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]