Spotted Owls, Northern Goshawks and landbirds within the
Eddy Gulch LSR project area. The landbird surveys will help establish baseline, pre-project data
for Eddy Gulch. The sampling methods and design could easily be applied to additional project
areas or dispersed across the forest for a larger scale monitoring effort. The results of our owl
and goshawk surveys for 2009 and 2010 are summarized in earlier reports (Morrissette and
O’Donnell 2010, Slabe and Herrera 2009). This report will summarize our landbird survey
efforts for 2009 and 2010.
METHODS
We collected data on landbirds using 5-minute variable radius point counts (Ralph et al.
1993 and Fancy 1997). In 2007, 8 point count routes with a total of 141 survey stations were
established within the Late Seral Reserve (LSR) (Map 1, Table 1). In 2009, we completed one
survey at each of 139 stations. We completed one survey at each station in 2010. A relevé
vegetation survey (Ralph et al. 1993) was conducted at each point count location (Map 1).
RESULTS
We observed a total of 1,335 birds of 62 species in 2009 and a total of 1,092 birds of 57
species in 2010 (Table 1).
We observed four Klamath National Forest Management Indicator Species: Red-breasted
Sapsucker, and Hairy, Downy and Pileated woodpeckers. All were seen in both 2009 and 2010,
except the Downy Woodpecker which was observed only in 2010.
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REFERENCES
Fancy, S.G. 1997. A new approach for analyzing bird densities from variable circular-plot
counts. Pacific Science 51:107-114.
Morrissette, M. and B. P. O’Donnell. 2010. Eddy Gulch Late-Successional Reserve Northern
Spotted Owl, Northern Goshawk and Landbird survey report 2010. Report submitted to Klamath
National Forest, California.
Ralph, C. J., G. R. Geupel, P. Pyle, T.E. Martin, and D. F. DeSante. 1993. Field Methods for
Monitoring Landbirds. USDA Forest Service Publication, PSW-GTR 144, Albany, CA.
Slabe, V. and P. A. Herrera. 2009. Eddy Gulch Late-Successional Reserve Northern Spotted
Owl, Northern Goshawk and landbird survey report 2009. Report submitted to Klamath National
Forest, California.
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MAP 1
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Table 1. Number of birds observed by route and year on Point Count surveys from 2009-2010 near Eddy Gulch on the Klamath National Forest, California.
Year
Route code
Num. stations
Species
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Sooty Grouse
Mountain Quail
Band-tailed
Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna's
Hummingbird
Rufous
Hummingbird
Allen's
Hummingbird
Hummingbird sp.
Red-breasted
Sapsucker
Downy
Woodpecker
Hairy
Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Red-shafted
Flicker
Pileated
Woodpecker
Woodpecker sp.
Olive-sided
Flycatcher
Western WoodPewee
Hammond's
Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Pacific-slope
Flycatcher
2009
1CO1T
12
EDD1
16
EDD2
18
EDD5
12
2010
EDD9
18
EDD11
20
EDD12
14
SAA
29
1CO1T
12
EDD1
16
EDD2
18
EDD5
13
EDD9
18
EDD11
20
EDD12
14
SAA
30
1
2
1
4
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
4
10
7
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
7
14
1
1
3
2
1
5
3
4
1
4
13
2
7
2
6
2
4
2
4
5
5
3
2
7
1
2
4
4
1
4
3
6
1
3
3
3
2
1
2
1
7
5
1
1
4
13
2
4
3
1
6
2
1
3
1
4
1
4
2
4
8
3
1
3
1
2
3
3
2
3
5
1
1
5
1
1
3
2
1
1
5
1
8
3
2
5
1
2
2
1
1
6
3
3
1
2
3
4
Year
Route code
Num. stations
Species
Black Phoebe
Flycatcher sp.
Cassin's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Steller's Jay
Western ScrubJay
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Northern Roughwinged
Swallow
Mountain
Chickadee
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted
Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned
Kinglet
Townsend's
Solitaire
Swainson's
Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Wrentit
Orange-crowned
Warbler
Nashville
Warbler
2009
1CO1T
12
EDD1
16
EDD2
18
EDD5
12
2010
EDD9
18
EDD11
20
EDD12
14
SAA
29
1CO1T
12
EDD1
16
EDD2
18
EDD5
13
EDD9
18
EDD11
20
EDD12
14
SAA
30
4
1
1
5
1
9
10
3
37
1
5
1
2
4
2
7
3
2
3
13
1
21
15
1
7
7
1
4
19
6
5
1
33
5
13
2
3
4
1
1
2
4
1
10
30
1
16
10
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
5
10
1
1
3
5
2
3
5
1
15
26
1
17
5
1
7
2
3
1
1
9
18
5
5
1
4
18
1
10
1
7
12
1
1
1
10
1
14
2
1
12
3
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
3
4
1
2
4
3
1
5
4
4
7
2
2
1
1
6
1
3
6
3
3
3
3
1
3
1
8
1
5
1
1
2
2
7
10
24
11
16
2
2
5
1
1
13
2
1
1
3
1
3
15
16
3
14
11
22
2
36
17
1
5
3
2
Year
Route code
Num. stations
Species
Audubon's
Warbler
Black-throated
Gray Warbler
Hermit Warbler
MacGillivray's
Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted
Chat
Warbler sp.
Western Tanager
Green-tailed
Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Chipping
Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's
Sparrow
Oregon Junco
Black-headed
Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Evening
Grosbeak
Total birds
2009
1CO1T
12
EDD1
16
EDD2
18
EDD5
12
3
4
2010
EDD9
18
EDD11
20
EDD12
14
SAA
29
1CO1T
12
19
1
EDD1
16
EDD2
18
3
10
18
1
1
25
4
9
7
9
8
3
19
5
4
5
2
12
2
14
1
2
4
2
1
1
2
6
EDD5
13
EDD9
18
4
EDD11
20
EDD12
14
2
5
2
1
4
SAA
30
1
2
2
1
17
25
28
16
19
29
7
29
13
1
9
1
1
13
6
1
4
1
4
1
3
34
1
1
4
2
10
1
21
21
15
8
1
20
4
1
28
17
3
34
2
3
5
11
37
6
1
1
1
2
12
12
1
13
6
4
21
13
2
6
4
6
3
6
1
7
8
2
5
2
6
8
2
10
26
2
6
12
10
21
5
3
9
5
1
2
1
7
3
5
43
15
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
81
196
247
89
221
198
139
164
6
49
146
215
80
166
122
85
229