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Least Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) and Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) Surveys in the Hansen Dam Basin, Los Angeles County, California—2018 Data Summary

Data Series 1103
Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1103

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Executive Summary

We surveyed for Least Bell’s Vireos (Vireo bellii pusillus; vireo) and Southwestern Willow Flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus; flycatcher) in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers along Big Tujunga Creek in the Hansen Dam Basin in Los Angeles County, California, in 2018. Four vireo surveys were conducted between April 25 and July 17, 2018, and three flycatcher surveys were conducted between May 22 and July 17, 2018. We found 77 territorial male vireos, 54 of which were confirmed as paired. Seventy-seven percent of vireos were detected in habitat characterized as mixed willow, and 84 percent of vireos were detected in habitat with greater than 50 percent native plant cover. One transient Willow Flycatcher of unknown subspecies was observed in the survey area in 2018.

Suggested Citation

Pottinger, R.E., and Kus, B.E., 2019, Least Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) and Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) surveys in the Hansen Dam Basin, Los Angeles County, California—2018 data summary: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1103, 11 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1103.

ISSN: 2327-638X (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Acknowledgments
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Least Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) and Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) surveys in the Hansen Dam Basin, Los Angeles County, California—2018 data summary
Series title Data Series
Series number 1103
DOI 10.3133/ds1103
Year Published 2019
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Western Ecological Research Center
Description iv, 12 p.
Country United States
State California
County Los Angeles County
Other Geospatial Big Tujunga Creek , Hansen Dam Basin
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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