The Reintroduction of the Brown-headed Nuthatch to Missouri
As part of a holistic ecosystem restoration effort, conservation partners translocated 198 brown-headed nuthatches from Arkansas to restored pine woodland habitat in southern Missouri in the past 4 years. This talk reviews the history of this landscape, the habitat restoration efforts that ultimately made the reintroduction possible, and the habitat analysis that was done to justify this translocation event. It will also cover the translocation, the post-release monitoring, an update of how these nuthatches are doing, and plans for the future.