- Adult bird procedures
- SHARP Mist-netting SOP (685 downloads) (last edited: 2018)
- Banding SOP (last edited: June 2020)
- SHARP Adult Body Measurements SOP (999 downloads) (last edited: 2018)
- Feather sample and plumage photo collection SOP (last edited: 2020)
- Fecal, urine, and fecal microbiome collection SOP (last edited: 2020)
- PIT tag SOP (last edited: 21 May 2019)
- Nest procedures
- Nest Searching and Monitoring SOP (altricial and precocial species) (last edited: May 2021)
- Altricial_Nest_Card (excel format) (l.edited: 24 May 2019)
- Precocial_Nest_Card (excel format) (l.edited: 24 May 2019)
- “Under Construction” nest tracking form (l.edited: May 2019)
- Nestling Aging Guide (last edited: 2021)
- Nestling Marking SOP (last edited: 2020)
- 2018_Nestling_Measurements (pdf)
- 2018_Nestling_Measurements (excel)
- Nest fate assignments
- Altricial Nest Fate Assignment SOP (last edited: 2018)
- Altricial Nest Fate Assignment Key (last edited: 2018)
- Precocial Nest Fate Assignment SOP (last edited: 2018)
- Precocial Nest Fate Assignment Key (last edited: 2018)
- Nest Vegetation Sampling SOP (last edited: 21 May 2019)
- Veg Random Points Sampling Card (excel format) (5/2019)
- SHARP nest canopy disk (381 downloads)
- Willet and Clapper Rail nest disks available from Sam Apgar
- Nest Searching and Monitoring SOP (altricial and precocial species) (last edited: May 2021)
- “Rapid Demographic” Protocols
- Rapid Demo SOP (last edited: 21 May 2019)
- Rapid Demo Transect Datasheet (last edited: 28 May 2019)
- Rapid Demo Breeding Behavior Datasheet (l.edited: 28 May 2019)
- Previous SOPs (not currently active)
- SHARP Body Condition Scoring SOP (1455 downloads)
- SHARP Feather Condition SOP (676 downloads)
- SHARP Tissue Sampling SOP (1089 downloads)
- SHARP Digestive Tract Preservation SOP (460 downloads)
- Molt Scoring SOP (see appendix of Borowske et al. 2017)
- SHARP Egg floating SOP
- SHARP iButton SOP (450 downloads) ~ See Emily Patterson for 2019 derivation
- SHARP Plumage Scoring SOP (888 downloads) (last edited: 2018)
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News
SHARP in the Maine news for Hg article
SHARP characterizes Hg risk to SALS and NESP
Monitoring paper published!
Living Bird article focuses on saltmarsh sparrows
Jen Walsh receives AOS Early Investigator Award
Whitney Beisler awarded USFWS Biologist of the year!
Roberts et al. (2019) paper reported in TWS….
SHARP PI Brian Olsen in the news
Marsh Habitat Zone Map released!
SHARP postdoc Chris Field is giving a webinar for NOAA on coastal landowner behavior and attitudes
News coverage of SHARP research on the attitudes of coastal land owners towards conservation strategies
SHARP PI on Bird Calls Radio
New study in PNAS shows how understanding the beliefs and attitudes of private property owners is key to long-term conservation of tidal marshes
Infrared video from a Saltmarsh Sparrow nest during a flooding event shows nest flooding, female returning to incubate