Creating habitat for the yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americana)

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Yellow-billed cuckoo numbers have decreased alarmingly in recent decades. This decline is associated with demise of the species’ riparian habitats. Study of habitat along the lower Colorado River and South Fork Kern rivers led to the conclusion that the birds require dense habitats dominated by cottonwood (Populus fremontii) and willow (Salix spp.). They nest predominantly in willow and forage primarily in cottonwood trees on insects and tree frogs. On the basis of this information, habitat designs were made and revegetation efforts were undertaken to create habitat for this bird species. Factors that decrease planned rapid development of these habitats have included salinity, competition from weeds, and damage by local wildlife and, more recently, cattle browsing.

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[Please note that this article was presented at a conference in 1988 and that nearly 100 papers from that conference were compiled into a U.S. Forest Service technical report (General Technical Report PSW-110, 544 pp), printed in 1989. What appears under Conference name in this canned data form is really the title of the General Technical report, as listed by the USFS at http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr110/.]