3.3 Birds
• Conduct research on habitat management techniques to maintain suitable habitat for disturbance-tolerant species such as Golden-winged Warbler. • Conduct studies on the nesting ecology of Mountain birds such as Hermit Trush and Red Crossbill. • Conduct studies on American Kestrel and Peregrine Falcon’s post-fedging disper- sal, adult and juvenile survival, migratory habits, and vulnerability to contaminants. Conduct studies of the Barn Owl, American Kestrel, and Northern Saw-whet Owl’s use of habitat and population trends and of Golden Eagle winter abundance and distribution. • Conduct studies about nesting success, productivity, and survival of foodplain birds in bufers of diferent widths; this could provide some insight into population declines and help to guide management recommendations for bufer width (Swainson’s Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Acadian Flycatcher, Kentucky Warbler, Wood Trush). • Conduct research into the potential efects of renewable energy development, including species-specifc vulnerability and efectiveness of methods to reduce mortality (water- fowl, Bald Eagle, Golden Eagle, etc.).
• Determine if the southeastern subspecies of the American Kestrel breeds and/or win- ters in habitats in North Carolina.
• Determine the efects of clear-cut stand size on shrubland birds (Krementz and Christie 2000) .
• Document the habitat selection and competition factors related to Indigo Bunting and Eastern Painted Bunting in these maritime forests (Kopachena and Crist 2000) .
• Examine causes of declines among nightjars on industrial forestland.
• Examine Cowbird parasitism impacts on bird productivity in small versus large habitat patches.
• Examine habitat use and conduct nesting habitat research on the Black Rail using telemetry and then on other marsh birds (Bogner and Baldassarre 2002 ).
• Assess the importance of stopover habitats in North Carolina using aeroecology (radar) technologies.
• Conduct studies on contaminants in avian populations.
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