Florida Scrub-Jay Locations - Avon Park Air Force Range

NAME OF PROPERTY:

Avon Park Air Force Range

AGENCY:

Avon Park Air Force Range

ADDRESS:

29 South Blvd.

ADDRESS 2:

CITY, STATE ZIP:

Avon Park Air Force Range, FL 33825

TOTAL
ACRES:

106,110

PHONE:

863-452-4119

response received?:

Yes

COUNTY:

Highlands, Polk

CONTACT NAME:

Vicki Davis
Michelle Dent

con EMAIL:

mailto:vicki.davis@avonpark.macdill.af.milmdent@archbold-station.org

CONTACT EMAIL:

vicki.davis@avonpark.macdill.af.milmdent@archbold-station.org

FSJ POP
FAMS:

FSJ POP
BIRDS:

158

year of last survey:

2006

% suitable habitat surveyed last yr:

100%

attainable goal?:

128

FWS attainable goal? (pop of last survey):

NUMBER MONITORED FAMS:

% monitored fams producing eggs:

94%

% monitored fams producing nestlings:

91%

% monitored fams fledging young:

72.0%

young fledged/monitored family:

2.11

any portion banded?:

Yes

what portion banded?:

0.99

ongoing FSJ banding program?:

Yes

comments:

Archbold Biological Station is contracted to monitor the demography of the FSJs residing at Avon Park. In doing so, FSJs are banded as nestlings in the nest or captured as fledglings and banded. Immigrant jays are also capture and banded.

acres potentially suitabale for FSJ mgmt:

7,100

acres designated for FSJ mgmt:

7,100

acres currently suitable for FSJ:

4,100

acres currently occupied by FSJ:

1,390

how estimate was made:

ArcMap based on polygon coverage of scrub community vegetation, soils and FSJ territories.

mgmt 2002-2006:

9,300

2007:

2006:

2,813

2,005:

2,673

2,004:

1,283

2,003:

1,540

2,002:

991

by prescribed fire:

6,321

comments2:

by natural or wildfire:

269

by chemical herbicides:

by timber harvest or mechanical:

567

comments3:

by manual means:

567

by other means:

1,576

comments4:

Fire by military ordnance

obstacles to managing scrub:

Short-staffed, therefore not all management is completed in a timely manner and/or during appropriate time of year. Pine regeneration in scrub habitat from adjacent plantations. Not being able to obtain burn permits during the growing season. Where habitat overlaps, having to manage some ares for both RCWs and FSJs.

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