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- Title
Dans Rock Fall Migration Count: 2022 Season Report.
- Authors
Engstrom, Carl A.
- Abstract
In the fall of 2022, the Maryland Biodiversity Project started the Dans Rock Fall Migration Count as a novel method to document southbound avian migration along the Allegheny Front in Maryland. Dans Rock Overlook is the highest point on Dans Mountain along the Allegheny Front in Allegany County, Maryland. The count was held from 1 August to 30 November 2022 using the same protocols as the Turkey Point Fall Migration Count and Cape May Bird Observatory morning flight count. The Dans Rock count was the first non-coastal morning flight count for the Mid-Atlantic and the first morning flight count for the Appalachian Mountains. It provided important quantitative insights into regional bird populations and the nature of their migrations (e.g., relative abundance, timing, weather impacts). The value is compounded when compared to the results of the Cape May Bird Observatory and Turkey Point counts. During the 2022 season, the Dans Rock count documented 52,746 individuals of 103 species in southbound migration. The count worked to document the abundance, diversity, and migratory behavior of southbound migrants at an inland site along the Allegheny Front. While the count's primary focus was the morning flight of land birds past Dans Rock, efforts were made to count all species, including migratory insects, moving down the ridge.
- Subjects
ALLEGANY County (Md.); BIRD migration; SPECIES diversity; MIGRATORY birds; BIRD behavior
- Publication
Maryland Birdlife, 2023, Vol 72, Issue 1, p78
- ISSN
0147-9725
- Publication type
Article