In addition to desert tortoise specific duties, the Ironwood team was responsible for surveys for desert kit fox, special status plant species, and avian resources. Cactus and Yucca were identified and marked for salvage and transplantation. Through collaboration with the highly skilled avian biologists from Corvus Ecological, we monitored all active bird nests within the project sites during the nesting season as well as performed systematic point counts, burrowing owl surveys, raptor surveys, raven surveys, golden eagle surveys, and migratory bird surveys.