Audubon Canyon Ranch

Selected Scientific Contributions
of Audubon Canyon Ranch


ALLEN, S.G. and M.E. KING. 1992. Tomales Bay Harbor Seals: a colony at risk. Pages 33-37 in Wyatt, B., R. Clutter and L. Sauter, eds. The Third Biennial State of Tomales Bay Conference. Inverness Foundation, Inverness, CA.

FABER, A.R., R.W. RISEBROUGH and H.M. PRATT. 1972. Organochlorine and mercury in Common Egrets and Great Blue Herons. Environmental Pollution Vol. 3: 111-122.

KELLY, J.P. 1992. Bird populations on Tomales Bay. Pages 28-32 in Wyatt, B., R. Clutter, and L. Sauter, eds. The Third Biennial State of Tomales Bay Conference Inverness Foundation, Inverness, CA.

KELLY, J.P. 1989-1996. Coastal freshwater marsh breeding bird census: 1988-1995. Journal of Field Ornithology Vols. 60-67 (Suppl.).

KELLY, J.P. 1989-1996. Coastal freshwater marsh winter bird population study: 1988-1995. Journal of Field Ornithology Vols. 60-67 (Suppl.).

KELLY, J.P. 1989-1996. Coastal prairie breeding bird census: 1988-1995. Journal of Field Ornithology Vols. 60-67 (Suppl.)

KELLY, J.P., J.G. EVENS, R.W. STALLCUP, and D. WIMPFHEIMER 1996. The effects of aquaculture on habitat use by wintering shorebirds. California Dept. of Fish and Game 82(4):160-174.

KELLY, J.P., B. FISCHER and H. PRATT. 1994-1998. 1993-1997 Heron and Egret monitoring results At West Marin Island. Annual Reports to the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

KELLY, J.P. and G. FLETCHER. 1994. Habitat correlates and distribution of Cordylanthus maritimus (Scrophulariaceae) on Tomales Bay, California. Madroño 41 (4): 316-327.

KELLY, J.P., H. M. PRATT and P.L. GREENE. 1993. The distribution, reproductive success, and habitat characteristics of Heron and Egret breeding colonies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Colonial Waterbirds 16(1): 18-27.

KELLY, J.P. and S.L. TAPPEN. 1998. Distribution, abundance, and implications for conservation of winter waterbirds on Tomales Bay, California. Western Birds 29:103-120.

KELLY, J.P. and C. WOOD. 1996. Diurnal, intraseasonal, and intersexual variation in foraging behavior of the Common Yellowthroat. Condor 98:491-500

PRATT, H.M. 1970. Breeding biology of Great Blue Herons and Common Egrets in Central California. Condor 72: 407-416.

PRATT, H.M. 1972. Nesting success of Common Egrets and Great Blue Herons in the San Francisco Bay region. Condor 74: 447-453.

PRATT, H.M. 1974. Breeding of Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets at Audubon Canyon Ranch, California 1972-1973. Western Birds 5: 127-136.

PRATT, H.M. 1980. Directions and timing of Great Blue Heron foraging flights from a California colony: implications for social facilitation of food finding. Wilson Bulletin 92: 489-496.

PRATT, H.M. 1983. Marin County California Heron colonies:1967-1981. Western Birds 14 (4): 169-184.

PRATT, H.M., and D.W. Winkler. 1985. Clutch size, timing of laying, and reproductive success in a colony of Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets. Auk 102: 49-63.

PRATT, H.M. 1993. Herons and Egrets of Audubon Canyon Ranch. Audubon Canyon Ranch, 4900 shoreline Highway, Stinson Beach, CA 94970. 47pp.


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