[birdky] Rusty Blackbird Hot Spot Blitz

From: "Heyden, Kathryn (FW)" <kathryn.heyden@xxxxxx>
To: <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 17:13:39 -0500
The 2009 Rusty Blackbird Hot Spot Blitz begins this Saturday!  If you
plan to participate, please visit the following website for full
details:

 

Rusty Blackbird Blitz Protocol - National Zoo| FONZ
<http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/MigratoryBirds/Researc
h/Rusty_Blackbird/protocol.cfm> 

 

The protocol can be found at the above link, as well as, datasheets (not
mandatory) which may be used for your convenience. 

 

The Rusty Blackbird Technical Working Group (RBTWG) needs your help to
find local, but predictable wintering concentrations of Rusty Blackbirds
by participating in the Rusty Blackbird Hot Spot Blitz, February 7-15,
2009.  

 

Participation is easy.  Participants will simply be asked to visit
locations where they have previously sighted or would expect to
encounter Rusty Blackbirds and submit their observations via e-Bird.  If
you are unfamiliar with areas which may support Rusty Blackbirds in your
region, you can still participate.  Contact the Blitz coordinator for a
list of areas in your region that may support wintering populations of
rusty blackbirds.

 

If you don't use eBird regularly, please consider entering all your
observations of Rusty Blackbirds (even outside the Blitz period).  All
observations will be used by researchers currently studying their steep,
long-term population decline.

 

Contact the Blitz coordinator (Kate Heyden, Kathryn.Heyden@xxxxxx) with
any questions.

 

Thanks!

 

Kate Heyden

Avian Biologist

Nongame Branch

KY Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

#1 Sportsman's Lane

Frankfort, KY  40601

Phone:  (502) 564-7109 ext. 4475

Fax:  (502) 564 4519

kathryn.heyden@xxxxxx <mailto:kathryn.heyden@xxxxxx>  

www.fw.ky.gov <http://www.fw.ky.gov/> 

 

Did you know... Department of Fish and Wildlife receives NO state tax
dollars and manages wildlife for all citizens? 

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