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birders needed for conservation projects
- To: carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu
- Subject: birders needed for conservation projects
- From: Allison Wells <amw25@cornell.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 15:16:16 -0400
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Greetings, Carolinabirders-
I'm hoping some of you can help with a couple of conservation projects. The
Cornell Lab of Ornithology is looking for volunteer birders and
professional biologists to participate in Birds in Forested Landscapes
and/or the Golden-winged Warbler Atlas Project. Both projects are a good
way to gain in-the-field experience, and the projects can be easily
combined with current research. Please email me privately if you can help
out. Here's a little about each project:
Birds in Forested Landscapes (BFL)
BFL is working to determine the effects of forest fragmentation on North
American forest birds. Participants choose BFL species that breed locally
(48 species throughout NA) and select (a) study site(s) in fragments or
contiguous forest. They visit the site(s) twice during the breeding season,
look for evidence of breeding, and record habitat characteristics.
Participants receive a research kit and CD to use in the field for
playback. Results from BFL are being used to develop conservation and
management guidelines for sustaining healthy populations of these species
(past results have been published as "A Land Manager's Guide to Improving
Habitat for Scarlet Tanagers and Other Forest-Interior Birds.") For more
information, visit www.birds.cornell.edu/bfl
Golden-winged Warbler Atlas Project (GOWAP)
Participants in this project survey and conduct point counts at known and
potential breeding site of golden-wings throughout their range. The goal is
to determine the
population status and habitat and area requirements of golden-wings,
blue-wings, and their hybrids. The Population Survey protocol involves
surveying known/potential breeding sites (chosen by the participant) to
determine numbers of breeding birds, population status, and habitat
characteristics. For the Hybrid Index, participants choose pages from their
state's Delorme Atlas and conduct a series of 10-minute point counts in
suitable habitat using playback and visual ID. (NOTE: some funding is
available in some regions to pay field assistants who can work extensively
on the Hybrid Index in N & SC.) For more info about GOWAP,
www.birds.cornell.edu/gowap
Allison Wells
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
www.birds.cornell.edu