Breeding status of the yellow-billed cuckoo in the South Fork Kern River Valley, Kern County, California
Subtitle: summary report 1985-1996
By: prepared by Stephen A. Laymon, Pamela L. Williams, and Mary D. Halterman ; prepared for U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Sequoia National Forest, Cannell Meadow Ranger District
Contributors: Kern River Research Center; United States. Forest Service; Sequoia National Forest (Agency : U.S.); United States. Forest Service. Cannell Meadow Ranger District
Publisher: Kern River Research Center; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Sequoia National Forest, Cannell Meadow Ranger District
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Weldon, Calif; Kernville, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Monitoring; Habitat; Yellow-billed cuckoo; Bird populations; Cuckoos; Reproduction; Bird surveys; Nests; Birds
Description: "Over the past 12 years (1985-1996) we have been conducting a study of the breeding ecology of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis) in the South Fork Kern River Valley. Each year we have conducted surveys to determine abundance and distribution of nesting pairs and to monitor nest success. In most years, we have also observed nesting behavior to obtain information on food supplies as they related to nesting success...The research objectives for the project were to: (1) census the yearly breeding population; (2) determine site tenacity through banding adults and young; (3) determine yearly nesting success; (4) determine nesting habitat use; and (5) develop and test a habitat relationships model"--Page 1.
Notes: "Challenge Cost-Share Grant no. 92-5-13."

"1 June 1997."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 16-17).

Also available online via the National Forest Service Library (viewed on November 13, 2019).