Together they are transitioning from decades old bird survey protocols by using modern technology. Deploying this technology across the landscape using a site selection process that represents the diversity of habitat, treatment types, and invasive species that are threatening widespread monoculture.
This system uses antennas to listen for messages from special radio tags that have been attached to wildlife by researchers all over the world. Different size tags can be attached to birds, bats or even insects.
Success measures include changes in reed canarygrass height and structure and longer-term changes in plant diversity and habitat conditions, with a commitment to share a public summary of methods, monitoring results, and any adaptive changes.
One night, we got over 300 bats from just one building! Continuing with the bat monitoring, I also helped Alexa, Malheur’s wildlife biologist, put up bat sensors that record their call around headquarters and Buena Vista, which were left out for four nights.
Written by Marla Polenz, High Desert Partnership Bird Conservation Oregon has selected Keaira Burns, a college student from Burns, Oregon, as the inaugural recipient of the Bob Sallinger Fellowship Award.
