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PRE-CALLING DAYTIME PAC VISIT FORM

2016 MEXICAN SPOTTED OWL

Forest: _____________________District ____________________Date: ______________

Protected Activity Center No. ____________________

Quad Map Name(s) ____________________________________Visit # _______________

Observers ________________________________________________________________

Weather: Time:

Start: Wind____Clouds____PPT___Temp___ Survey: Begin____End____Total____

End: Wind____Clouds____PPT___Temp___

Owl Response: (Circle One) Visual Vocal None

Owls Present:

# Adult/Sub Adult _________(F=Female, M=Male, A=Adult, S=Sub Adult, U=Unknown)

# Nestlings ____ #Juveniles ____

Dead Owls_________________________(Identify)

Reproductive Status: (Circle One)

Not Nesting Active-On Nest Active-Not on Nest Unknown

Mousing Used? _____ Number Used _____

Fate of Mouse Taken by:

Male Female Unknown Sex

Mouse 1_____ Mouse 1_____ Mouse 1_____ Mouse 5_____

Mouse 2_____ Mouse 2_____ Mouse 2_____ Mouse 6_____

Mouse 3_____ Mouse 3_____ Mouse 3_____ Mouse 7_____

Mouse 4_____ Mouse 4_____ Mouse 4_____ Mouse 8_____ I=Ignores, C=Cached, F=Took to female, Y= Took to young, N= Took to nest, A= Ate, L= Left with mouse, Fate unknown, G= Mouse got away, H= Holds for <1 hour

Nest Located? ______

Evidence Used:

Day Roost Located? _____

Other Raptors Heard/Seen: Circle if continued on back – Y

Comments:

Inventory Form instructions & definitions

COMPLETE ALL BLANKS ON EACH FORM

Forest- two digit code of national forest (i.e., 03 = Cibola National Forest)

District- two digit code of Ranger District (i.e., 02 = Mt Taylor)

Inventory Area- Name of analysis or project area, or Protected Activity Center being inventoried. This should be a unique name for each area on the district.

Date- MM/DD/YY

Quad Map Name(s)- Enter name(s) of the USGS quad maps inventory area is found on.

PAC#- use the unique 7 digit code: [i.e., 030310 = forest 03 (Cibola); district 02

(Mt Taylor); Pac 10].

Inventory- Check if conducting inventory survey.

Monitoring- Check if conducting monitoring of known breeding area.

Survey Type- Check whether the outing was nighttime (sunset to sunrise) or daytime

(sunrise to sunset).

Survey#- Number of the complete survey you are working on.

Complete Survey- Enter Y (yes) if a complete survey is achieved during this outing. A complete survey occurs when 100% coverage of inventory area is achieved during a 7 day period using one or more outings.

Outing#- Number of this outing (a complete survey may require 1 to many outings).

Aborted- Entery Y (yes) if the outing could not be completed to protocol.

Visit Results- Enter the results of this outing for only the spotted owl; single heard, pair heard, young heard, number of occurrences of each, also the same for any visual sightings.

% Area Surveyed- Estimate the percent of the inventory area surveyed in this outing.

Observers- First initial and last name of observers for this outing.

Weather- Record the following at the start and end of each outing;

Wind- approximate miles per hour

Cloud- approximate percent of cloud cover

PPT (precipitation)- none, trace, light, moderate, heavy, snow

Temp- approximate temperature in Fahrenheit

Call Point- Calling point; number or letter system to locate call points or routes on inventory area map to identify where data relates to. Be sure to identify and map new locations added during the course of inventory work.

IM- check if conducting monitoring

Survey Method- 1=leapfrog; 2=point calling; 3=continuous calling

Time- use 2400 clock

Start- time started calling/listening at call point.

End- time ended calling/listening at call point.

Total- total time spent calling/listening at call point.

Call Meth- Calling method used- 1=tape recording; 2= vocalizations; 3=combination;

4=owl hooter.

Moon Visible- enter Y (yes) or N (no)

Raptor Response-

A/V- Audio or Visual Response; A= vocalization response; V=visual sighting made;

A/V= both a vocalization heard and a visual sighting made.

