The WFVZ Bird Museum and Research Center conducts bird species research in three primary study areas in California: the Santa Clara River; on five California Channel Islands, four within Channel Islands National Park; and in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and surrounding open spaces. We have also conducted work in Guatemala and are continuing to support ongoing conservation and research efforts there. Since 2008, Dr. Linnea Hall, Executive Director of the WFVZ and an avian conservation biologist, has been creating a strong research and monitoring program for birds in the region. Continue reading to learn more about our work!
For more information about our research on the Santa Clara River, please visit our Santa Clara River Research page here ; for more information about our CSER field site, visit our CSER research page here.
For more information about our Vireo surveys, visit our LBVI research page here.
For more information about our Channel Islands research, and opportunities to be a part of this project, visit our Channel Islands research page here.
To learn more about our research in the Santa Monica Mountains and surrounding open spaces and opportunities to be a part of this project, visit our SMMNRA Bird Monitoring page here.
PHOTOS OF OUR STUDY AREAS AND WORK:
Banding a Least Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) at Hedrick Ranch Nature Area and Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) spotted on Santa Clara River (©Adam Searcy)
Santa Clara River at Cienega Springs Ecological Reserve (CSER) in Fillmore, CA
Paramount Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains