Chapter 3 North Carolina Species
Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats • Conduct studies on the nesting ecology of Mountain birds.
Mountain ecoregion
Hermit Thrush
Red Crossbill
• Conduct studies on post-fledging dispersal, adult and juvenile survival, migratory habits, and vulnerability to contaminants. Peregrine Falcon • Conduct studies of habitat use, population trends, and winter abundance and distribution. American Kestrel
American Kestrel Barn Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl Golden Eagle
Wood Stork
• Conduct studies about nesting success, productivity, and survival of floodplain birds in buffers of different widths. This could provide some insight into population declines and help to guide management recommendations for buffer width. Swainson’s Warbler Wood Stork Wood Thrush • Conduct research into the potential effects of renewable energy development, including species-specific vulnerability and effectiveness of methods to reduce mortality. Inland Floodplains Blackwater Floodplains Brownwater Floodplains Acadian Flycatcher Cerulean Warbler Kentucky Warbler
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Waterfowl
• Determine if southeastern subspecies breed and/or winter in habitats in North Carolina.
American Kestrel
• Determine the effects of clear-cut stand size on SGCN shrubland birds. Bachman’s Sparrow Henslow’s Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Prairie Warbler Barn Owl Loggerhead Shrike
Golden-winged Warbler Northern Bobwhite
• Document the habitat selection and competition factors related to use of maritime forests and successional communities Eastern Painted Bunting Indigo Bunting • Examine causes of declines among nightjars on industrial forestland and other habitats. Maritime forests Successional habitats
Managed timber
Chuck-will’s-widow Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
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