Sex Codes- F=female; M=male; A=adult; U-unknown.

Age - A=adult; S=subadult; J=juvenile; N=nestling; U-unknown.

SPP (species)- Enter AOU 4 letter code for the raptor species heard or seen.

Time of- Time a raptor response was heard

Bearing- Record compass bearing from observer’s location to the location of where the owl was first heard. Record a second compass bearing from a point between 100 and 400 yards away to allow for map triangulation.

Identify these two points on the route map.

Weather- Record the following at time of response;

Wind- approximate miles per hour

Cloud- approximate percent of cloud cover

PPT (precipitation)- none, trace, light, moderate, heavy, snow

Temp- approximate temperature in Fahrenheit

UTM Zone- Provide the zone for UTM’s and the Easting (E) and Northing (N) where the

Owl was first heard.

INVENTORY FORM PAGE ____ OF ____

Forest: __________ District: ________________ Inventory Area: ___________________ Date: _____________

Quad Map Name(s): ______________________________________________ PAC# ________________________

Inventory_______ or Informal Monitoring _______

Survey Type: Nighttime ______ Daytime ______ Survey # ________ Complete Survey? ______

Outing # __________ Aborted? __________ Visit Results _________ % Area Surveyed _____________

Observers: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Weather:

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C a ll P o in t

IM

S u rv e y

M th o d

Time C ll th n

V is

Raptor Response

A -V

Sex Age Spp. Time

Bearing Weather NAD 83, UTM Zone 13

Start End Total 1st 2nd Wind Cloud PPT Temp E N

Circle if data is on back page Y

Describe Calling Route:

General Habitat:

Comments:

Continuation Sheet

Forest: __________ District: ________________ Inventory Area: ___________________ Date: _____________

Observers: ________________________________________________________________________________________

C ll P o in t

IM

S u rv y th

Time C ll th n

V is

Raptor Response

A -V

Sex Age Spp. Time

Bearing Weather NAD 83, UTM Zone 12

Start End Total 1st 2nd Wind Cloud PPT Temp E N

Circle if data is on back page Y

Continuation Sheet

Comments:

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INVENTORY AND MONITORING SUMMARY FORM

Forest ______________________________ District _____________________________

Protected Activity Center (PAC) # _______ (Monitoring Only)

Inventory Area ________________________________________________________________

Quad Map Name(s) ____________________________________________________________

Nighttime Surveys: (4 or more within 7 days, at least 5 days apart)

Complete Survey #1: Date Started: ________ Date Completed: ___________

Results ____________________________________________________________

Complete Survey #2: Date Started: ________ Date Completed: ___________

Results ____________________________________________________________

Complete Survey #3: Date Started: ________ Date Completed: ___________

Results ____________________________________________________________

Complete Survey #4: Date Started: _________ Date Completed: ___________

Results ____________________________________________________________

Daytime Follow-up Visit: (Within 48 hours, mouse to find pair, 4 hour search)

Visit #1: Date __________ Follow-up Result: ___________________________

Date __________ Follow-up Result: ___________________________

Date __________ Follow-up Result: ___________________________

Visit #2: Date __________ Follow-up Result: ___________________________

Date __________ Follow-up Result: ___________________________

Date __________ Follow-up Result: ___________________________

Visit #3: Date __________ Follow-up Result: ___________________________

Date __________ Follow-up Result: ___________________________

Date __________ Follow-up Result: ___________________________

Visit #4: Date __________ Follow-up Result: ___________________________

Date __________ Follow-up Result: ___________________________

Date __________ Follow-up Result: ___________________________

Reproductive Visit: (April 15th -July31st)

Visit #1: Date __________ Results: ___________________________

Visit #2: Date __________ Results: ___________________________

Visit #3: Date __________ Results: ___________________________

Visit #4: Date __________ Results: ___________________________

Search for More Young: (1 hr search, 300 yds)

Visit: Date__________ Results: ___________________________

Protected Activity Centers Developed:

PAC # ___________________ Results used to Develop PAC _____________________

PAC # ___________________ Results used to Develop PAC _____________________

PAC # ___________________ Results used to Develop PAC _____________________

Daytime Follow-up Form instructions & definitions

COMPLETE ALL BLANKS ON EACH FORM

Forest- two digit code of national forest (i.e., 03 = Cibola N.F.)

District- two digit code of Ranger District (i.e., 02 = Mt Taylor Ranger District)

Date- MM/DD/YY

Protected Activity Center No.- use the unique 6 digit code:

[i.e., 0303030 = forest 03 (Cibola); district 02 (Mt Taylor); Pac 30]

Inventory Area- Name of analysis or project area, or Protected Activity Center being inventoried. This should be a unique name for each area on the district.

General Habitat- Enter the general habitat type(s) if the area. Use the following:

PP=Ponderosa Pine; PO=Pine/Oak; MC=Mixed Conifer;

PJ=pinyon/juniper; SF=Spruce/fir; CR=Cottonwood/Riparian;

OR=Other riparian; LO=live oak; SY= Sycamore; AC=Arizona

Cypress; OT=Other (identify in comments).

Quad Map Name(s)- Enter name(s) of the USGS quad maps inventory area is found on (i.e Monica Saddle) Visit#- Daytime follow-up or reproductive visit number.

Observers- First initial and last name of observers for this visit.

Inventory- Check if follow up visit is for inventory.

Monitoring- Check if follow up visit is for monitoring.

Date presence Detected- date presence detected for this follow-up visit.

Date Single Inferred- date single inferred for this inventory follow-up visit

Date pair confirmed- date pair occupancy confirmed

UTM location- Provide the zone for UTM’s and the Easting (E) and Northing (N) where the owl is located during follow-up visit.

Weather- Record the following at the start and end of each outing;

Wind- approximate miles per hour

Cloud- approximate percent of cloud cover

PPT (precipitation)- none, trace, light, moderate, heavy, snow

Temp- approximate temperature in Fahrenheit

Time- use 2400 clock

Start- time started follow-up visit.

End- time ended follow-up visit.

Total- total time spent on follow-up visit.

Owl Response- circle whether you had an Audio, Visual or No (none) Response

A/V= both a vocalization heard and a visual sighting made.

Owls Present- provide the following;

Adults/Subadults- Enter the number, sex and age for each bird using a 2 letter code (i.e., MA = male adult, UU = Unknown sex and unknown age). Use a (+) between pairs )i.e., MA+FA = pair, MA FS = two single birds.

Age and Sex codes; F=female; M=male; A=adult; U-unknown; A=adult;

S=subadult; J=juvenile; N=nestling; U-unknown.

Number of juvenile owls; nestlings = in nest; Juvenile = out of nest

Dead owls- provide the number and age of any dead owls found.

Reproductive Status- Identify the status using the codes provided.

Mousing - Mark Y (yes) if mousing was used, indicating the total number of mice used during this visit. Identify the fate of each mouse used, using the codes provided on the form and placing them under the appropriate heading for the owl that took the mouse. If only one mouse is offered, and it is ignored by a pair or the mouse got away, report what happened in the unknown sex category.

Nest Located- Identify if the nest was located and the evidence used to determine it was a spotted owl nest. Substrate suitable for spotted owl nest in which

A) copulation is observed on the nest; B) female is seen nesting; C)juvenile is seen in or on branch immediately adjacent to the nest; D) Male is seen taking mouse to female or young in the nest; or E) female is heard whistling when male is in vicinity of the nest but male is not seen taking food to the nest (as in D).

Day Roost Located- A single tree or grove used by one or more SPOW’s during the day.

Identify as a single tree when you are sure the owl was/is in that tree when you first heard it. Identify a grove only when you are not sure which tree the owl was using. Do Not include a tree or grove you see an owl fly into as a day roost, only those where you observe the owl and it did not fly.

Single Tree Definition: Castings, feathers, visual observation, etc., that identify a spotted owl used the tree.

Grove Definition: Castings, feathers, visual observation, etc., that identify a spotted owl used several trees in the grove, or you cannot identify the specific tree used by the owl.

