- Mission Statement
- Background
- Henslow's Sparrow Report
- Objectives and Justification
- Partners in Flight High Priority Species
- General Vegetation Types and Data Sheets
- Size of Grassland
- Establishing Line Transects
- Sample Field Map
- Avian Surveys
- Vegetation Sampling
- JIZZ Descriptions and Species Codes
- Grassland Species in A.O.U. Check-list Order
- Suggested Reading
- Liability
- Acknowledgements and Miscellaneous
Additional Information
:
- Project Prairie Birds Release of Liability (PDF 271 KB)
- Project Prairie Birds Release of Landowner Liability (PDF 257 KB)
- Project Prairie Birds Vegetation Data Sheet (PDF 254.8 KB)
- Project Prairie Birds Bird Survey Data Sheet (PDF 254.9 KB)
- Project Prairie Birds Booklet without Species Photos (PDF 2.7 MB)
Project Prairie Birds
A Citizen Science Project for Wintering Grassland Birds
General Vegetation Types of the Southeastern U.S. Where Project Prairie Birds Can Be Conducted
Eastern Grasslands and Associated Wetlands:
- Longleaf/slash pine savannah
- Maritime pine (loblolly, pond) savannah
- Hardwood (oak, ash) savannah
- Coastal tallgrass prairies (sw Louisiana, Upper and Central Texas coast)
- Tamaulipan prairies (South Texas and Tamaulipas, Mexico)
- Peninsular Florida and south Georgia prairies (both wet and dry; including Okefenokee and Everglades)
- Midwest and southeast interior relict prairies-savannas-barrens-glades (Grand Prairie, Arkansas and Kentucky Barrens, Black Belt, Jackson Prairie, Blackjack Savannah, Oak Ridge Barren, Center Barren, Floyd Prairie)
- Appalachian grassy bald
- Tallgrass prairie-forest mosaic (Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas)
- Recently disturbed (heavy grazing, burns, no thatch)
- Undisturbed (thatch present)
- Grassland with woody component
- Cropland (rice, hay, alfalfa, plowed, etc.)
- Pasture (warm-season or csool-season grasses)
- Rank annual field
- Airport and military installation maintained airfield
- Estuarine emergent
marsh and/or wet meadow
(include fresh, brackish
or salt)
- Disturbed
- Undisturbed
Lowland Southern Pine Forests (Depending on management, these may support enough open stands to conduct Project Prairie Birds surveys):
- Longleaf/slash flatwood
- Longleaf/slash savannah
- Longleaf-wiregrass/bluestem sandhill
- Shortleaf Pine-bluestem
- Long-rotation loblolly-shortleaf savannah
- Short-rotation loblolly/slash plantation
Tropical and Subtropical Cover Types (Puerto Rico, Virgin Island, South Florida):
- Brushy oldfield
- Shaded pasture
- Mature pine forest (Florida pine rockland)
Maritime Communities:
- Dune and/or beach (e.g., dune grassland) Palustrine emergent wetland and/or wet meadow
Western Grassland:
- Mixed grass area
- Disturbed
- Undisturbed
- Semi-desert/arid grassland
- Grassland with woody component (e.g., sandsage)
- Cropland (rice, hay, alfalfa, plowed, etc.)
- Pasture (warm-season or cool-season grasses)
- Rank annual field
- Airport and military installation maintained airfield
- Estuarine emergent
marsh and/or wet
meadows (include fresh,
brackish or salt)
- Disturbed
- Undisturbed
Vegetation Data Sheet (PDF 254.8 KB) and Bird Survey Data Sheet (PDF 254.9 KB) are available for free download.
For
Additional Information
write to:
Project Prairie Birds Program
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
4200 Smith School Road
Austin, TX 78744
or send a message to: nature@tpwd.state.tx.us