3.3 Birds
Federal/ State Status*
Family
Scientifc Name Podiceps auritus
Common Name Horned Grebe Pied-billed Grebe
Podicipedidae
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Podilymbus podiceps
Porzana carolina Regulus satrapa Actitis macularia
Rallidae
Sora
Regulidae
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Scolopacidae
Spotted Sandpiper
Limnodromus griseus
Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher American Woodcock
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Scolopax minor Tringa favipes
Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Sitta canadensis Asio fammeus Morus bassanus
Sittidae Strigidae
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Short-eared Owl Northern Gannet
Sulidae
Cistothorus palustris Cistothorus platensis Troglodytes troglodytes Catharus minimus Catharus ustulatus Empidonax minimus Empidonax traillii
Troglodytidae
Marsh Wren Sedge Wren Winter Wren
Turdidae
Gray-cheeked Trush Swainson’s Trush Least Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher
Tyrannidae
Vireo gilvus
Vireonidae
Warbling Vireo
Vireo philadelphicus
Philadelphia Vireo
* See Table 3.2 for abbreviations.
3.3.5 Management Needs Bird populations are afected by human activities, predator populations, and habitat characteristics. Tese factors are not independent from one another, thus, manage- ment actions on one are likely to afect another and this interaction must be understood. Recommendations for priority management actions are outlined in Section 3.3.8. Depending on species, timing, type of disturbance, and habituation to human activities, many shorebirds and colonial waterbirds are sensitive to disturbance from human-related activities (Erwin 2005; Meyers 2005) . Many of the colonial waterbirds found in North Carolina that are SGCN are also management-need priority species. Posting nesting areas with sym- bolic fencing, which consists of informative signs placed 50 meters apart with string tied between posts, reduces disturbance to nesting colonies by recreationists (Erwin 1989) . Te addition of education and outreach programs during the nesting season, and enforcement of leash and trespass laws, provides greater protection.
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