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From: <bpeterj...@usgs.gov<mailto:bpeterj...@usgs.gov>> Subject: Note from BBL(23245) Date: October 1, 2013 9:08:38 AM EDT To: <c...@cornell.edu<mailto:c...@cornell.edu>> Reply-To: <bpeterj...@usgs.gov<mailto:bpeterj...@usgs.gov>> Dear Bander, Due to the Federal Government shutdown that began on October 1, 2013, the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory will be ceasing its operations on that date. All BBL employees will be prohibited from conducting any work, including returning phone calls and email messages, until further notice. No banding permits will be issued until BBL operations are resumed. Should your banding permit expire during this shutdown, you should stop all banding activities immediately until you can obtain a renewed banding permit from the BBL. My understanding is that the BBL website will also be shutdown on October 1. Hence, you will not be able to order bands, report banded birds on the Reportband website, download the BANDIT software, or conduct any other business through that website until Federal Government operations are resumed. My understanding is that the toll-free Reportband call center will continue its operations and reports of ! banded birds can be made through that 1-800-327-2263 phone number. You can continue to submit your banding data through the ban...@usgs.gov<mailto:ban...@usgs.gov> email address but these data files will not be processed until normal BBL operations resume. We apologize for any disruptions to your banding activities caused by this Federal Government shutdown. Hopefully, the shutdown will be short in duration and normal BBL operations will resume in the near future. Bruce Peterjohn Chief BRUCE PETERJOHN, BBL CHIEF BIRD BANDING LABORATORY 12100 BEECH FOREST ROAD LAUREL MD 20708-4037 FAX: (301) 497-5717 EMAIL: bpeterj...@usgs.gov<mailto:bpeterj...@usgs.gov> PHONE: (301) 497-5841 -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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/ --
