Patrick Cline

Hours per week: 40

• Lead and coordinated a variety of projects including grassland bird monitoring, vegetation composition surveys, burrowing owl and prairie dog monitoring.
• Conducted surveys for sensitive wildlife and plant species including golden eagle, grassland raptor species, Hueco rock daisy and others.
• Conducted plant community surveys in a variety of habitats including grassland, desert scrub, Pinyon-juniper woodlands and Ponderosa pine woodlands.
• Prepared technical reports detailing results of surveys including relevant statistics, figures and management recommendations.
• Prepared maps and figures for reports in ARC GIS.
• Managed and maintained geodatabases for sensitive species.
• Conducted statistical analysis on project data using R and R Studio.
• Created electronic data collection forms using Survey123 and the Fieldmaps app.
• Conducted public outreach at events on the army base and surrounding community.
• Interacted and coordinated with hunters to organize special draw hunts on Fort Bliss.
• Responded to calls on base regarding the Migratory Bird Treaty Act including nest searches before tree trimming or in areas with potential construction.
• Managed invasive species control program, including coordinating herbicide applications with outside contractors and representing Fort Bliss at county meetings.
• Coordinated and communicated with Army personnel to schedule access to different areas of the base for fieldwork.
• Presented project data at regional symposium and attended national conference representing Fort Bliss.

Hours per week: 40

• Surveyed wetland easements throughout North Dakota for use by black terns and other wetland bird species.
• Entered and organized data from black tern and spring duck surveys.
• Worked with rural landowners to coordinate access to properties and dates for surveys.
• Created and manipulated shapefiles to map waterfowl habitat conditions using ArcGIS.
• Interpreted remote sensing data to determine habitat conditions throughout the prairie pothole region.
• Built and set swim-in style traps for dabbling duck species.
• Captured, handled and banded multiple ducks species and recorded the required data.

Hours per week: 40

• Surveys were done in cooperation with USFWS and other state and federal agencies.
• Inland and coastal marshes throughout south Florida were surveyed for federally threatened Eastern black rail.
• Other secretive marsh species were recorded incidentally such as Florida grasshopper sparrow, bitterns and other rail species.
• Birds detected by ear using playback methods.
• Potential costal and inland wet prairie habitat was evaluated for potential Eastern black rail habitat.

Hours per week: 18

• Organized, trained and led undergraduate students in a variety of field research projects including:
• Wintering waterfowl surveys in Pensacola and Perdido bays.
• Surveyed sandhill habitat and evaluated vegetation cover for suitability for bobwhite quail and other pineland bird species.
• Conducted covey calls for bobwhite quail during breeding and non-breeding seasons as well as other focal upland pine bird species.
• Gopher tortoise burrow scoping and population density study in varied habitat types.
• Surveyed apple snail densities in Everglades region in different vegetation types.
• Trained undergraduates in survey protocols and bird identification.

Hours per week: 27

• Monitored and collected data on nesting colonies and nests of imperiled shorebird species including least tern, black skimmer, snowy plover and Wilson's plover. Monitored migrating and wintering shorebirds such as piping plover and black tern.
• Entered monitoring data in the Florida shorebird database (FSD).
• Collaborated with and contacted local businesses and government organizations to minimize disturbance to nesting birds.
• Interacted with and educated the public through interactions while monitoring and during stewardship events.
• Gave educational presentations to student groups.
• Coordinated and recruited volunteers for programs to educate the public and reduce disturbance to nesting birds.

Hours per week: 40

• Conducted wetland delineations using the required state and federal methods.
• Evaluated properties for possible presence or use by protected species based on habitat type.
• Sampled wetlands for fish and macroinvertebrates.
• Performed wildlife surveys for state and federal endangered species including Florida bonneted bat, red-cockaded woodpecker, gopher tortoise and others.
• Monitored nesting behavior of raptor species such as bald eagle and crested caracara.
• Conducted camera trap and prey density surveys for Florida panther.
• Conducted vegetation coverage surveys in wetland and upland habitats to monitor progress of restoration projects.
• Prepared reports for environmental permits, detailing survey and vegetation monitoring results.
• Used geographic information systems to collect spatial data in the field.
• Conducted field studies with high physical demands.
• Operated 4-wheel drive vehicles in wet, muddy field conditions.
• Analyzed data using standard statistical methods in preparation of wildlife reports.

Hours per week: 10

• Collected data on pelican-fishermen conflicts at local piers including pelican entanglements, fishermen feeding birds, counts of bird species on local piers.
• Analyzed data and prepared a scientific paper using the data collected at local piers.
• Assisted on entangled pelican rescues.

Hours per week: 10

• Collected data for the Atlantic Flyway Disturbance Project - National Study in cooperation with Virginia Tech University and Audubon Society, employed through Eckerd College.
• Made counts of focal species, and recorded behavioral logs of individuals. Focal species included: piping plover, semipalmated sandpiper, red knot and American oystercatcher.
• Recorded bird disturbances at points including people, dogs, predators, boats and vehicles.

Hours per week: 20

• Collected data through observations and surveys about guest engagement and behavior regarding different educational programs at the zoo.
• Analyzed data to evaluate the effectiveness of educational programs.
• Performed education and interpretive presentations to guests about Florida native species at tabling events.