Tricolored Blackbird Colony Monitoring/Banding

Post Date

August 20th 2010

Application Due Date

August 27th 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

80211-A-J105

CFDA Number(s)

15.655

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $32900

• Award Range:

  $32900 - $32900

Grant Description

This opportunity will address goals and objectives in the Conservation Plan for the Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor). The objective in spring and summer 2010 is to detect and monitor as many Tricolored Blackbird colonies as possible in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys of California. Color banding of as many individual Tricolored Blacbirds as possible is a secondary objective.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Marie Strassburger
  FWS Migratory Birds and Habitat Division
  916-414-6727

• Agency Mailing Address:

  marie_strassburger@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  marie_strassburger@fws.gov