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 ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________