| This project is a collaborative effort of New Jersey Audubon
Society (NJAS), and the New Jersey Division of Fish and
Wildlife's Endangered and Nongame Species Program. The data collected by volunteers will
be used for management purposes by the NJ ENSP Landscape Project.
The purpose of this project is:
- To assess abundance and
distribution of bird populations breeding in the
Piedmont region of New Jersey
- To determine how habitat and landscape
characteristics influence these birds so that we can
implement sound management strategies
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The Piedmont Region?
The Piedmont Region
consists of approximately 1.1 million acres in southern New
Jersey.
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The Piedmont Plains landscape spans a diagonal
zone across New Jersey from the southwest and the Delaware River
estuary to the northeast at Sandy Hook and north to the
Palisades. It includes Salem, Gloucester, Camden, Burlington,
Mercer, Monmouth, Middlesex, Somerset, Morris, Union, Essex,
Hudson, and Bergen counties. The Piedmont Plains
landscape, defined as in the NJ Wildlife Action Plan,
includes the Coastal Plain and Piedmont physiographic
provinces of New Jersey
The Delaware, Raritan, and Hudson are
the prominent rivers and watershed regions in the
Piedmont Plains. Newark, Jersey City, Elizabeth,
Edison Township, Woodbridge Township, Hamilton Township,
Trenton, and Camden (8 of the 10 most populated cities
and municipalities in New Jersey) are located in the Piedmont Plains Landscape.
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Although extensive loss and fragmentation of
grassland and forest habitats has taken place, the Piedmont
Plains Landscape still has extensive natural areas:
- Grasslands and agricultural areas
-115,537 hectares
- Forest - 107,848 hectares
- Forested wetlands - 74,866 hectares
- Tidal, freshwater, brackish marshes -
40,954 hectares
2007-2008 Piedmont Bird Surveys
CITIZEN SCIENTISTS
NEEDED!
Piedmont
Survey 2007-2008
We are recruiting competent
volunteers to undertake roadside surveys for birds along
established routes in the Piedmont, and collect data
on bird abundance and habitat characteristics.
Participants must be familiar
with birds identification, especially of birds likely to be
seen in the Piedmont, and be willing to improve their skills!
Each volunteer will be expected to visit their study area 1
time during the period May 24th - June 22nd. Additional
training in identification and counting methodology will be
provided by NJ Audubon in April 2008.
Contact:
Nellie Tsipoura
11 Hardscrabble Road
PO Box 693, Bernardsville NJ 07924
tel.(908) 766-5787 / fax (908) 766-7775,
For Piedmont Citizen Scientists
Download datasheets and protocols
Download timesheets
Enter data
For more information contact:
Nellie Tsipoura
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