The
Florida Bird Monitoring Program was developed by the Department
of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation's Wildlife Extension office.
The objective of the Florida Bird Monitoring Program is to maintain
a Web site where people can enter and view collected bird survey
data. Homeowners and participants from various natural resource,
Cooperative Extension, and state education programs are encouraged
to participate.
Which types of birds are visiting a yard or neighborhood? Through
this Web site, people can track which birds occur in their yards
and communities over time. For property owners that are landscaping
for wildlife, which landscaping strategies and management techniques
worked best in attracting certain bird species? For example,
the University of Florida's Backyard Wildlife Habitat and Florida
Yards & Neighborhoods programs teach people ways to improve
the ecological design and maintenance of their yards. How have
these techniques affected birds? By participating in this program,
one can monitor the quantity and types of birds that visit an
area from month to month and year to year.
Most importantly, people can compare survey results. Where
and what types of birds are occurring in different areas? Are
certain birds favoring one property over another? Why is this
so? By comparing surveys, people can discuss ideas, pose questions,
and develop suggestions about how to improve their neighborhoods
for birds. Such data comparisons eventually lead to the development
of alternative strategies, and solutions.
Surveys can be conducted anywhere. Small lots and yards, neighborhoods,
city parks and reserves, agricultural land and large properties,
lakes and ponds, and schoolyards are all potential areas to
survey birds.
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Participating
Do you enjoy watching birds? You can survey birds in your
neighborhood or in your yard and then enter your results on
this web site. Your survey data will help you monitor which
birds visit your yard or neighborhood. The surveys are meant
to be easy and quick. Click on the photo to learn more about
how to set up a survey.
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Click on the cardinal to the left to view survey results throughout
the state of Florida. You can view results of stationary point
count surveys (usually these surveys are located in individual
yards but can be on large properties such as parks) or view
results of walked transect surveys (usually these surveys
are located in neighborhoods or sometimes on large properties).
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 If
you have already obtained a User ID and a Site code (specific
to where you conduct the survey), you can click on the typing
parrot to enter survey data. To obtain a User ID and
Site code, please e-mail Dr.
Mark Hostetler or call him at 352-846-0568. Please indicate
if you are connected with an Extension program, a school,
a private or public organization, or on your own. Also, please
include your home address, county, phone number, e-mail address,
the type of survey you would like to do (point count or transect),
and description of the property or area that you would like
to survey. Your computer: You must use Netscape
Navigator to enter data. Download
Netscape 6
for FREE from their Web site.
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