Dear KOS, Spring is on its way and the shorebirds are already stopping by. April 1 begins the 2004 shorebird survey season. Last year several individuals conducted surveys that were sent on to Manomet Center for Conservation. These observations will be used to build "snapshots" in time of shorebird migration to their breeding grounds. Please send me an email if you would like to participate again this year or start your own survey. If you can visit a good shorebird site once every 10 days during spring and fall migration, great let me know what you see. Even if you can't visit sites that regularly, your observations are most useful over any time frame so send them in to me. As I was surfing Manomet's web pages I found a page that shows pictures and journal entries from a crew doing a shorebird study in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The narrative was quite entertaining and the pictures are inspiring. Visit this web page: http://www.shorebirdworld.org/template.php?g=9&c=23 Sincerely, Elizabeth Ciuzio Wildlife Biologist KDFWR #1 Game Farm Road Frankfort, KY 40601-9986 ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign your messages with first & last name, city, & state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx