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Selection Preference of Brown vs. Yellow Nesting Boxes by Black-capped Chickadees

Purpose

Selection preference of brown vs. yellow nest boxes by black-capped chickadees.

Project Start Date
1976-02-01
Project End Date
1976-06-30
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Wildlife
  • Birds
Keywords
  • Select
  • selection
  • preference
  • preferences
  • brown
  • yellow
  • nesting
  • nest
  • boxes
  • box
  • black-capped
  • black capped
  • chickadees
  • chickadee
  • Robert Jarvis
  • Bradford Price
  • Poecile atricapillus
  • Aves
  • Passeriformes
  • Paridae
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Jarvis, Robert L.
Role
C
Collaborators
Price, Bradford D.
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Fields that will be removed when going live.
Import Unique ID
88
Project ID
88

Distribution of Blue and Ruffed Grouse on McDonald Forest

Purpose

Distribution of Blue and Ruffed Grouse on McDonald Forest.

Project Start Date
1976-04-01
Project End Date
1976-05-31
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Wildlife
  • Birds
Keywords
  • Blue
  • ruffed
  • ruff
  • grouse
  • grouses
  • McDonald
  • Dunn
  • David Zolunardo
  • Dusky
  • Dendragapus obscurus
  • Galliformes
  • Phasianidae
  • Bonasa umbellus
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Zolunardo, David G.
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
Debug Fields
Fields that will be removed when going live.
Import Unique ID
89
Project ID
89

Monitoring Reproductive Success of Spotted Owl in Oregon

Purpose

Continue to monitor the reproductive success of Spotted Owls on Oak Creek.

Project Start Date
1977-03-31
Project End Date
1979-06-30
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Wildlife
  • Birds
Keywords
  • Reproductive
  • reproduction
  • spotted owl
  • owls
  • endangered
  • Charles Meslow
  • Northern
  • Strix occidentalis
  • strigidae
  • strigiformes
  • NSO
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Meslow, Charles
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
Debug Fields
Fields that will be removed when going live.
Import Unique ID
106
Project ID
106

Feeding Behavior of Energetic Birds

Purpose

Studying the energetic birds with respect to feeding behavior.

Project Start Date
1977-11-25
Project End Date
1978-04-25
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Wildlife
  • Birds
Keywords
  • Feeding
  • feed
  • behavior
  • bird
  • birds
  • energetic
  • Rob DeWoskin
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
DeWoskin, Rob
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
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Fields that will be removed when going live.
Import Unique ID
122
Project ID
122

Acclimatization in Winter in Dark-eyed Juncos

Purpose

A study to determine adjustments in insulative capacity, metabolic rate, and hemoglobin affinity for oxygen in response to winter acclimatization in the dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis oreganus.

Project Start Date
1985-03-01
Project End Date
1990-06-01
Related Publications
Swanson, David L. Seasonal Variation in Cold Hardiness and Peak Rates of Cold-induced Thermogenesis in the Dark-Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis). The Auk 107 (July). 1990
Swanson, David. Seasonal Variation of Vascular Oxygen Transport in the Dark-Eyed Junco. The Condor, 92: 62-66,1989
Project Categories
  • Wildlife
  • Birds
Keywords
  • Acclimatization
  • winter
  • dark-eyed
  • junco
  • juncos
  • dark
  • eyed
  • bird
  • birds
  • insulative
  • capacity
  • metabolism
  • metabolic
  • hemoglobin
  • oxygen
  • hyemalis oreganus
  • aves
  • passeriformes
  • John Ruben
  • David Swanson
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Ruben, John A.
Role
C
Collaborators
Swanson, David
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Import Unique ID
225
Project ID
225

T.V Tower Bird Mortality During Migration Periods

Purpose

In two months, under different weather and lunar conditions, the quantity and species of birds killed at two TV towers will be recorded.

Project Start Date
1985-10-01
Project End Date
1985-12-31
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Wildlife
  • Birds
Keywords
  • TV
  • tower
  • bird
  • birds
  • mortality
  • death
  • migration
  • migratory
  • period
  • periods
  • weather
  • kill
  • killed
  • towers
  • Robert Jarvis
  • Katherine Loofburrow
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Jarvis, Robert L.
Role
C
Collaborators
Loofburrow, Katherine
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Import Unique ID
228
Project ID
228

Use of Nest Structures by Wildlife in Managed Forest

Purpose

Research project is aimed to determine: (1). If nest structures for cavity-nesting wildlife will be used in young managed stands. (2). To compare use by primary and secondary cavity nesters of structures filled with sawdust (requiring excavation) with e

Project Start Date
1987-11-01
Project End Date
1988-07-01
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Wildlife
  • Birds
Keywords
  • nest
  • nesting
  • nests
  • wildlife
  • manage
  • managed
  • bird
  • birds
  • cavity
  • cavities
  • Bill McComb
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
McComb, Bill
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
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Import Unique ID
252
Project ID
252

