Firebird Project Standard Operating Procedures for sampling Mottled Ducks, Eastern Black Rails, and Vegetation in Gulf Coast High Marshes

These are the standard operating procedures (SOPs) that were used during the NOAA RESTORE Science funded project “Fire Effects in Gulf of Mexico Marshes – HistoricalPerspectives, Management, and Monitoring of Mottled Ducks and Black and Yellow Rails” from 2029-2026. These are provided to document our procedures, for questions please reach out to Auriel Fournier (auriel@illinois.edu) This work is a result of research funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's RESTORE Science Program (ROR - https://ror.org/0042xzm63) under award NA19NOS4510195-T1-01 to Mississippi State University.