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    The BBS is a longterm, largescale, international avian monitoring program. It was initiated in 1966 to track the status and trends of North American bird populations. Each year during the height of the avian breeding season, June for most of the u.s. And canada, participants collect bird population data along roadside survey routes. Each survey route is 24. Miles long with stops at 0.5mile intervals.

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    The BBS is a longterm, largescale, international avian monitoring program. It was initiated in 1966 to track the status and trends of North American bird populations. Each year during the height of the avian breeding season, June for most of the u.s. And canada, participants collect bird population data along roadside survey routes. Each survey route is 24. Miles long with stops at 0.5mile intervals.

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    AboutBBS

    WhatistheNorthAmericanBreedingBirdSurvey(BBS)?
    TheBBSisalongterm,largescale,internationalavianmonitoringprograminitiatedin
    1966totrackthestatusandtrendsofNorthAmericanbirdpopulations.TheUSGSPatuxent
    WildlifeResearchCenterandtheCanadianWildlifeService,NationalWildlifeResearch
    CenterjointlycoordinatetheBBSprogram.
    WhywastheBBScreated?
    Inthemidtwentiethcentury,thesuccessofDDTasapesticideusheredinaneweraof
    syntheticchemicalpestcontrol.Aspesticideusegrew,concerns,asepitomizedbyRachel
    CarsoninSilentSpring,regardingtheireffectsonwildlifebegantosurface.Localstudies
    hadattributedsomebirdkillstopesticides,butitwasunclearhow,orif,birdpopulations
    werebeingaffectedatregionalornationallevels.Respondingtothisconcern,Chandler
    RobbinsandcolleaguesatthePatuxentWildlifeResearchCenterdevelopedtheNorth
    AmericanBreedingBirdSurveytomonitorbirdpopulationsoverlargegeographicareas.
    AlthoughmostconcernsoverpesticideuseinNorthAmericahavesubsidedinrecent
    decades,birdpopulationscontinuetobesubjectedtonumerouswidespreadthreatsincluding
    habitatloss,habitatfragmentation,landusechanges,andotherchemicalcontaminants.
    Today,theBBScontinuestomonitorbirdpopulationsacrossNorthAmericaandinforms
    researchersandwildlifemanagersofsignificantchangesinbirdpopulationlevels.If
    significantdeclinesaredetected,theircausescanthenbeidentifiedandappropriateactions
    takentoreversethembeforepopulationsreachcriticallylowlevels.
    HowdoestheBBSwork?
    Eachyearduringtheheightoftheavianbreedingseason,JuneformostoftheU.S.and
    Canada,participantsskilledinavianidentificationcollectbirdpopulationdataalong
    roadsidesurveyroutes.Eachsurveyrouteis24.5mileslongwithstopsat0.5mileintervals.
    Ateachstop,a3minutepointcountisconducted.Duringthecount,everybirdseenwithina
    0.25mileradiusorheardisrecorded.Surveysstartonehalfhourbeforelocalsunriseand
    takeabout5hourstocomplete.Over4100surveyroutesarelocatedacrossthecontinental
    U.S.andCanada.
    Onceanalyzed,BBSdataprovideanindexofpopulationabundancethatcanbeusedto
    estimatepopulationtrendsandrelativeabundancesatvariousgeographicscales.Trend
    estimatesformorethan420birdspeciesandallrawdataarecurrentlyavailableviatheBBS
    website.
    HowareBBSdataused?
    1.TheU.S.FishandWildlifeService,CanadianWildlifeService,andPartnersin
    FlightalluseBBStrendsalongwithotherindicatorstoassessbirdconservation
    priorities.
    2.BBSdatawereinstrumentalinfocusingresearchandmanagementactionon
    neotropicalmigrantspeciesinthelate1980s,andongrasslandspeciesinthemid
    1990s.
    3.StateNaturalHeritageprogramsandBreedingBirdAtlasprojectsoftenutilizeBBS

    datatoenrichtheirdatabases.
    4.EducatorsoftenuseBBSdataasatooltoteachbiological,statisticalandGIS
    concepts.
    5.Morethan450scientificpublicationshavereliedheavily,ifnotentirely,onBBSdata.
    TheentireBBSbibliographyisviewableinPDFformatorinfieldsearchableweb
    format.

    U.S.DepartmentoftheInterior|U.S.GeologicalSurvey
    PatuxentWildlifeResearchCenterLaurel,MD,USA207084038
    http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs
    OperationsContact:KeithPardieck,email:Keith_Pardieck@usgs.gov
    AnalysesContact:JohnSauer,email:John_Sauer@usgs.gov
    LastModified:10/31/01
    USGSPrivacyStatement

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