SD Partners for Biodiversity Tues. Dec. 10, 7:30 am

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San Diego Partners for Biodiversity

Tuesday, December 10, 7:30-9:00 am at SD County Parks
Join us for the SD Partners for Biodiversity meeting on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 from 7:30-9:00 am in the training room at the San Diego County Department of Parks and Recreation, 5500 Overland Drive (directions below). Thanks to Derek Langsford, who has been working with local colleagues to schedule presentations! And YOU are invited to present your research, plans, successes and/or lessons (contact Derek at derek.langsford@gmail.com, 619-701-2379).

The meeting on December 10 will feature::
---Introductions and maybe bagels
---Presentation on RECENT TRENDS IN YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO OCCURRENCES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WITH OBSERVATIONS OF A FORAGING CUCKOO IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, by Kevin B. Clark (KBC), San Diego Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 121390, San Diego, CA 92112-1390, USA; kclark@sdnhm.org; Beth Procsal (BP) and Mark Dodero (MD), RECON Environmental, Inc., 1927 Fifth Avenue San Diego, CA 92101
---Announcements

ABSTRACT. A Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) was observed in riparian woodland in southern San Diego County from 20-28 July 2012. The bird vocalized repeatedly, and it made extensive use of upland habitats adjacent to the riparian area. Eighty two Yellow-billed Cuckoo observations in Southern California since 2000 away from the two known breeding populations showed a peak from 15 June-3 July. Observations made after this period likely consisted of migrant individuals in poor condition or individuals prospecting in breeding habitat, coupled with a scattering of possible breeding pairs. Multiple observations of cuckoos were reported from eight locations since 2000, and these sites may support breeding birds. Though a relatively large number of cuckoos were detected in the region in 2011, no trend is apparent in numbers of detections since 2000. Annual variation in cuckoo numbers regressed on El Niño-Southern Oscillation climate data produced a strongly predictive model (r2=0.54, p=.004).


DIRECTIONS to April 23 meeting. 5500 Overland Avenue, meeting room is on the ground floor. From I-15: Exit Clairemont Mesa Blvd. Turn right onto Ruffin Road. Turn left onto Farnham Street. Turn right into County Parking Structure (5515 Overland Avenue). ** Park on ground floor of parking structure – Visitor Spaces. Walk west to the second building (past the café), and we meet in the training/conference room on the ground floor. Directions from SR-163: Exit Clairemont Mesa Blvd. heading east. Turn left onto Overland Avenue. Turn right at Farnham Street. County Parking Structure will be the second building you will see on your left (5515 Overland Avenue). Continue from ** above.






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