U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad Fish & Wildlife Office 20110101 vector digital data http://bios.dfg.ca.gov/ ftp://ftp.dfg.ca.gov/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/700_799/ds702.zip The San Diego Multiple Species Conservation program (MSCP) was developed for the conservation of plants and animals in the southeast portion of San Diego County. Monitoring of species found within the MSCP is a key method to measuring the success of the reserve system. The Coastal Cactus Wren is one of the focal species identified as part of the MSCP Biological Monitoring Plan. The species is also currently on the State of California Birds of Species Concern list. The primary threat to the cactus wren is habitat loss and concurrent fragmentation, which occurs as habitat is developed or fire destroys cactus. The coastal cactus wren historically occurred in cactus patches along the several lagoons and coastal canyons in San Diego and southern Orange County (Rea and Weaver 1990), though recent surveys reveal that most of these populations have been destroyed by urbanization (Rea and Weaver 1990, USFWS 1994). The remaining coastal cactus wren populations in San Diego County are predominantly in the inland portion of the county (Rea and Weaver 1990, MSCP 1995). This datalayer presents the positive observations of USFWS Cactus Wren occupancy surveys conducted in San Diego County in 2009 and was compiled as part of the Southern California Data Integration Project. Extensive cactus mapping was conducted in San Diego County prior to the survey effort. Cactus wren monitoring was done within an occupancy framework to determine the percentage of plots occupied by cactus wrens, estimated from plot surveys. Surveys were conducted from July 10-August 12, 2009 between sunrise and sunset. Each plot was visited up to 3 times during the survey season. Environmental measurements (air temperature, average wind speed) were recorded during a 1-minute period upon arriving at a sample point using a pocket weather station. Surveys were not conducted if average wind speeds exceeded 20 kilometers per hour, precipitation exceeded a drizzle, or ambient temperatures were less than 4.5C (40F) or over 30C (85F). Surveyors used tape playback of cactus wren song to elicit response of cactus wrens on the plot to aid detectability. Following Mitrovich and Hamilton (2007), the tape was played for three 40 second intervals with one minute of silence in between. The surveyor listened and watched for cactus wrens as the tape was played and for one minute after each tape playback. Presence or absence of cactus wrens on the plot was recorded on a datasheet, as well as the number of juveniles, adults, or birds in which the life stage could not be determined. Additional information about the survey or bird was noted in the Comments field, such as whether a nest was observed. Habitat data collected for each plot included presence of Mexican elderberry (Sambucus mexicana) and Lemonadeberry (Rhus integrifolia), Percent of Prickly Pear and Cholla present, and the maximum height of Prickly Pear and Cholla. These data were typically collected on the first visit to each plot but may have been collected on the second visit instead due to logistical reasons. REFERENCES Mitrovich, M.J., and R.A. Hamilton. 2007. Status of the Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) within the Coastal Subregion of Orange County, California. Prepared for Nature Reserve of Orange County, Irvine, California. May 2007. Rea, A. M., and K. L. Weaver. 1990. The taxonomy, distribution, and status of coastal California cactus wrens. Western birds 21:81-126. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1994. One year finding for a petition to list the Pacific coast population of the cactus wren under the Endangered Species Act. 50 CFR Part 17 (FR Doc 94-21785, Filed 9-1-94). The purpose of these surveys is to assess Cactus Wren populations and their associated habitats on MSCP lands. The 2009 surveys are the first of several years that Cactus Wren will be monitored in attempt to build a unified and cohesive data set. Questions to be answered include: What are the relationships between cactus patch size, the quantity/quality/variety of associated vegetation, and the numbers of breeding pairs within a patch? How many patches of cactus have no wrens? What are the site and landscape characteristics of these patches as compared to patches that contain wrens? Is dispersal occurring between the current populations? Will populations be viable in the long-term? How vulnerable are individual subpopulations or is the population as a whole to fire? 01-MAY-2009 06-AUG-2009 ground condition Complete Unknown -117.128537 -116.872793 33.103214 32.554603 None Multiple Species Conservation Program monitoring Coastal Cactus Wren ISO 19115 Topic Category biota None San Diego County California None There are no restrictions on the use of this data. However, secondary distribution must be accompanied by this documentation. Credit should always be given to the data source when this data is transferred or printed. Please use the following citation: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (2010). Coastal Cactus Wren, San Diego Co. - 2009 [ds702]. Digital Data. Biogeographic Information and Observation System (BIOS). Retrieved on (ENTER DATE) from http://bios.dfg.ca.gov. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Carlsbad Fish & Wildlife Office Clark Winchell BioMonitor mailing and physical

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Carlsbad CA 92011 United States of America 760-431-9440 x275 760-431-5901 clark_winchell@fws.gov 08:00-16:30 None Unclassified Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1.4959 The accuracy of the attributes is determined by the scale and quality of the data sets used, which may include errors or omissions. This map is based on occurrence data. Data used for this project was limited to 2009. This coverage is finalized and listed as complete. All field surveys required surveyors to GPS their survey points. Utilizing this data, the initial survey point (ISP) was then corrected in ArcGIS (unless ISP was used) to indicate where surveys occurred during the 2009 field season. N/A N/A None 01-MAY-2009 06-AUG-2009 ground condition SNAME and CNAME fields were added to the attribute table and all fields were reordered. California Department of Fish and Wildlife Sophie Klenner bios@wildlife.ca.gov The initial shapefile was created by Tyler Grant as the initial survey point for CACW surveys. Initial point placement was performed in office. In-situ surveys by CACW surveyors corrected a portion of these survey points to adjust for visual obstructions such as topographical features and vegetation. 20090901 083118 CACW observations from the 2009 surveys were queried from an Access database and imported into ArcMap 9.3.1. C:\Documents and Settings\jmtaylor\Desktop\Cactus Wren\Cactus Wren Documents\Mapped Cactus Metadata Template\metadata_template_9_1_2009.xml 20090901 154954 Edited original metadata by adding ISO keywords. Reprojected data into California Teale Albers NAD83. 20110523 California Department of Fish and Game Josh Little BIOS Data Librarian bios@dfg.ca.gov Vector Entity point 225 NAD 1983 California Teale Albers 34.0 40.5 -120.0 0.0 0.0 -4000000.0 coordinate pair 0.000000003754707655900803 0.000000003754707655900803 meter D North American 1983 GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 ds702 Surveys of Coastal Cactus Wren conducted in 2009 by USFWS FID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. SNAME Species scientific name. CNAME Species common name. DATE_ Date of survey. OBS_TIME Observation time. PLOT_NUM Plot number. VISIT_NUM Visit number. NUM_ADULTS Number of adults observed on plot. NUM_JUVS Number of juveniles observed on plot. NUM_UNK Number of Coastal Cactus Wren of unknown age class observed on plot. TEMP_C Temperature in Celcius. AVGWIND_KM Average Wind Speed (km). LEM_BERRY Was Lemonberry observed on plot? Y Yes N No ELD_BERRY Was Elderberry observed on plot? Y Yes N No PCT_PEAR Percent of Prickly Pear Cactus on plot. MAXHT_PEAR Maximum height of Prickly Pear Cactus on plot. PCT_CHOLLA Percent of Cholla on plot. MAXHT_CHOL Maximum height of Cholla on plot. COMMENTS Comments about the observation. SURVEYOR Name of person who surveyed plot. CACWrelationshipclass U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Carlsbad Fish & Wildlife Office Clark Winchell BioMonitor mailing and physical

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