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The Bird and The Stream: What do Riparian Areas Mean to Birds?

The Bird and The Stream: What do Riparian Areas Mean to Birds?. Birds are cool. Do you know what part-time Montana avian resident has the longest migration route?

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The Bird and The Stream: What do Riparian Areas Mean to Birds?

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  1. The Bird and The Stream:What do Riparian Areas Mean to Birds?

  2. Birds are cool... • Do you know what part-time Montana avian resident has the longest migration route? • The Wandering Albatross has the longest wingspan of any bird in the world at 11 FEET! Can you guess what bird has the longest wingspan in Montana? • The Brown-headed Cowbird: A Real Avian “Rustler”

  3. Bird ID – a 5 step process Habitat Bird shape Field marks (not just color!) Behavior Songs & calls

  4. Bird ID – a 5 step process Habitat- different birds live in different places Shape & posture of the bird Plumage and color- using field marks you can ID a bird in a flash! Behavior- how is the bird foraging? Songs and calls- many birds literally sing out their names!

  5. Habitat is key!

  6. Riparian Habitat:What does it mean to birds?

  7. Definitions of “Riparian” and “Habitat” • Riparian:Describes the area next to a stream, river, creek or other small body of water • Habitat:The physical location or type of environment in which a plant or animal lives. A home.

  8. What percent of Montana’s landscape is riparian? TWO PERCENT (2%) • What percent of Montana’s bird species breed in riparian areas? SIXTY PERCENT (60%)

  9. Warning: Riparian Birds Declining • Great Blue Herons down 81% • Blue-winged Teal down 72% • Killdeer down 80% • Belted King Fisher down 88% What should this tell us???

  10. Threats to Montana’s Riparian Areas • Residential Development • Urban Pollution • Extractive Industries (Mining, logging, etc.) • Infrastructure development/improvements • Global Climate Change

  11. What caused the major damages to the Upper Clark Fork basin?

  12. Heavy Metals and Arsenic • Highly Acidic Soils (Acid Rock or Mine Drainage) • Constant toxic threats to the environment • Low insect/fish populations • Severely limited/damaged plant communities

  13. Bird Banding at Grant-Kohrs Ranch:Looking at Birds in a Damaged Riparian Habitat

  14. Bird ID – a 5 step process Habitat- different birds live in different places Shape & posture of the bird Plumage and color- using field marks you can ID a bird in a flash! Behavior- how is the bird foraging? Songs and calls- many birds literally sing out their names!

  15. Identifying birds by shape Fowl Raptors Waterfowl & marsh birds

  16. Identifying birds by shape Passerines or songbirds Non-passerine landbirds And bird shapes are just the beginning! You can also look at the bird’s posture, bill type, feet, etc...

  17. Bird Silhouette Quiz!

  18. Bird ID – a 5 step process Habitat- different birds live in different places Shape & posture of the bird Plumage and color- using field marks you can ID a bird in a flash! Behavior- how is the bird foraging? Songs and calls- many birds literally sing out their names!

  19. Learning the field marks... • Names of field marks are precise • However-- multiple names for the same part do exist...

  20. Bird ID – a 5 step process Habitat- different birds live in different places Shape & posture of the bird Plumage and color- using field marks you can ID a bird in a flash! Behavior- how is the bird foraging? Songs and calls- many birds literally sing out their names!

  21. Bird behavior

  22. Bird ID – a 5 step process Habitat- different birds live in different places Shape & posture of the bird Plumage and color- using field marks you can ID a bird in a flash! Behavior- how is the bird foraging? Songs and calls - many birds literally sing out their names!

  23. Identification of Montana’s Common Riparian Birds

  24. Red-naped Sapsucker

  25. Least Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher

  26. Black-capped Chickadee

  27. American Robin

  28. Cedar Waxwing

  29. Yellow Warbler

  30. Common Yellowthroat

  31. Song Sparrow

  32. Brown-headedCowbird

  33. AmericanGoldfinch Says “potato chip” really fast

  34. Quiz time!  Open your eyes and your ears as we try to match birds to their calls…

  35. Willow Flycatcher American Goldfinch Song Sparrow Yellow Warbler

  36. Song Sparrow Birdsong 1 Birdsong 4 Birdsong 2 Birdsong 3

  37. American Robin Red-Naped Sapsucker Brown-Headed Cowbird American Goldfinch

  38. Birdsong 1 Birdsong 2 Birdsong 3 Cedar Waxwing Birdsong 4

  39. Black-Capped Chickadee Red-Naped Sapsucker Brown-Headed Cowbird Common Yellowthroat

  40. American Goldfinch Birdsong 1 Birdsong 2 Birdsong 3 Birdsong 4

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