DAYTIME FOLLOW-UP VISIT FORM

Forest: _____________________District ____________________Date: ______________

Protected Activity Center No. ____________________

Inventory Area ____________________________General Habitat ___________________

Quad Map Name(s) ____________________________________Visit # _______________

Observers ________________________________________________________________

Follow-up Visit for Inventory ____________;Informal Monitoring __________________ Date Presence Detected _________________ (For Inventory Follow-up Visit)

Date Single Inferred ____________________ (For Inventory Follow-up Visit)

Date Pair Confirmed ___________________

UTM NAD 83 Location _________________E _____________________N Zone ________

Weather: Time:

Start: Wind____Clouds____PPT___Temp___ Survey: Begin____End____Total____

End: Wind____Clouds____PPT___Temp___

Owl Response: (Circle One) Visual Vocal None

Owls Present:

# Adult/Sub Adult _________(F=Female, M=Male, A=Adult, S=Sub Adult, U=Unknown)

# Nestlings ____ #Juveniles ____ Dead Owls_________________________(Identify)

Reproductive Status: (Circle One)

Not Nesting Active-On Nest Active-Not on Nest Unknown

Mousing Used? _____ Number Used _____

Fate of Mouse Taken by:

Male Female Unknown Sex

Mouse 1_____ Mouse 1_____ Mouse 1_____ Mouse 5_____

Mouse 2_____ Mouse 2_____ Mouse 2_____ Mouse 6_____

Mouse 3_____ Mouse 3_____ Mouse 3_____ Mouse 7_____

Mouse 4_____ Mouse 4_____ Mouse 4_____ Mouse 8_____ I=Ignores, C=Cached, F=Took to female, Y= Took to young, N= Took to nest, A= Ate, L= Left with mouse, Fate unknown, G= Mouse got away, H= Holds for <1 hour

Nest Located? ______

Evidence Used:

Day Roost Located? _____

Other Raptors Heard/Seen: Circle if comments on back Y

DAY ROOST DATA FORM

Note: ID Roost Location on Map and/or Photos

Protected Activity Center (PAC) # _______ Date Located

UTM NAD 83____________________E ___________________N Zone ____________

Single Tree? _____ Grove? ______ (Describe grove in comments section)

Elevation _________________Aspect (degrees) ____________ Slope (%) __________

Topography: (circle ) Level Steep (no rock) Steep (rock) Ridge Top Drainage Bottom Rock Wall

Slope Position: (circle) Upper 1/3 Middle 1/3 Lower 1/3

Land Use Class: (circle) Reserved Withdrawn Suitable Unsuitable

Forest Type: (circle) P.Pine Pine/Oak Mixed Conifer Spruce Fir

Cottonwood Riparian Other Riparian Pinyon/Juniper Other _______________

Substrate: (circle) Witches-broom Platform Tree Cavity Cliff Cave Other Nest

Tree or Cliff Data: (fill in only what is appropriate!!)

Diameter_____ Species _____ Height _____ Next Height _____ Nest Aspect

Tree Number: _____________ Tagged? ______________

Observers _______________________________________________________________

Comments: (include description on how to find roost)

NEST SITE DATA FORM

Note: ID Nest Location on Map and Photos

Protected Activity Center (PAC) # _______ Date Located ___________________

UTM NAD 83____________________E ___________________N Zone

Elevation _________________Aspect (degrees) ____________ Slope (%) __________

Topography: (circle )

Level Steep (no rock) Steep (rock) Ridge Top Drainage Bottom Rock Wall

Slope Position: (circle) Upper 1/3 Middle 1/3 Lower 1/3

Land Use Class: (circle) Reserved Withdrawn Suitable Unsuitable

Forest Type: (circle) P.Pine Pine/Oak Mixed Conifer Spruce Fir

Cottonwood Riparian Other Riparian Pinyon/Juniper Other _______________

Substrate: (circle) Witches-broom Platform Tree Cavity Cliff Cave Other Nest

Tree or Cliff Data: (fill in only what is appropriate!!)

Diameter_____ Species _____ Height _____ Next Height _____ Nest Aspect

Tree Number: _____________

Tagged? ______________

Distance ________& Bearing ________From Bearing Tree to Nest Tree

Flagging Color on Bearing Tree __________

Observers _______________________________________________________________

Comments: (include description on how to find nest)