[TN-Bird] Nightjar Survey needs participants

The U.S. Nightjar Survey Network is continuing into its third year as a 
vital program to gather data on the population distribution and population 
trends on this group of declining species.  We would like to invite all 
birders and conservationists to participate in the program by adopting 
Nightjar Survey Routes in 2009 and beyond.

Nightjars are the group of nocturnal, insectivorous birds that includes 
species such as the whip-poor-will, common poorwill, chuck-will's-widow, and 
the nighthawks among others.  The U.S. Nightjar Survey Network was 
introduced in the southeast in 2007 and then expanded in 2008 to gain full 
coverage across the conterminous United States.  We are grateful to the 
number of participants already involved in the program.  The beginning years 
of data collection has already helped in explaining how the composition of 
habitats in local landcapes influences nightjar abundance.  In turn, these 
data will one day help to explain population declines.  However, there is 
still need for more routes to be surveyed, greater geographic and species 
coverage, and longer-term count data.

Nightjar Surveys are standardized counts conducted along census routes at 
night.  Observers count all Nightjars seen or heard for a six-minute period 
at each of 10 stops along the route.  The entire survey will not take much 
more than one hour to complete and only needs conducted one time per year. 
We have produced a series of routes in each state with many that are still 
in need of adoption by survey participants.

Please consider adopting a Nightjar Survey Route in your area.  The 
continuing success of Nightjar Survey Network relies entirely on volunteer 
participation.

Visit http://www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.org for more details on route 
locations, methods of survey, and more.

Mike Wilson
Center for Conservation Biology
College of William & Mary / Virginia Commonwealth University
PO Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
phone: 757-221-1649
fax: 757-221-1650
email:mdwils@xxxxxx
www.ccb-wm.org

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