[mou] Golden-winged Warbler Field Assistants Needed in Minnesota
Tom_Will@fws.gov
Tom_Will@fws.gov
Thu, 5 May 2005 15:13:31 -0500
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PAID FIELD ASSISTANTS and VOLUNTEERS NEEDED NOW!
Survey Golden-winged Warblers for conservation ...
The Golden-winged Warbler is a priority bird that has drawn much attent=
ion
in Minnesota. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, with support from the U.=
S.
Fish & Wildlife Service and the Ruffed Grouse Society of Minnesota, is
currently engaged in a citizen-science project known as the Golden-wing=
ed
Warbler Atlas Project (GOWAP). GOWAP engages volunteer birders and
professional biologists to survey and conduct point counts at known and=
potential Golden-wing breeding sites throughout the range of the specie=
s.
The project is designed to determine population status, habitat
relationships, and area requirements of Golden-wings, Blue-winged Warbl=
ers,
and their hybrids.
This year, GOWAP is concentrating its efforts in Minnesota, where an
estimated 42% of the global population of Golden-wings breeds.
Participants will survey areas of known importance to Golden-wings in o=
rder
to determine their relative occurrence among available habitat types.
Surveyors will receive a research kit which includes instructions, data=
forms, a color poster of the species complex, and a CD that will be use=
d in
the field for playback and point counts. Since the sampling protocol u=
ses
recorded playback and focuses on a single species, participants need to=
become experts only in identifying Golden-wings by sight and song and i=
n
developing an eye for Golden-wing habitat. They need to be able to tra=
vel
to designated areas and to dedicate effort in the early morning within =
the
prescribed season of the survey.
Funds are available to pay qualified field assistants in Minnesota. We=
need both paid and volunteer participants to begin work in mid to late =
May.
For more information, contact the GOWAP project leader, Sara Barker, at=
sb65@cornell.edu or (607) 254-2465. You can visit the GOWAP web site at=
http://birds.cornell.edu/gowap. Please let us know as soon as possible=
how
you would like to be involved in this important conservation endeavor.=
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<p><b><font size=3D"4" face=3D"Arial">PAID FIELD ASSISTANTS and VOLUNTE=
ERS NEEDED NOW!</font></b><br>
<br>
<b><font size=3D"4" face=3D"Arial">Survey Golden-winged Warblers for co=
nservation ...</font></b><br>
<br>
<font size=3D"4" face=3D"Arial">The Golden-winged Warbler is a priority=
bird that has drawn much attention in Minnesota. The Cornell Lab of O=
rnithology, with support from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and =
the Ruffed Grouse Society of Minnesota, is currently engaged in a citiz=
en-science project known as the Golden-winged Warbler Atlas Project (GO=
WAP). GOWAP engages volunteer birders and professional biologists to s=
urvey and conduct point counts at known and potential Golden-wing breed=
ing sites throughout the range of the species. The project is designed =
to determine population status, habitat relationships, and area require=
ments of Golden-wings, Blue-winged Warblers, and their hybrids.</font><=
br>
<br>
<font size=3D"4" face=3D"Arial">This year, GOWAP is concentrating its e=
fforts in Minnesota, where an estimated 42% of the global population of=
Golden-wings breeds. Participants will survey areas of known importan=
ce to Golden-wings in order to determine their relative occurrence amon=
g available habitat types. Surveyors will receive a research kit which=
includes instructions, data forms, a color poster of the species compl=
ex, and a CD that will be used in the field for playback and point coun=
ts. Since the sampling protocol uses recorded playback and focuses on =
a single species, participants need to become experts only in identifyi=
ng Golden-wings by sight and song and in developing an eye for Golden-w=
ing habitat. They need to be able to travel to designated areas and to=
dedicate effort in the early morning within the prescribed season of t=
he survey.</font><br>
<br>
<font size=3D"4" face=3D"Arial">Funds are available to pay qualified fi=
eld assistants in Minnesota. We need both paid and volunteer participa=
nts to begin work in mid to late May. For more information, contact the=
GOWAP project leader, Sara Barker, at </font><u><font size=3D"4" color=
=3D"#0000FF" face=3D"Arial">sb65@cornell.edu</font></u><font size=3D"4"=
face=3D"Arial"> or (607) 254-2465. You can visit the GOWAP web site at=
</font><b><font size=3D"4" face=3D"Arial"><a href=3D"http://birds.corn=
ell.edu/gowap">http://birds.cornell.edu/gowap</a>.</font></b><font size=
=3D"4" face=3D"Arial"> Please let us know as soon as possible how you =
would like to be involved in this important conservation endeavor.</fon=
t><br>
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