-----Original Message-----
From: Brown, Jeff [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 1:13 PM
To: Mike Busam; Sam D. Fitton; Jay Stenger; John Ritzenthaler; Russell, David E. Dr.
Subject: FW: U.S. Nightjar Survey: 4th year

Thought you all would be interested in this.  While out birding,
banding, or otherwise you might be able to contribute.  

Hope all is well,
Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Midwest Partners in Flight [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Michael Wilson
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:13 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: U.S. Nightjar Survey: 4th year

The U.S. Nightjar Survey Network is entering its fourth year as the
vital 
program that documents the population distribution and population trends
of 
these declining species.  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.  We would

like to invite all birders and conservationists to participate in the 
program by adopting Nightjar Survey Routes in 2010 and beyond.

We are very grateful to the number of participants already involved in
the 
program and for the quality of the data they have collected.
Information 
gathered over the past four years is helping to explain how the
composition 
of habitats in local landscapes influences nightjar abundance.  In turn,

these data will help reach the project's near-term goals of explaining 
habitat-based declines where they occur.

There is still need for longer-term data and broader geographic coverage
to 
adequately cover the target species.

Nightjar Surveys are standardized counts conducted along census routes
on 
bright moonlit nights.  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 a series of existing routes in each state
that 
are still in need of adoption.

Please consider adopting a Nightjar Survey Route.  The continuing
success of 
U.S. Nightjar Survey Network relies entirely on volunteer participation.

Visit the U.S. Nightjar Survey at www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm for
location 
of surveys, data sheets and instructions, and how to adopt a route.



Michael Wilson
Center for Conservation Biology
College of William and Mary & Virginia Commonwealth University
PO Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
phone: 757-221-1649
fax: 757-221-1650
email: [log in to unmask]
www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm