Bird Survey Data, South-East Queensland Peri-Urban SuperSite, Samford, 2016

Brief description

Bird surveys were conducted within the 1 hectare SEQ Peri-urban SuperSite on five separate days between January and December 2016. Area search methodology was used for all surveys based on protocols described by Antos et al. (2008). Area searches involved searching a set route for a minimum of one hour, recording all species seen and numbers of those species, including species flying over if they have the potential to use the property, and recording weather conditions such as wind direction and strength, cloud cover and rainfall. Area searches are typically conducted over plots of approximately 1 to 3 hectares. Area searches are easily applied and flexible with regard to observer movement for observation and the shape of sample area, and are less sensitive to biases related to environmental variation such as weather and time of day.

Antos, M., Magrath, M., Olsen, P., & Weston, M. (updated by Herrod A.)(2010). Survey guidelines for Australia’s threatened birds: Guidelines for detecting birds listed as threatened under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Commonwealth of Australia.

Available: http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/107052eb-2041-45b9-9296-b5f514493ae0/files/survey-guidelines-birds.pdf