Metabolism Rates of S.Rufus During Torpor

Purpose

I would like to set up Hummingbird feeders to attract Rufus Hummingbirds. Then I would like to try to live capture them by setting up a mist-net in front of the feeders. Specimen are needed for metabolism measurements. Federal and state collection per

Project Start Date
1988-08-16
Project End Date
1988-08-16
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Wildlife
  • Birds
Keywords
  • metabolism
  • metabolic
  • rate
  • rates
  • rufus
  • torpor
  • hummingbird
  • bird
  • birds
  • mist
  • net
  • nets
  • netting
  • Selaphorus
  • Christine Mallette
  • John Ruben
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Mallette, Christine
Role
C
Collaborators
Ruben, John A.
Debug Fields
Fields that will be removed when going live.
Import Unique ID
260
Project ID
260

Northern Pygmy Owl Density in McDonald Forest

Purpose

This project is designed to correlate owl abundance to a stand type and to get a baseline on owl numbers. Twenty monitoring stations will be set up along the main road. Eight minutes at each site for 2 days a week .5 hours before sunrise until 10:00 a.m

Project Start Date
1992-03-31
Project End Date
1992-04-28
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Wildlife
  • Birds
Keywords
  • northern pygmy owl
  • owls
  • denisty
  • densities
  • mcdonald
  • Glaucidium californicum
  • bird
  • birds
  • wildlife
  • John Crawford
  • Johnson
  • Dave
  • Quick
  • Brian
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Crawford, John A.
Role
C
Collaborators
Johnson, Dave; Quick, Brian
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Import Unique ID
302
Project ID
302

Nesting and foraging ecology and habitat use of band-tailed pigeons in western Oregon

Purpose

Attempt to trap and radio-collar band-tailed pigeons by baiting and netting. The birds will be monitored to study their ecological requirements.

Project Start Date
1993-04-15
Project End Date
1993-04-30
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Wildlife
  • Birds
Keywords
  • nest
  • nesting
  • forage
  • foraging
  • ecology
  • habitat
  • habitats
  • band-tailed pigeon
  • pigeons
  • band
  • trap
  • trapping
  • trapped
  • Patagioenas fasciata
  • Robert jarvis
  • Jerome Leanord
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Jarvis, Robert L.
Role
C
Collaborators
Leanord, Jerome
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Import Unique ID
317
Project ID
317

Use of nest boxes by Brown Creepers: a trial study

Purpose

To see if the Brown Creepers will use nest boxes by august of 2000.

Project Start Date
1998-05-01
Project End Date
2000-08-31
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Birds
Keywords
  • nest
  • nests
  • nesting
  • box
  • boxes
  • Brown Creeper
  • Creepers
  • bird
  • birds
  • Certhia americana
  • passeriformes
  • Jennifer Weikel
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Weikel, Jennifer
Role
PI
Collaborators
N/A
Debug Fields
Fields that will be removed when going live.
Import Unique ID
356
Project ID
356

Band-tailed Pigeon

Purpose

Estimate abundance and distribution of band-tailed pigeons. Counts of cooing pigeons will be conducted at random points in the forest.

Project Start Date
1999-04-23
Project End Date
1999-09-01
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Wildlife
  • Birds
Keywords
  • Band-tailed
  • band-tail
  • band
  • tail
  • tailed
  • pigeon
  • pigeons
  • bird
  • birds
  • distribution
  • distributions
  • Patagioenas fasciata
  • columbidae
  • Todd Sanders
  • Robert Jarvis
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Sanders, Todd A.
Role
PI
Collaborators
Jarvis, Robert L.
Debug Fields
Fields that will be removed when going live.
Import Unique ID
364
Project ID
364

Snags and Reserved Green Trees: Mortality Rates and Primary Cavity Nester Use

Purpose

Follow up study on bird use of CFIRP snags, snag and green tree retention.

Project Start Date
2001-06-01
Project End Date
2002-01-01
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Birds
Keywords
  • snag
  • snags
  • downed
  • decay
  • mortality
  • rate
  • rates
  • cavity
  • cavities
  • nest
  • nests
  • nesting
  • nester
  • retention
  • CFIRP
  • bird
  • birds
  • Christine Maguire
  • Scott Walters
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
Oregon State University
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Maguire, Christine
Role
PI
Collaborators
Walters, Scott
Debug Fields
Fields that will be removed when going live.
Import Unique ID
374
Project ID
374

Purple Martin Conservation Project

Purpose

Conservation and monitoring of the purple martin colony in the McDonald-Dunn forest

Project Start Date
2010-03-01
Project End Date
2013-09-01
Related Publications
Vesely, David Conserving Purple Martin's in OSU's Mcdonald-Dunn Research Forest: Final Project Report.
Project Categories
  • Wildlife
  • Birds
Keywords
  • bird
  • birds
  • aves
  • Purple Martin
  • conservation
  • colony
  • colonies
  • Progne subis
  • swallow
  • swallows
  • Hirundinidae
  • wildlife
  • OWI
  • David Vesely
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
Oregon Wildlife Institute
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Vesely, David
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
Debug Fields
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Import Unique ID
427
Project ID
427

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