Chapter 3 North Carolina Species
Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats • Study response to forest management or alteration; investigate use of forests altered by pests (for example, use of young, regenerating Fraser Fir stands), storm damage (use of forest patches impacted by hurricanes), or by silviculture. Much is already published about the response of Golden-winged Warbler, Wood Thrush, and other species to forest management in the form of silviculture or prescribed burning, but there may be a specific need for additional studies based in North Carolina. Cerulean Warbler Kentucky Warbler Northern Saw-whet Owl • Advance understanding of breeding and wintering ground linkages and migratory pathway in support of AMJV strategic plan goals. Eastern Whip-poor-will Golden-winged Warbler
Mountain Ecoregion Cerulean Warbler
Eastern Whip-poor-will Golden-winged Warbler
Wood Thrush Kentucky Warbler
• Support studies addressing the decline of aerial insectivore species.
Swallows Swifts
Flycatchers Nightjars
Warblers
• Identify causal factors responsible for low beach-nesting bird reproductive success; initiate predator impact studies (e.g., Ghost Crabs, fire ants, gulls, foxes, Raccoons, feral cats, Coyotes, crows, Gull-billed Terns). • Conduct monitoring to estimate American Oystercatcher, Gull-billed Tern, Black Skimmer, and Wilson’s Plover reproductive success, especially needed for the Wilson’s Plover due to scant data available. Studies should examine direct and indirect factors affecting reproductive success, including effects of different levels of human disturbance.
American Oystercatcher Black Skimmer
Gull-billed Tern
Wilson’s Plover
• Conduct life history studies of colonial waterbirds, especially SGCN.
Colonial waterbirds • Examine the effectiveness of diverse vegetation control methods for beach-nesting birds that require early successional habitat. Early Successional
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