[TN-Bird] Invitation to Bird banding at Seven Islands tomorrow (again)

Tomorrow (July 16) we will be running our MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity 
and Survival) station at Seven Islands in Knox County. We will set up a half an 
hour before sunrise at the second to the last barn along the paved road (Kelly 
Lane) this Sunday. Nets will close around 11:30am depending upon the 
temperature. If it rains, we will reschedule. We have been catching about 40-50 
birds each morning we are out. LAST WEEK WE CAUGHT ~100 BIRDS! Anyone who is 
interested in seeing the bird banding process is invited. You do not have to 
show up at sunrise or stay the whole time. Bring lots of water. 
  
 Just in case you don't know, MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survival) 
is a national protocol for monitoring birds. We use a set of ten mist nets in a 
contiguous patch of habitat. It was designed for forest birds, but we have one 
of the few set up in a grassland setting. Because we are in a grassland setting 
we have one of the highest capture rates of any of the MAPS stations. If you 
want the to see birds like Indigo Buntings, Yellow-breasted Chats, and Field 
Sparrows up close and have a chance to see maybe a Grasshopper Sparrow or a 
Prothonotary Warbler, this is the station to visit. This project is conducted 
in cooperation with the Seven Islands Foundation, The Knoxville Chapter of the 
TOS, The Knoxville Zoo, and The Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries 
at the University of Tennesseen and was originally funded by a TOS Conservation 
and Research Grant. 
 
 Information and directions to Seven Islands are available on the TOS website 
(http://www.tnbirds.org/birdfinding/SevenIslands.htm). 
 
 
 --Jim Giocomo 
 
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