We are currently promoting site nominations. The IBA website can be accessed at the Randall Davey Audubon Center Website . At the McKinley Mine, northwest of Gallup, NM, raptor populations were monitored throughout the breeding season for the past two years. The number of active nests for 1999 was lower than 1998 for all raptor species, most likely due to drought conditions which existed during the last winter and early spring. Two active Peregrine Falcon aeries were the highlight of the season.
Flycatcher surveys monitor passerine populations in response to management change.
Over 45 transects throughout the state are established in riparian, grassland, ponderosa pine, and pinyon-juniper habitats. The Flammulated Owl study investigates population parameters that affect this cavity nesting bird. The Flammulated Owl is currently listed as a sensitive species by U.S. Forest Service due to lack of information. A study of a unique population of Burrowing Owls monitors and evaluates nest-site fidelity, population dynamics and the effects of human disturbance on nesting success. This colony is the largest known urban concentration of Burrowing Owls in New Mexico.