ANALYZING 14 YEARS OF LANDBIRD DATA FOR THE NORTHERN COLORADO PLATEAU I&M NETWORK

The Northern Colorado Plateau Network (NCPN) and the cooperator will analyze 14 years of avian monitoring data and conduct avian monitoring during the 2019 avian breeding seasons (May â¿¿ July). The NCPN includes landbird monitoring at 12 National Park units in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Arizona. The Northern Colorado Plateau Network has been monitoring landbirds as a vital sign since 2005 using the status and trends of the breeding bird community as an indicator of ecosystem integrity, contributing to local and regional avian population monitoring programs, and to communicate to visitors and the public, the importance of NCPN parks as breeding bird habitat. The NCPN and University of Delaware will use the monitoring data to provide long-term population status and trend information for breeding landbirds in low-elevation riparian, pinyon-juniper, and sage shrubland.