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A Plan for Monitoring Shorebirds During the Non-breeding Season in Bird Monitoring Region Virginia – BCR 30 and 27 Prepared by: Shiloh Schulte and Sandy Chan Version *.* 2003 Updated 2008 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Methods 5 Results – Shorebirds 7 Site Descriptions 8 Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge 8 Virginia Coast Reserve 10 Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge and False Cape State Park 16 References 19 Introduction The bird conservation initiatives - waterbirds, waterfowl, shorebirds and landbirds - are cooperating to design a comprehensive “integrated bird monitoring” (IBM) program for Canada and the United States. The conceptual framework for IBM (Fig. 1) includes strong emphasis on detecting species at risk and helping to protect them. These broad goals are achieved by estimating population trends and defining requirements for viable populations. These objectives in turn are accomplished by population modeling based on population levels, demographic rates and habitat information. Population trends are estimated by surveying breeding populations whenever possible, and by surveying the species for which this is not feasible at other times of year. Surveys of all species are made throughout the year to help identify and monitor use of suitable habitat. Figure 1. Conceptual framework for integrated bird monitoring. Most surveys in upland habitats are designed at a large spatial scale (e.g., southern Canada and the United States) and do not require detailed information at the local level. Surveys of wetland habitats, in contrast, must be carefully designed to insure that the habitat is well covered, and different methods may be needed in different environments. A series of “regional assessments” is thus being prepared to help design the wetland surveys. Regions were formed by intersecting a Bird Conservation Region (BCR) map with a Province and State map, deleting small polygons and smoothing the borders (Fig. 2). The