Transboundary Monitoring of Marine Birds and Mammals in the Salish Sea

Evaluation Salish Sea marine bird Indicators with insights from recent research by professional and citizen scientists

Scott F. Pearson, Washington (State). Department of Fish and Wildlife
Martin G. (Martin George) Raphael, Pacific Northwest Research Station (Corvallis, Or.)

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1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Transboundary Monitoring of Marine Birds and Mammals in the Salish Sea

Some like it hot: using citizen science to identify marine bird hotspots in Puget Sound

Timothy Jones, University of Washington
Scott F. Pearson, Washington (State). Department of Fish and Wildlife
Julia Parrish, University of Washington
Toby Ross, Seattle Audubon Society, United States
Peter Hodum, University of Puget Sound
Eric John Ward, Northwest Fisheries Science Ctr., United States
Jennifer Lang, Seattle Audubon Society, United States
Adam Sedgley, Conservation International, United States

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1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Transboundary Monitoring of Marine Birds and Mammals in the Salish Sea

Effects of large-scale and local anthropogenic habitat modifications on aquatic bird communities in an urban estuary

Thomas P. Good, Northwest Fisheries Science Ctr., United States
Correigh M. Greene, Northwest Fisheries Science Ctr., United States
Hiroo Imaki, Pacific Spatial Solutions, United States
Joseph Evenson, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, United States
Casimir Rice, Northwest Fisheries Science Ctr., United States

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Transboundary Monitoring of Marine Birds and Mammals in the Salish Sea

Apex predator behaviour in a changing Salish Sea: determining the role bald eagle foraging behaviour plays in nutrient cycling and terrestrial food webs under diminishing salmon populations

Kristen Walters, Simon Fraser Univ., Canada
Ron Ydenberg, Simon Fraser Univ., Canada
John Reynolds, Simon Fraser Univ., Canada

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2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Transboundary Monitoring of Marine Birds and Mammals in the Salish Sea

Where have all the forage fish gone? Response of rhinoceros auklets to an anomalously poor breeding season

Peter Hodum, University of Puget Sound
Scott F. Pearson, Washington (State). Department of Fish and Wildlife
Tom Good, Northwest Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)

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2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Transboundary Monitoring of Marine Birds and Mammals in the Salish Sea

Forage fish in the southern Salish Sea: results of the midwater acoustic trawl survey

Todd Sandell, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, United States
Michael Burger, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, United States
Adam Lindquist, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, United States
Patrick Biondo, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, United States
Dayv Lowry, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, United States

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2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Shorebird Monitoring in the Salish Sea

Taking stock of avian responses to Puget Sound estuary restoration: inventory and assessment

Trina Bayard, Audubon Washington, United States
Marla Koberstein, Ecostudies Institute, United States
Gary Slater, Ecostudies Institute, United States
Todd Hass, Puget Sound Partnership, United States

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3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Shorebird Monitoring in the Salish Sea

Foraging opportunity: a method of monitoring shorebird migration and overwintering sites in a changing environment

James Rourke, Hemmera, Canada
Wendell Challenger, LGL, Canada
Ron Ydenberg, Simon Fraser Univ., Canada

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3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Shorebird Monitoring in the Salish Sea

Using a bioenergetic model to set waterfowl habitat objectives for the Fraser River delta

Bruce Harrison, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Canada
Dan Buffett, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Canada
Mark Petrie, Ducks Unlimited, Inc., United States
Matthew Christensen, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Canada

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4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Shorebird Monitoring in the Salish Sea

Divergent trends in migration timing of shorebirds along the Pacific flyway

David Hope, Simon Fraser Univ., Canada
Joseph Buchanan, Cascadia Research Collective, United States
Mary Anne Bishop, Prince William Sound Science Ctr., United States
George Matz, Kachemak Bay Birders, United States
Moira Lemon, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada
Mark Drever, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada

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4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Shorebird Monitoring in the Salish Sea

Waterbird monitoring and habitat association modeling to inform tidal marsh restoration in an urbanized estuary

Susan De La Cruz, U.S. Geological Survey, United States
Lacy M. Smith, Utah State Univ., United States
Stacy Moskal, U.S. Geological Survey, United States
Cheryl Strong, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, United States
John Krause, California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, United States
Yiwei Wang, San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, United States
John Yutaka Takekawa, Suisun Resource Conservation District, United States

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4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Shorebird Monitoring in the Salish Sea

A practical and informative sandpiper monitoring procedure for the Salish Sea

Ronald Ydenberg, Simon Fraser Univ., Canada
Dov B. Lank, Simon Fraser Univ., Canada
Richard Johnston, Simon Fraser Univ., Canada
David Hope, Simon Fraser Univ., Canada
Rachel Canham, Simon Fraser Univ., Canada

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4:45 PM - 5:00 PM