The Milwaukee BIOME Project started 7 years ago as MCAMMP, The Milwaukee County Avian Migration Monitoring Partnership. We?ve done vegetation sampling, bird-banding, avian transect counts, and have expanded our research to include a focus on bats. We use transect counts and mist-netting to determine avian species richness, timing of migration, and abundance - at 8 study sites in Wisconsin's largest urban area. Our team consists of 12 scientists - and over the past 7 years we have trained over 150 volunteers. Members of the BIOME Project team have a new publication due out very soon in the journal Studies in Avian Biology. Team members from Milwaukee's Urban Ecology Center, WI DNR, University of Hawai'i and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee keep this effort alive season after season. Given the paucity of information about urban habitats, our overall objective is to assess habitat quality for migratory birds and changes in habitats within Milwaukee County, WI. To address this overall objective our goals are to: 1) assess habitat use and quality in riparian and upland sites; 2) study habitat use by migratory species; and 3) train citizen-scientists to begin monitoring birds in Milwaukee and to work in conjunction with scientists on addressing urban ecology questions. This fall will bring new methodology, new partners, 2 new undergraduate interns from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and new volunteers. If you're interested in participating, write or call for more information. -- William P. Mueller Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory WGLBBO online: <wpmueller1947@xxxxxxxxx> <wpmueller1947@xxxxxxxxx>http://wglbbo.org/ Project Coordinator, Milwaukee BIOME Project BIOME Project online: http://milwbiomeproj.wordpress.com/ Blog:http://futureofbirds.blogspot.com/ wpmueller1947@xxxxxxxxx 414-698-9108 Milwaukee, WI #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn