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NCRN Bird Monitoring Data 2007 - 2017
Published by National Park Service
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Department of the Interior
| Metadata Last Checked: June 25, 2025
| Last Modified: 2017-11-13
These data represent the first ten years of data collection (2007-2016) on avian abundance/density and distribution in the National Capital Region as part of the Inventory and Monitoring Program. Data were collected following the protocol outlined by Dawson and Efford (2006). Point counts were conducted at roughly 384 forest locations annually across 11 National Parks during the breeding seasons from 2007 - 2016. Each site was visited twice per year by alternate trained observers. Species detections were recorded at each location as well as whether the bird was observed within 50m or between 50 & 100m from the observer. In addition, temperature, humidity, and weather conditions were also recorded.
In 2014 the protocol was tested to see if it could be applied for monitoring grassland birds. During the 2014 field season 44 grassland monitoring plots were established at Manassas National Battlefield Park. The protocol was applied at these points and worked well. Since then monitoring was expanded to include grasslands in other parks including Antietam National Battlefield (ANTI) (89 plots), Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (HAFE) (26 plots) and Monocacy National Battlefield (MONO) (68 plots).
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Accipiter cooperii
Accipiter striatus
Actitis macularia
Aegolius acadicus
Agelaius phoeniceus
Aix sponsa
Alder Flycatcher
American Bittern
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Redstart
American Robin
American Woodcock
American Yellow Warbler
Ammodramus henslowii
Ammodramus savannarum
Anas platyrhynchos
Antietam National Battlefield
Application Inventory Registry
Archilochus colubris
Ardea alba
Ardea herodias
Avian
Baeolophus bicolor
Bald Eagle
Baltimore Oriole
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Biology
Biota
Bird
Bird Data
Birds
Black Vulture
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-billed Cuckoo
Black-capped Chickadee
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Blue Grosbeak
Blue Jay
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Bombycilla cedrorum
Botaurus lentiginosus
Branta canadensis
Breeding
Broad-winged Hawk
Brown Creeper
Brown Thrasher
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bubo virginianus
Buteo jamaicensis
Buteo lineatus
Buteo platypterus
Buteogallus urubitinga
Butorides virescens
CATO
CHOH
Canada Goose
Canada Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Caprimulgus vociferus
Cardinalis cardinalis
Carduelis tristis
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Carpodacus mexicanus
Carpodectes antoniae
Cathartes aura
Catharus fuscescens
Catharus guttatus
Catharus minimus
Catharus ustulatus
Catoctin Mountain Park
Cedar Waxwing
Certhia americana
Cerulean Warbler
Ceryle alcyon
Chaetura pelagica
Charadrius vociferus
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chimney Swift
Chipping Sparrow
Chordeiles minor
Chuck-will's-widow
Cistothorus palustris
Coccyzus americanus
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Colaptes auratus
Colinus virginianus
Columba livia
Common Grackle
Common Nighthawk
Common Pigeon
Common Raven
Common Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Contopus cooperi
Contopus virens
Cooper's Hawk
Coragyps atratus
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Corvus corax
Corvus ossifragus
Cyanocitta cristata
Dendroica caerulescens
Dendroica cerulea
Dendroica coronata
Dendroica discolor
Dendroica dominica
Dendroica magnolia
Dendroica palmarum
Dendroica pensylvanica
Dendroica petechia
Dendroica pinus
Dendroica striata
Dendroica tigrina
Dendroica virens
Double-crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Dumetella carolinensis
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Screech Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Wood Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds
Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities
Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Grassland/Herbaceous Communities
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Empidonax alnorum
Empidonax flaviventris
Empidonax minimus
Empidonax traillii
Empidonax virescens
Environment
Euphagus carolinus
European Herring Gull
European Starling
Falco sparverius
Field Sparrow
Fish Crow
GWMP
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Geothlypis trichas
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Grasshopper Sparrow
Gray Catbird
