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[Marge Villanova <mav8@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings, Tennessee birders-

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology invites you to put your interest in and
enthusiasm for birds to work for a couple of conservation projects. We need
volunteer birders and professional biologists to participate in Birds in
Forested Landscapes and/or the Golden-winged Warbler Atlas Project. Either
project is a good way to gain in-the-field experience, and the projects can be
easily combined with current research. Please email me privately if you can
help out. Here's a little about each project:

Birds in Forested Landscapes (BFL)
BFL is working to determine the effects of forest fragmentation on North
American forest birds. Participants choose BFL species that breed locally (48
species throughout NA) and select (a) study site(s) in fragments or contiguous
forest. They visit the site(s) twice during the breeding season, look for
evidence of breeding, and record habitat characteristics. Participants receive
a research kit and CD to use in the field for playback. Results from BFL are
being used to develop conservation and management guidelines for sustaining
healthy populations of these species (past results have been published as "A
Land Manager's Guide to Improving Habitat for Scarlet Tanagers and Other
Forest-Interior Birds.") For more information, visit www.birds.cornell.edu/bfl

Golden-winged Warbler Atlas Project (GOWAP)
Participants in this project survey and conduct point counts at known and
potential breeding site of golden-wings throughout their range. The goal is to
determine the
population status and habitat and area requirements of golden-wings,
blue-wings, and their hybrids. The Population Survey protocol involves
surveying known/potential breeding sites (chosen by the participant) to
determine numbers of breeding birds, population status, and habitat
characteristics. For the Hybrid Index, participants choose pages from their
state's Delorme Atlas and conduct a series of 10-minute point counts in
suitable habitat using playback and visual ID. (NOTE: some funding is
available to pay field assistants who can work extensively on the Hybrid Index
in MD, MI, MN, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WI, WV) For more info,
www.birds.cornell.edu/gowap

Marge Villanova
mav8@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
www.birds.cornell.edu


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