Beginning in 2020, Bob Honig and later John Berner led a team of experienced birders in monitoring grassland bird populations on a recently restored prairie within the Katy Prairie's Indiangrass Preserve along with a neighboring, unrestored pasture. Join John for an informative talk on his team's findings and ongoing work with CPC including ways for you to get involved.

The researchers focused their breeding season surveys on key species of concern including northern bobwhite, scissor-tailed flycatcher, loggerhead shrike, and dickcissel. Winter season surveys were focused on short-eared owl, loggerhead shrike, sedge wren, Sprague’s pipit, and LeConte’s sparrow. Migratory season surveys included records of American golden- plover, upland sandpiper, and loggerhead shrike. Findings from this important study are being evaluated to support our continued habitat restoration work on the Coastal Prairies of Texas.