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From: Midwest Coordinated Bird Monitoring Partnership
To: cschwartz3@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 2:46 PM
Subject: Celebrate the Migratory Bird Treaty Centennial by joining the North
American Breeding Bird Survey!
Each spring over 2500 skilled individuals volunteer to participate
in the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS). Since 1965, these volunteers
have contributed to one of the most widely used bird monitoring datasets in
North America. In 2009, the Midwest Coordinated Bird Monitoring Partnership
began a campaign to fill all vacant BBS routes in our region. Each year, the
number of vacant routes has decreased, so letâs see if we can set a new
record for number of covered routes during 2016, the Centennial of the first
Migratory Bird Treaty!
Requirements for participation are listed below:
a.. Access to suitable transportation to complete a survey.
b.. Good hearing and eyesight.
c.. The ability to identify all breeding birds in the area by
sight and sound. Knowledge of bird songs is extremely important, because most
birds counted on these surveys are singing males.
d.. New BBS participants must also successfully complete the BBS
Methodology Training Program before their data will be used in any BBS
analyses. The training program is available from the national BBS offices and
the state, provincial, and territorial coordinators.
To that end, I ask all of you to consider adopting a vacant route
near you, adding a route if you already run one, and getting the word out to
your friends and neighbors. As of April 12, we have 70 vacant routes in our
region! To see if there is a vacant route near you, check out this handy
mapping tool on the BBS website: https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/RouteMap/Map.cfm
Contact your state BBS coordinator to adopt a vacant route today:
Illinois: 16 Vacant Routes (contact Keith Pardieck; email:
kpardieck@xxxxxxxx; phone: 301-497-5843)
Indiana: 16 Vacant Routes (contact Amy Kearns; email:
akearns@xxxxxxxxxx phone: 812-849-4586)
Iowa: 4 Vacant Routes (contact Doug Harr; email: dharr@xxxxxxxxxx;
phone: 515-275-4818)
Michigan: 8 Vacant Routes (contact Katie Koch; email:
katie_koch@xxxxxxx; phone: 906-226-1249)
Minnesota: 11 Vacant Routes (contact Bob Janssen; email:
rbjanssen@xxxxxxx; phone: 612-865-3802)
Missouri: 4 Vacant Routes (contact Janet Haslerig;
email:janet.haslerig@xxxxxxxxxx; phone: 573-522-4115 x3198)
Ohio: 8 Vacant Routes (contact Nathan Stricker;
email:Nathan.Stricker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; phone: 740-747-2525 ext. 22)
Wisconsin: 3 Vacant Routes (contact Mark Korducki;
email:Korducki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; phone: 262-784-2712)
Thank you for participating in this program and helping me get the
word out. BBS season will be here before we know it!
Katie Koch, Coordinator
Midwest Coordinated Bird Monitoring Partnership
Visit Midwest Coordinated Bird Monitoring Partnership at:
http://midwestbirdmonitoring.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network
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