Fw: U.S. Nightjar Survey needs participants

[Mike Wilson]

I apologize.  I added a wrong link.
Correct link:
http://www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm
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From: "Mike Wilson" <mdwils at wm.edu>
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Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:49 AM
Subject: U.S. Nightjar Survey needs participants


> The U.S. Nightjar Survey Network is continuing into its third year as a 
> vital program to gather data on the population distribution and population 
> trends on this group of declining species.  We would like to invite all 
> birders and conservationists to participate in the program by adopting 
> Nightjar Survey Routes in 2009 and beyond.
>
> Nightjars are the group of nocturnal, insectivorous birds that includes 
> species such as the whip-poor-will, common poorwill, chuck-will's-widow, 
> and the nighthawks among others.  The U.S. Nightjar Survey Network was 
> introduced in the southeast in 2007 and then expanded in 2008 to gain full 
> coverage across the conterminous United States.  We are grateful to the 
> number of participants already involved in the program.  The beginning 
> years of data collection has already helped in explaining how the 
> composition of habitats in local landcapes influences nightjar abundance. 
> In turn, these data will one day help to explain population declines. 
> However, there is still need for more routes to be surveyed, greater 
> geographic and species coverage, and longer-term count data.
>
> Nightjar Surveys are standardized counts conducted along census routes at 
> night.  Observers count all Nightjars seen or heard for a six-minute 
> period at each of 10 stops along the route.  The entire survey will not 
> take much more than one hour to complete and only needs conducted one time 
> per year. We have produced a series of routes in each state with many that 
> are still in need of adoption by survey participants.
>
> Please consider adopting a Nightjar Survey Route in your area.  The 
> continuing success of Nightjar Survey Network relies entirely on volunteer 
> participation.
>
> Visit http://www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm  for more details on route 
> locations, methods of survey, and more.
>
> Mike Wilson
> Center for Conservation Biology
> College of William & Mary / Virginia Commonwealth University
> PO Box 8795
> Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
> phone: 757-221-1649
> fax: 757-221-1650
> email:mdwils at wm.edu
> www.ccb-wm.org
>