Makes sense to me Chris. Although BBS routes are most often solitary, many involve leaving your home and driving a route. With many areas under stay at home orders, pausing ( I dislike that nebulous term) the BBS is the only outcome that makes sense. John
--- John and Sue Gregoire 5373 Fitzgerald Rd Burdett, NY 14818-9626 "Conserve and Create Habitat" N 42.44307 W 76.75784 On 2020-04-14 20:37, Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes wrote: > FYI...I hadn't heard this and am somewhat surprised. > > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Gretchen Nareff <marshbir...@gmail.com> >> Date: April 14, 2020 at 16:17:39 EDT >> To: vtb...@list.uvm.edu >> Subject: [VTBIRD] BBS cancelled >> Reply-To: Vermont Birds <vtb...@list.uvm.edu> > >> This was announced on Friday, but I learned today that the entire North >> American Breeding Bird Survey was cancelled for 2020. I suspect this has >> never happened before, so although it is understandable in these crazy >> times, I was shocked to hear it. It was announced on Ornithology >> Exchange--it's >> not showing on the USGS BBS website yet. >> -- >> Gretchen E. Nareff >> Bennington, VT > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics [1] > Rules and Information [2] > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave [3] > Archives: > The Mail Archive [4] > Surfbirds [5] > BirdingOnThe.Net [6] > Please submit your observations to eBird [7]! > -- Links: ------ [1] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME [2] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES [3] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm [4] http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html [5] http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds [6] http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html [7] http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- 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/ --
