Birds
Introduction:
Bird Research in and adjacent
to the Illecillewaet River Watershed. In addition to the
projects described below, there have been genetic and isotopic
surveys conducted by the Canadian Wildlife Service (Saskatoon).
There have been a number of
major studies on the bird life within and adjacent to the
Illecillewaet River Watershed.
1. Goldstream
Breeding Bird Survey Route
(Hwy 23 North between
Goldstream and Downie Creek, approximate grid position: 11U
0401000 5703000 (NAD 27))
- closest route to the
Illecillewaet River Watershed (north-west zone)
- route code WO417, observer
John G. Woods
- run since 1993
- data available on-line:
www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/index.htm
2. Christmas
Bird Count - Revelstoke, British Columbia
- includes the mouth of the
Illecillewaet River at Revelstoke
- centre of 15 km count
radius is the Trans-Canada Highway bridge over the Columbia
River just north of the mouth of the Illecillewaet River:
11U 0414500 565100 (NAD 27)
- annual since 1981
- for more information visit:
www.im.nbs.gov/birds/cbc.html
or
http://www.birdsource.org/cbc/
- To view data for
Revelstoke's Christmas Bird counts, visit: http://birdsource.tc.cornell.edu/cbcdata/
Type in the location code
as "BCE" and type the number of the count for the
year you want the results for (Count Number 100 was held in
December 1999).
3. Land-bird
Monitoring - Bird Studies Revelstoke
- provisional migration
monitoring site located at "Machete Island" within
the Arrow Reservoir immediately south of the Illecillewaet
River mouth: 11 U 0415925 5647272 (NAD 83)
- annual since 1998
- summaries available at:
www.livingbasin.com/monitoring
4. Waterfowl
Monitoring - Bird Studies Revelstoke
- monthly monitoring from
selected points along the Columbia River adjacent to the
mouth of the Illecillewaet River
- since 1991
- for more information
contact: Park Wildlife Biologist, Mount Revelstoke and
Glacier National Parks, Box 350, Revelstoke, BC, V0E 2S0
(250) 837-7500
- report available: Tremblay,
Ellen. 1993. Use of the Upper Arrow Reservoir at Revelstoke,
B.C. by waterfowl (Anatidae) and other water birds -
1991/1992. British Columbia Birds 3(1): 3-12.
5. Monitoring
Avian Productivity and Survivorship
(M.A.P.S.) Site - Bird Studies Revelstoke
- part of international
breeding bird monitoring site for neotropical migrants
- only M.A.P.S. station in
British Columbia (to 2000)
- active since 1993
- located at Skunk Cabbage
Boardwalk in Mount Revelstoke National Park: 11U 0435702
5660072 (NAD 83)
- report available as a
download (Microsoft
Word Format - 773KB)
- information on M.A.P.S.
available from:
www.birdpop.org/maps.htm
- contact: Park Wildlife
Biologist, Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks, Box
350, Revelstoke, BC, V0E 2S0 (250) 837-7500
6. Mount
Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks Bird Observations and
Point Counts
- extensive databases
including incidental observations and point counts
- check-list available
- report available: Van
Tighem, K.J. and L.W. Gyug. 1984. Wildlife resources. Volume
II. Ecological Land Classification of Mount Revelstoke and
Glacier National Parks (available for viewing at Park
Library, contact (250) 837-7500)
- For more information
contact: Park Wildlife Biologist, Mount Revelstoke and
Glacier National Parks, Box 350, Revelstoke, BC, V0E 2S0
(250) 837-7500
