[texbirds] BBS and CBC product
- From: Brent Ortego <brentortego@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 06:36:29 -0500
I would like to again thank the many volunteers who participate in Breeding
Bird Surveys, Christmas Bird Counts, Colonial Waterbird Surveys, etc. You
might get a thank you when you complete your survey and turn in your data, but
we really do not thank you enough. Your data are used and the surveys do not
disappear after your monthly newsletter is published or the CBC annual report
comes out. The data are stored in databases and are repeatedly referenced as
conservationists try to assess the status of birds. The longer the survey has
been conducted the better. The four mostly referenced in Texas are Christmas
Bird Counts which go back to 1900, Breeding Bird Surveys which started in 1967
and organized Colonial Waterbird Counts which begun in 1973.
One of the products of much of your efforts is "The State of the Birds 2014"
www.stateofthebirds.org. It was produced by the North American Bird
Conservation Initiative using your data.
Check it out. It shows that Hawaiian Forest and Oceanic birds has the greatest
percentage of species on national watch lists. These are followed by
Shorebirds and Aridland birds having roughly 50 percent of their species being
on a watchlist.
Brent Ortego
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Victoria, TX
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