[va-bird] Fw: Rusty Blackbird Info Needed

FYI for Va-Bird members,
A request for information on any sightings of Rusty Blackbirds below.
Virginia birders, please email Russ Greenberg at the address below.
Thanks,

Sandy C. Spencer, Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex
    (Rappahannock River Valley, James River,
     Presquile Island, and Plum Tree Island NWRs)
P.O. Box 1030
Warsaw, VA  22572
804/333-1470
804/333-3396 (fax)
Sandy_Spencer@xxxxxxx
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fyi.


Craig Watson
South Atlantic Coordinator
Atlantic Coast Joint Venture
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
176 Croghan Spur Rd., Suite 200
Charleston, SC 29407
(843)727-4707, ext. 304
Fax: (843)727-4092
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Hi all. Here's a message from John Gerwin, a colleague here at the
Museum.  Thanks, John Connors @ NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC

ISO RUSTY BLACKBIRDS

The Rusty Blackbird has declined as much as any North American Bird in the
past 30 years. Estimates from Christmas Count and BBS data place the
decline at 85-95%!

The International Rusty Blackbird Technical Group was formed to conduct
research on the causes of this disturbing trend in what used to be a common
bird.

The decline is most acute along the coastal plain from Virginia to Georgia.
We are working with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences to
develop
an inventory of where Rusty Blackbirds still occur in this region and to
conduct field research on causes of the decline.

We would greatly appreciate any recent sightings of RUBLs, particularly
those involving flocks that are found relatively reliably.
If you have such sightings, please e-mail them to Russell Greenberg at
greenberg@xxxxxx, or John Gerwin at John.Gerwin@xxxxxxxxxxx You will be
contributing to efforts to reverse the RUBL decline!

Sincerely,


Russell Greenberg
Director
Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
National Zoological Park
Washington, DC 20008


Curator of Birds
NC Museum of Natural Sciences
11 W. Jones St., Raleigh, NC 27601
www.naturalsciences.org

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