The Vendor will deploy standard MAPS station protocols annually, consisting of 10, 12-meter mist nets encompassing an area of about 20 ha (DeSante et al. 2013) on the City of Durango-owned Oxbow Park and Preserve. Each mist net is operated for 6 morning hours per day, for 1 day during each of the following 10-day periods: (1) 1-10 May; (2) 11-20 May; (3) 21-30 May; (4) 31 May-9 June; (5) 10-19 June; (6) 20-29 June; (7) 30 June-9 July; (8) 10-19 July; (9) 20-29 July; and (10) 30 July-8 August. The strategy for the timing of net operation at a MAPS station is that each station should be operated for as many 10-day periods as possible, beginning with the first period during which: 1. The majority of breeding birds have established territories. 2. Individuals migrating to more northerly breeding grounds are no longer passing through the area...