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Great Black Hawk
Great Black-Hawk
Great Blue Heron
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Egret
Great Horned Owl
Green Heron
Grey Catbird
Grey-cheeked Thrush
Guiraca caerulea
HAFE
Hairy Woodpecker
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Helmitheros vermivorus
Henslow's Sparrow
Hermit Thrush
Herring Gull
Hirundo rustica
Hooded Warbler
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
Hylocichla mustelina
Icteria virens
Icterus galbula
Icterus spurius
Indigo Bunting
Kentucky Warbler
Killdeer
Larus argentatus
Larus delawarensis
Least Flycatcher
Louisiana Waterthrush
MANA
MONO
Magnolia Warbler
Mallard
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Marsh Wren
Maryland
Megascops asio
Melanerpes carolinus
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Meleagris gallopavo
Melospiza georgiana
Melospiza melodia
Mimus polyglottos
Mniotilta varia
Molothrus ater
Monitoring
Monocacy National Battlefield
Mourning Dove
Mourning Warbler
Myiarchus crinitus
NACE
NCRN
Nashville Warbler
National Capital Parks-East
National Capital Region Network Network
Northern Bobwhite
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Oriole
Northern Parula
Northern Raven
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Northern Waterthrush
Nycticorax nycticorax
Oceanites oceanicus
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Oporornis formosus
Oporornis philadelphia
Orchard Oriole
Osprey
Ovenbird
PRWI
Palm Warbler
Pandion haliaetus
Parula americana
Passer domesticus
Passerculus sandwichensis
Passerina cyanea
Phalacrocorax auritus
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Philadelphia Vireo
Picoides pubescens
Picoides villosus
Pileated Woodpecker
Pine Warbler
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Piranga olivacea
Piranga rubra
Poecile atricapillus
Poecile carolinensis
Point Counts
Polioptila caerulea
Pooecetes gramineus
Prairie Warbler
Prince William Forest Park
Progne subis
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Purple Martin
Quiscalus quiscula
ROCR
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-eyed Vireo
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
Regulus calendula
Regulus satrapa
Ring-billed Gull
Riparia riparia
Rock Creek Park
Rock Dove
Rock Pigeon
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous-sided Towhee
Rusty Blackbird
Sand Martin
Savannah Sparrow
Sayornis phoebe
Scarlet Tanager
Scolopax minor
Seiurus aurocapillus
Seiurus motacilla
Seiurus noveboracensis
Setophaga ruticilla
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Sialia sialis
Sitta canadensis
Sitta carolinensis
Snowy Egret
Solitary Vireo
Song Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Spizella pusilla
Spotted Sandpiper
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Strix varia
Sturnella magna
Sturnus vulgaris
Summer Tanager
Swainson's Thrush
Swamp Sparrow
Tachycineta bicolor
Tennessee Warbler
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Toxostoma rufum
Tree Swallow
Troglodytes aedon
Troglodytes troglodytes
Tufted Titmouse
Turdus migratorius
Turkey Vulture
Tyrannus tyrannus
Veery
Vermivora peregrina
Vermivora pinus
Vermivora ruficapilla
Vesper Sparrow
Vireo flavifrons
Vireo gilvus
Vireo griseus
Vireo olivaceus
Vireo philadelphicus
Vireo solitarius
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WOTR
Warbling Vireo
Washington Metro Area
West Virginia
Western Osprey
Whip-poor-will
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-eyed Vireo
White-throated Sparrow
Wild Turkey
Wildlife
Willow Flycatcher
Wilson's Storm Petrel
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Wilsonia canadensis
Wilsonia citrina
Winter Wren
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Wood Duck
Wood Thrush
Worm-eating Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-billed Cotinga
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Vireo
Yellow-throated Warbler
Zenaida macroura
Zonotrichia albicollis
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breeding birds
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grassland
grassland breeding birds
Complete Metadata
| @id | http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/5a973fd122b4fd780690e94c94155b08 |
|---|---|
| bureauCode |
[ "010:24" ] |
| dataQuality | true |
| identifier | NPS_DataStore_2246102 |
| issued | 2017-11-13T12:00:00Z |
| landingPage | https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2246102 |
| programCode |
[ "010:118", "010:119" ] |
| references |
[ "https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2246102" ] |
| spatial | -78.78,38.54,-76.76,39.7 |
| temporal | 2007-05-15T12:00:00Z/2017-07-16T12:00:00Z |
| theme |
[ "Generic Dataset" ] |