The Center for Conservation Biology constructed the Nightjar Survey Network
in 2007 to begin the process of collecting data on the population
distribution and population trends of Nightjars across broad regions of the
United States.  The Network was initially introduced into the southeast and
is being expanded in 2008 to provide coverage throughout the contiguous
United States.



The Nightjar Survey Network relies on volunteer participation by
conservation-minded citizens, biologists, and other like-minded groups to
adopt and conduct survey routes.  Nightjar Surveys are easy to perform and
will not take more than two hours to complete.  Volunteers conduct roadside
counts at night, during specific time windows when the moon is > 50 %
illuminated, by driving and stopping at 10 points along a predetermined
9-mile route.  At each point, the observer counts all Nightjars seen or
heard by species during a 6-minute period.  No artificial broadcasts of the
species' calls are used.  Please visit the United States Nightjar Survey
Website for more details including location of routes, instructions, and
results; www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm



In addition, information collected and submitted to the Nightjar Survey
Network in Ohio will be incorporated into the Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas
project through a partnership with the Atlas coordinators.  There are many
routes that transit several atlas blocks and we provide the opportunity for
Nightjar Survey Volunteers to create their own route as long as it is meets
the standardized form of existing routes.  This could provide added
opportunity for routes to be in tune with the Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas.



Volunteer participation is important to provide information on nightjars in
Ohio and the broader region.  Please consider adopting a route.



www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm



Mike Wilson

Center for Conservation Biology

College of William and Mary

Williamsburg, VA

e-mail: [log in to unmask]

http://www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm

______________________________________________________________________

Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.
Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/.

You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]