I apologize. I added a wrong link. Correct link: http://www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Wilson" <[log in to unmask]> To: <> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:31 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:[log in to unmask] > www.ccb-wm.org > ______________________________________________________________________ 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]