[TN-Bird] Re: looking for long-term commitment

Katherine Goodpasture set me up on a BBS in Wayne County,- took me around 
the route the day before and marked each spot with spray tape or plastic 
ribbon, stayed at our house overnight, and ran the route with me the next 
day.

To get her odometer on a zero at the beginning of the route she backed up in 
a circle for perhaps ten revolutions.  This was before daylight, and lights 
went on in several nearby farm houses.

I banded with her many times, and took students many times.  She was a 
wonderful friend and scientist.

David Patterson


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Stedman" <SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 11:19 AM
Subject: [TN-Bird] looking for long-term commitment


> Yesterday morning (very early) I traveled 136 miles from Cookeville to
> Hickman County and conducted the Wrigley Breeding Bird Survey for the
> 20th consecutive year. The route is a nice one--I had 76 species
> yesterday including Red-headed Woodpecker, Warbling Vireo (3), Tree
> Swallow (ad. with 3 young), Cliff Swallow (3 stops), and 14 species of
> warblers (2 Ceruleans among 'em)--but the distance involved and a large
> number of other survey commitments closer to Cookeville have convinced
> me that it is time for me to hand this BBS route over to someone else,
> so if there is anyone out there who has good ear-birding skills and an
> interest in running this route, please contact the state BBS coordinator
> about having the route assigned to you.
>
> Twenty years ago Katherine Goospasture, the only other person ever to
> run this route, took me to the route and showed me each stop; I am
> willing to meet the lucky person who picks up this route and show him or
> her the stops anytime we can work out a good a good time to meet.
> Alternatively, I can mail you a copy of the route description if you
> will let me know you need it.
>
> I hope that the person who is assigned this route will not turn out to
> be a BBS butterfly, running the route just a short time and then
> flitting on to other things.  BBS data are more valuable if the data
> from each route is collected by a person who runs the route many years
> in succession. I hope this will be the case with the Wrigley BBS route
> in the future.
>
> Steve Stedman
> Cookeville, TN
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=================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.
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         Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN
                 wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                ------------------------------
                Assistant Moderator Andy Jones
                         Cleveland, OH
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                          Rosedale, VA
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