APPENDIX XIII 415
DENDROICA DISCOLOR (PRAIRIE WARBLER)
MEDIUM Plan and conduct species status surveysEGRETTA CAERULEA (LITTLE BLUE HERON)
HIGH Plan and conduct species status surveys (colonial watershed survey)
MEDIUM Monitor species population trends and determine quantity, condition and
context of suitable habitat (colonial water bird nesting sites)
EGRETTA RUFESCENS (REDDISH EGRET)
HIGH Breeding status surveys (breeding/winter status survey)
MEDIUM Plan and conduct species status surveys
ELANOIDES FORFICATUS (SWALLOW-TAILED KITE)
HIGH Plan and conduct species status surveys
HIGH Breeding status surveys
MEDIUM Additional survey work: track records on Mississippi River
MEDIUM Additional survey work: status survey in Pearl and Pascagoula watersheds
EUDOCIMUS ALBUS (WHITE IBIS)
MEDIUM Plan and conduct species status surveys
FALCO SPARVERIUS PAULUS (SOUTHEASTERN AMERICAN KESTREL)
HIGH Breeding status surveys (conduct breeding status survey)
HIGH Plan and conduct species status surveys
GRUS CANADENSIS PULLA (MISSISSIPPI SANDHILL CRANE)
MEDIUM Specific research: research food availability
HIGH Additional research appropriate to understand species and habitats (continue on-
going research)
HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS (BALD EAGLE)
HIGH/MED Monitor species population trends and determine quantity, condition and
context of suitable habitat
MEDIUM Breeding status surveys
LOW Conduct population estimates
HELMITHEROS VERMIVORUS (WORM-EATING WARBLER)
MEDIUM Additional survey work: distribution of this species is poorly understood; need
state wide status survey
MEDIUM Plan and conduct species status surveys
HAEMATOPUS PALLIATUS (AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER)
MEDIUM Breeding status surveys
MEDIUM Plan and conduct species status surveys
LATERALLUS JAMAICENSIS (BLACK RAIL)
HIGH Breeding status surveys in breeding, and in non-breeding seasons
MEDIUM Plan and conduct species status surveys