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Keith Pardieck

Keith is the National Coordinator for the USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) at the Eastern Ecological Science Center in Laurel, MD.

The USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS), an international avian monitoring program that provides annual population data for more the 600 bird species, providing a quantitative cornerstone of bird conservation and management in the U.S. and Canada. Each year the project entails mobilizing thousands of highly skilled professional and citizen scientists across 49 states, managing data entry processes, a 90-million-record MS-SQL database that spans 54 years, and approximately 5,000 sample locations, as well as collaborating with partners and stakeholders to address developing national concerns while improving the program’s core strengths.

 

EDUCATION:

  • M.S. Environmental Science, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. 1995.
  • B.S. Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. 1989.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

American Ornithological Society

RECENT DATASET RELEASES:

Pardieck, K.L., Ziolkowski Jr., D.J., Lutmerding, M., Aponte, V.I., and Hudson, M-A.R., 2020, North American Breeding Bird Survey Dataset 1966 - 2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9J6QUF6.

Pardieck, K.L., Ziolkowski Jr., D.J., Lutmerding, M., Aponte, V., and Hudson, M-A.R., 2019, North American Breeding Bird Survey Dataset 1966 - 2018 (ver. 2018.0): U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HE8XYJ.

Pardieck, K.L., D.J. Ziolkowski Jr., M. Lutmerding and M.-A.R. Hudson. 2018. North American Breeding Bird Survey Dataset 1966 - 2017, version 2017.0. U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. https://doi.org/10.5066/F76972V8.

Sauer, J. R., D. K. Niven, J. E. Hines, K. L. Pardieck, J. E. Fallon, W. A. Link, and D. J. Ziolkowski, Jr. 2017. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2015. Version 12.23.2015 USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.