Northern Arizona, USA, post-wildfire avian data: western bluebird detection/non-detection and banding data

Western bluebird (Sialia mexicana) population data were collected in northern Arizona, USA, following two wildfires (Hochderferr Fire, Horseshoe Fire) that occurred in May and June 1996. This is a data subset consisting of 8 years of bird data collection post-wildfire (1999-2006) and 3 years of vegetation data (2002, 2005, 2006), and is part of a larger long-term data set. Data consist of detection/non-detection data from point counts, adult banding data collecting at mist-nets and nest surveys, habitat covariates (live tree basal area, snag basal area, burn severity), and sampling covariates (time since fire, transect line, point-count data observer, sex of banded adult bird).Data were collected to estimate abundance, survival, and recruitment of western bluebirds following wildfire. Secondary cavity-nesting birds, like the western bluebird, rely on cavities in snags for nesting and protection from predators. Managers require information for predicting fire effects on avian community structure, especially in the Southwest where relatively little is known about avian responses.Metadata was published on 12/19/2018, but the data were under a 1 year embargo that began with the publication of Sanderlin et al. (2019), which we included reference to on 02/05/2019. On 02/24/2020 the embargo was lifted and the data associated with this package became available.