Hi all, I am forwarding this message from our colleagues at Vermont Center for Ecostudies, who organize the Mountain Birdwatch monitoring program. Mountain Birdwatch is the primary means of monitoring Bicknell’s Thrush and other high elevation birds in northeastern mountains that are not well surveyed by other programs. The survey points are remote, along routes on high mountain trails. So this is a great way to combine hiking and birding, and even camping (the birds start singing about 4 AM), while helping out an important project.
Please contact Judith Scarl if you have interest in “adopting” a route in the Adirondacks or elsewhere this summer. thanks KEN From: mountainbirdwa...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:mountainbirdwa...@yahoogroups.com>[mailto:mountainbirdwa...@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 9:14 AM To: mountainbirdwa...@yahoogroups.com<mailto:mountainbirdwa...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [MountainBirdwatch] Packets, New York routes, and training workshops Good morning, Mountain Birdwatchers, I drove down to DC this past weekend, and as I headed due south, I watched the coming of spring- leaves unfurled on the trees, tulips and cherry blossoms opened, and the sun shone on green grass, buzzing bumblebees, and strutting pigeons. Spring will be here in the Northeast before we know it! Our Mountain Birdwatch season opens in just under a month, and I wanted to send a few reminders in preparation: 1. Volunteer Packets went out last Thursday and Friday! If you are signed up to survey a route this year and don't receive your packet by tomorrow, please let me know (email jsc...@vtecostudies.org<mailto:jsc...@vtecostudies.org>). 2. We still need help in the Adirondacks! 13 routes still don't have volunteers in the Adirondacks. If you've been on the fence about adopting a route in New York, please consider helping out! (We've also got one available route in the Catskills, four in northern NH, and one in Maine, if you're interested...) 3. RSVP for Training Workshops: If you haven't already, please let me know if you'll be attending a training workshop. Also, if you will be attending, please go through your volunteer packets BEFORE you come to the workshop- you will get the most out of the workshops this way. Looking forward to seeing many of you in the next few weeks! All the best, Judith -- Dr. Judith Scarl Vermont Center for Ecostudies P.O. Box 420, Norwich, VT 05055 (802) 649 1431 x7 jsc...@vtecostudies.org<mailto:jsc...@vtecostudies.org> __._,_.___ Kenneth V. Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology Office: 607-254-2412 cell: 607-342-4594 k...@cornell.edu<mailto:k...@cornell.edu> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
