{"id":57776,"date":"2015-11-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-ridem-to-launch-breeding-bird-atlas-to-document-bird-life-in-rhode-island\/"},"modified":"2015-11-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T00:00:00","slug":"uri-ridem-to-launch-breeding-bird-atlas-to-document-bird-life-in-rhode-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/uri-ridem-to-launch-breeding-bird-atlas-to-document-bird-life-in-rhode-island\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站, RIDEM to launch Breeding Bird Atlas to document bird life in Rhode Island"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tProject seeks volunteers; orientation meeting Dec. 12<\/b><\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 November 19, 2015 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management are seeking volunteers to participate in the state\u2019s second bird atlas \u2013 an effort to map the distribution and abundance of birds in the Ocean State. Organizers of the five-year Rhode Island Bird Atlas 2.0 will hold a kickoff meeting for potential volunteers on Dec. 12 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Coastal Institute building on the 溏心vlog免费B站 Kingston campus.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe volunteer effort for the first atlas did an excellent job of yielding data that told us where birds were found in the state, but analyses were limited by technology,\u201d said Charles Clarkson, DEM-溏心vlog免费B站 project coordinator. \u201cNow we have the ability to map habitats and create spatially explicit models of how birds utilize the landscape, technologies that didn\u2019t exist in the \u201880s. So this time we will be able to get a more comprehensive picture of the way birds are using the state of Rhode Island.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nA bird atlas serves as a baseline against which future surveys can be compared to determine what changes have occurred in bird distribution and abundance. Identifying where the birds are located and their density are critical to understanding how habitat loss, human development and other issues are affecting birds.<\/p>\n


\nThe atlas divides the state into 165 blocks, each 10 square miles in size, and volunteers will seek to document all bird species that breed in, winter in, and migrate through each block. <\/p>\n


\nFor the breeding portion of the atlas, participants will be asked to visit all habitats in each atlas block during May, June and July \u2013 the primary breeding months \u2013 with the goal of confirming breeding for as many species as possible. Visits during other months will be required for some species that breed earlier or later in the year. These surveys can be accomplished in a single breeding season or spread out over multiple years.<\/p>\n


\nBird atlases got their start in the 1960s in Great Britain, and the idea soon spread to the United States. Sixty-eight volunteers participated in Rhode Island\u2019s first Breeding Bird Atlas from 1982 to 1987, documenting 164 bird species, of which 155 were confirmed to nest in the state. The Bird Atlas 2.0 will allow researchers to conduct a change analysis to determine how bird distribution has changed since the last atlas. <\/p>\n


\n\tThe new atlas is expected to document several changes to Rhode Island\u2019s list of breeding birds. Species such as northern bobwhite and sora, for example, have experienced drastic declines and may no longer breed in the state. And common raven \u2013 a species not recorded during the previous atlas \u2013 will likely be one addition to the list of the state\u2019s breeding birds.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cBecause of Rhode Island\u2019s small size and large base of volunteers, we\u2019re also planning to document birds found here in winter and during migration,\u201d Clarkson said. \u201cRhode Island provides important habitat for some wintering species, especially waterfowl, and it\u2019s also an important staging area for migrants.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe orientation Saturday, Dec. 12, will provide an overview of the project and its significance, as well as the history of breeding bird atlases. Additional meetings will be held throughout the state to train volunteers on the details of how and when to collect data and how to submit their data. Bird enthusiasts at all skill levels are encouraged to participate. <\/p>\n


\n\tFor more information on the Rhode Island Bird Atlas 2.0 and kickoff meeting, visit Bird Atlas<\/a> or contact Charles Clarkson at 434-466-3650 or clarksonce@uri.edu.\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Project seeks volunteers; orientation meeting Dec. 12 KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 November 19, 2015 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management are seeking volunteers to participate in the state\u2019s second bird atlas \u2013 an effort to map the distribution and abundance of birds in the Ocean State. Organizers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}