Not sure where  Rusty Blackbirds have been seen in your area?

1. Follow this link<http://ebird.org/ebird/map/rusbla?neg=true&env.minX=-85.63556104374999&env.minY=36.47144319365985&env.maxX=-79.70294385624999&env.maxY=43.7605881117087&zh=true&gp=false&ev=Z&mr=1-12&bmo=1&emo=12&yr=all&byr=1900&eyr=2100>
to
see the eBird map for this species in Ohio. Click the "Show Points Sooner"
box on the right, then zoom in to your area.

2. Some of those locations will be familiar to you: what kind of habitat is
there?  Where else is there similar habitat that might have Rusties, but
doesn't show any on the map??

Good luck! :-)

-Paul Hurtado
Columbus, OH

PS: In case the link above doesn't work, try
http://ebird.org/ebird/map/rusbla?neg=true&env.minX=-85.63556104374999&env.minY=36.47144319365985&env.maxX=-79.70294385624999&env.maxY=43.7605881117087&zh=true&gp=false&ev=Z&mr=1-12&bmo=1&emo=12&yr=all&byr=1900&eyr=2100



On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Tom Bain <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Just 12 days remain for Ohio birders to complete blitz protocol data sheets
> detailing Rusty Blackbird sightings during the Ohio target period for the
> 2014 spring blitz. Please make a final effort to contribute, today through
> April 15!
>
> Ohio birders deliver: Through March 31, 2014, 281 eBird checklists included
> RUBL records since Ohio's blitz target period launched March 1. That's a 73
> checklist increase over the same period last year. Thank you. I do not have
> numbers of protocol data sheets completed for Ohio, yet. I will share when
> I
> do. The data sheet information is essential for current efforts to
> understand population dynamics for RUBL. Your help is needed, it's
> valuable,
> more so than you know. I'm confident that generosity among Ohio birders
> will
> deliver again as we did during the two fall blitz periods past.
>
> Steps to success:
>
> Go birding, have fun!
>
> Visit birding hotspots where you have seen RUBL in the past, consider
> taking
> datasheets with you (below).
>
> Complete a data sheet (described below) to document your visit, EVEN IF YOU
> DID NOT SEE Rusty Blackbirds.
>
> Use eBird for record-keeping, it's easy and pays you back for your effort
> by
> giving you free access to your organized records.
>
> Log into eBird and select the tab along the top, "Submit Observations"
>
> Select your "Observation Location" using the dropdown menu for birding
> hotspots and locations you have recorded before, or use the map to zoom in
> on where you are/were.
>
> Select your "Observation Date", the date you recorded field records of
> RUBL,
> or just visited a hotspot.
>
> Select the "Observation Type" "Other" then use dropdown menu--scroll down
> and select, "Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz"
>
> Read the summary found here and follow instruction carefully, please. Your
> effort will help dedicated researchers sort out the challenges resulting in
> decline of RUBL populations.
>
> Data sheet:
>
> http://rustyblackbird.org/wp-content/uploads/Rusty-Blackbird-Blitz-2014-data
> sheet.pdf
>
> Tom Bain
> OOS Conservation
> Ohio blitz coordinator
>
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--
Paul J. Hurtado
Postdoctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University
Mathematical Biosciences Institute, http://mbi.osu.edu/
Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, http://ael.osu.edu/

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