DOI:
10.6073/pasta/9e12a38b5271480cceedde1849a5af12
Data set ID:
175
This data set contains the results of point count surveys of breeding birds in the salt marshes of the Plum Island Estuary. Surveys have been carried out each year in June beginning in 2004 and are ongoing. Currently six circles of 100 m radius are being surveyed. Three of the circles are in plots that had been regularly hayed and three in unhayed plots. Currently only one of the plots is regularly hayed.
85 species recorded as of 2020. Most frequently encountered are Agelaius phoeniceus, Ammospiza caudacuta, Tringa semipalmata.
Publication Date:
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Date Range:
Wednesday, June 9, 2004 to Monday, June 28, 2021