Pacific Flyway Shorebird Survey

Science activity #49925, updated 29 April 2022

Pacific Flyway Shorebird Survey

Description / purpose

PFSS is a coordinated multi-partner monitoring program led by Point Blue Conservation Science designed to guide the management and conservation of wintering shorebirds in the Pacific Flyway. The PFSS contributes data to the Migratory Shorebird Project, the largest coordinated survey of wintering shorebirds on the Pacific Coast of the Americas spanning 10 countries from Canada to Peru.

Linked science activities

None specified

Collaborators

None specified

Activity status

1 Awarded / Initiating (1950)
2 In progress / Ongoing (1950 - 2019)
3 Complete

Funding summary

Total allocated funding: $0

Location

Subbasins

Delta regions

Geographic tags

None specified

Products and outputs

Type	Title	Description	Views
	Protocol of conducting survey area condition assessments	Protocol of conducting survey area condition asses	0
	California Avian Data Center (CADC)	The California Avian Data Center (CADC), a regiona	0
	A Monitoring Plan For Wintering Shorebirds In San Francisco Bay	The San Francisco Bay Estuary (SF Bay) provides ha	0
	California Avian Data Center (CADC) Data Entry Protocol	Protocol document for entering data into the Calif	0
	Area Search Protocol for Coastal Environmental 2017	Detailed protocol for selecting a site, counting b	0

Type and context

Science action area

Unspecified

Management themes

Habitat management , Flood risk and land use management , Native species management

Science themes

Environmental conditions , Habitat changes , Land use and human activities , Species

Types

None specified

Science functions

None specified

Management actions

Habitat protection / enhancement / restoration , Land use designation , Population enhancement of listed species

Science Topics

Hunting , Flood , Mudflats , Intertidal / transition zones , Above-highwater refugia , Sloughs , Submerged aquatic vegetation , Floating aquatic vegetation , Seasonally flooded , Open water , Managed ponds , Riparian wildlife , Forests , Non-forested vegetation , Delta islands , Pacific flyway , Shorebirds , Saltwater / freshwater marshes , Habitat , Non-resident / overwintering birds

Lead implementing organization

Point Blue Conservation Science

Partner implementing organizations

U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA] , The Nature Conservancy , Central Valley Joint Venture , California Department of Fish and Wildlife [CDFW] , U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [USFWS] , U.S. Geological Survey [USGS] , U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [USACE]

Funding organizations

None specified

Funding programs

None specified

Funding sources

None specified