Conduct surveys of wintering grassland birds including Sprague’s pipits and chestnut-collared longspurs in the Chihuahuan Desert. Project will estimate the density of wintering grassland birds in the Chihuahuan Desert to provide baseline numbers of grassland bird populations informing critical on-the-ground habitat management changes to mitigate decline.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Southwestern Rivers
Project Title: Implementing a Monitoring Program for Wintering Grassland Birds in the Chihuahuan Desert (NM, TX)
Organization:
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Project ID:
2504.23.078345
Description:
Award Amount:
$300000.00
Location:
Bird Conservation Region 35, Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico and Texas