Chapter 3 North Carolina Species
Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats • Conduct predator management as needed at important bird nesting sites, especially of introduced and invasive species (e.g., Nutria, Coyotes, Red Foxes, feral cats, large gulls). • Restore native understory vegetation where deer browsing and/or nonnative invasive species of plants have degraded habitat by managing deer populations and controlling invasives. Restoring native understory vegetation will benefit Kentucky Warbler, Swainson’s Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Eastern Whip-poor-Will, and more. Particular attention is needed in degraded floodplain forest.
Riparian forest Inland Floodplain Blackwater Floodplain
Brownwater Floodplain Cerulean Warbler Eastern Whip-poor-will
Kentucky Warbler Swainson’s Warbler
• Provide guidance to help agencies and organizations, partners, businesses, private landowners, and others reduce strike hazards to birds because of reflective surfaces of structures. Support and share materials developed by others that provide guidance, such as the USFWS’s guidance “Reducing Bird Collisions With Buildings and Building Glass Best Practices” and the American Bird Conservancy’s recommendations for preventing bird collisions at home. • Share best management practices for livestock grazing regarding optimal herd size to maintain high-quality openings for Golden-winged Warbler, Vesper Sparrow, and others with willing livestock farmers. Golden-winged Warbler Vesper Sparrow • Annually post signs around perimeter of colonial waterbird nesting sites before the nesting season to prohibit human intrusion; signs should be posted at sufficient distance to minimize disturbance from activities in nearby areas. Coastal habitats Colonial waterbirds • Maintain dredged-material islands with sand dredged from channels to continue viability of nesting sites for colonial waterbirds. Placement of dredged sand on the islands once every seven to 10 years may be sufficient to maintain the habitats. Coastal habitats Colonial waterbirds • Update NCWRC recommendations and continue to proactively promote planning efforts incorporating conservation measures for priority species via the Green Growth Toolbox program and in accordance with guidance in the NCWRC’s Conservation Recommendations for Priority Terrestrial Wildlife Species and Habitats.
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