The Herndon Bird Club will conduct its third and last nightjar survey this evening (Monday, June 9) in the Fish Springs area. Meet ready to leave from the Primo's Restaurant parking lot in Elizabethton at 8:30 p.m. If you would like to join participants for dinner before the survey, meet at Primo's at 7:30 to eat. Leaders are Joe McGuiness and Kim Stroud. Participants will carpool because parking is limited at the counting stops.
The survey will begin after 9 p.m. and will consist of 10 stops, one mile apart, where the participants count nightjar calls heard for a six-minute period at each stop. The route is already defined and the same route is used each year. Because of the number of stops and time and distance involved, the survey will take at least an hour and a half, so realistically, if you participate, you won't get back to Primo's until midnight.
*******************Herndon Bird Club First Annual Summer Bird Count in Unicoi County will be this Saturday, June 14. Leaders, areas, and current participants are listed below:
Rick Knight: Erwin on Hwy 81, Rich Mtn, Clark's Creek--Jim D. Anderson, John Whinery
Tom McNeil and Cathy Myers: South Unicoi, Linear Trail, ChesotaKim Stroud: Fishery Park, Anderson Marsh, Pinnacle Trail--Kathy Noblet, Don Holt, Charles Moore, Rob Armistead
Roy Knispel: Unaka Mtn, Rock Creek, Iron Mt Gap--Harry Lee Farthing Bryan Stevens: Limestone Cove, Little Mtn. Rd, Scioto Rd.--Gary WallaceThe two summer counts--Carter County Count, which was held on June 7, and this Unicoi Count--will be compiled at Sycamore Shoals at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 15. Meet at the picnic tables. (You do not have to attend the compilation to participate in the count, but each group leader will assure that someone attending will have the count for each group).
If you would like to participate in the count and are not yet in a group, contact Rick Knight (phone: 423-483-4204 email: rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) or myself or contact a group leader to find out when and where that group will meet to begin counting in their area.
If you have any questions on the count or any other club activities, please call me or send email. Thank you.
Roy Knispel, Pres. Lee & Lois Herndon Chapter, TOS Phone: 423-202-7802 Cell: 920-203-0332 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
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