1. Hawks Aloft, Inc.
Fire
Avian Monitoring for Jemez Collaborative Landscape Forest Restoration Project

2. Monitoring Objectives:
Forest Landscape Restoration Act (PL , Sec. 4003(c)), the natural resources monitoring program objectives are:
(1) contribute toward the restoration of the structure and composition of pre-fire-suppression old growth stands,
(2) reduce the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire, and/or maintain or re-establish natural fire regimes,
(3) improve fish and wildlife habitat, including endangered, threatened and sensitive species,
(4) maintain or improve water quality and watershed function, and
(5) prevent, remediate, or control invasions of exotic species.

4. Project Challenges:
Inability to access all routes during all years
due to fires/flooding/washed out roads.

5. All Points: Unburned vs Burned Cumulative Avian Density Type
# birds/ha
Unburned A
2.03
Burned
2.00
Tukey-Kramer HSD test
Type-Year
#birds/ha
Unburned 2012
2.17
Burned 2014 B
2.12
Burned 2013
2.04
Unburned 2013
Unburned 2014
1.88
Burned 2012
1.76
Total Species Richness
# Species
# Points
# Visits 71
40*
225 93
133*
737
*A number of points have changed from unburned to burned

6. Ponderosa Pine Points: Unburned vs Burned Cumulative Avian Density
Habitat
# birds/visit
Ponderosa Pine Burned A
11.81
Unburned B
9.40
Tukey-Kramer HSD test
# birds/ha
2.41
1.91
Total Species Richness
Type
# Species
# Points
# Visits 65
62*
405
Burned 47
10* 58
*PP07, PP08, PP09, PP11a changed from PP to PP Burn in middle of 2013 field season

9. Expected outcomes and timeframe:
Following fire, we expect an initial decline in avian density and species richness in the year following the fire with a robust increase in years 3-10 years as herbaceous plant cover matures.

10. Observed outcomes:
In burned ponderosa pine, there was a significant increase in avian density in burned points relative to control points. Although not yet significant, our data show increases in density among all burned points.

11. Photography Data Analysis Maps Surveyors Keith Bauer Doug Brown
Gail Garber
Thomas Kilroy
Alan Murphy
David Powell
Data Analysis
Trevor Fetz
Maps
Michael Hill
Surveyors
Mike Fugagli
Erin Greenlee
Michael Hilchey
Raymond Van Buskirk
Kieran Sullivan
Jennifer Goyette