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Great Lakes avian radar technical report. Lake Huron shoreline. Presque Isle County and Alcona County, MI : Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 / principle investigator, Jeff Gosse ; authors, Michael Wells, Kevin Heist, Rebecca Horton, Daniel Nolfi, Erik Olson, and Nathan Rathbun ; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Region 3.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Gosse, Jeffrey C., author.
- Wells, Michael T., author.
- Heist, Kevin W., author.
- Horton, Rebecca L., author.
- Nolfi, Daniel C., author.
- Olson, Erik C., author.
- Rathbun, Nathan A., author.
- Series:
- Biological technical publication ; BTP-XXXXX-2018.
- Biological technical publication ; BTP-XXXXX-2018
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Birds--Migration--Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.).
- Birds.
- Birds--Michigan--Presque Isle County.
- Birds--Michigan--Alcona County.
- Radar in ornithology.
- Birds--Migration.
- Michigan--Presque Isle County.
- Michigan--Alcona County.
- Lake Huron.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- technical reports.
- Technical reports
- Technical reports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v, 88 pages) : color illustrations, maps (some color)
- Other Title:
- Lake Huron shoreline
- Presque Isle County and Alcona County, MI
- Fall 2015 and spring 2016
- Place of Publication:
- [Bloomington, Minn.] : U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3, 2018.
- Summary:
- The results of our research highlight the potential role of radar in implementing the Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines and help to identify areas where impacts to wildlife could be minimized. We documented migration activity in the air space above our study areas, which indicates that the density of targets at low altitudes may present conservation concerns. The data we collected showed the ebb and flow of migration across the sampling period and document that nocturnal peaks continued through early June for the spring and late October for the fall. Given the amount of time that migration occurred in the sampled sites, it seems that curtailing wind energy operations to minimize bird and bat mortality during nocturnal pulses could result in limited operational time along the shoreline during the migration season. Combining the results of radar studies and fatality searches would greatly improve risk assessments and assist with interpretation of standardized radar studies. Given the rapid growth of the wind energy sector, our most effective conservation effort might be our ability to identify and avoid development in locations where migrants concentrate. Our use of commercial grade avian radar to document migration is a broadscale effort toward that end. To our knowledge, this effort represents the first of its kind by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Appendices.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-65).
- Issued March 2018.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (FWS, viewed September 19, 2018).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Great Lakes avian radar technical report Lake Huron shoreline
- OCLC:
- 1052898385
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