Charlie et al. There is a listing of the "modern" TOS forays through the 1980s on page 18 of "An Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Tennessee." Chuck Nicholson Norris, TN > > From: Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2005/09/06 Tue AM 10:51:13 EDT > To: TN-Bird <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [TN-Bird] help with state forays? > > Hello folks, > > I am still working hard on the Coordinated Bird Monitoring Plan. For > those who have not heard of it, or who have not heard about it since > last winter's TOS meeting, it is a plan to bring together in one > place a lot of information about bird research. A primary goal of > this plan is to help researchers (including citizen scientists) and > stakeholders (such as land owners and managers) focus their efforts > and resources where they are most needed. It should help us to see > areas/species/seasons where more research is needed. > > This important effort has been led primarily by members of TOS under > the supervision of state ornithologist Michael Roedel. Most of the > folks who have added to it are much more knowledgeable than Yours > Truly, who is really just a compiler of other people's work. I hope > I can rely on TOS members for even more support. Here are a couple > specific requests for help: > > One of the bigger parts of this effort is a determination of all the > current, as well as relevant past, research efforts that are or have > been undertaken. I know there are still a lot of holes there, and I > am depending greatly on this community to help me with that. > > Right now, one of the holes I'm having trouble filling is the state > forays. I have almost all the migrants back to 1984, so any forays > in there will be in the CBM Plan. However I have not been able to > get my hands on earlier Migrants, and I've not been able to get to > the TOS archives to see what is in store for me there. > > Therefore, if you know of forays prior to 1984, or ones after that > which were not published, PLEASE contact me. For the time being, I > don't need a lot of info. Just a contact person, the date(s), the > county, and where any extant information may reside. > > Further, If you are a researcher who has not contacted me, or been > contacted by me, about your work, I would greatly appreciate hearing > from you. > > thank you, > > Charlie > > ******************************************************************* > Charlie Muise, Naturalist in > Great Smoky Mountains National Park > > "To the dull mind all nature is leaden. 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