This is a message from Jan Green
The 2009 State of the Birds report for the United States has a lot of
good information on species population trends. The report was a joint
effort of federal agencies (Fish & Wildlife Service and USGS Patuxent
Wildlife Research Center) and non-government organization (Cornell Lab
of Ornithology, Audubon, American Bird Conservancy and others). Check
out the web site http://www.stateofthebirds.org. Besides the report
itself, with its classy layout, graphics and pictures, the web site has
much background data on methods, challenges and, most importantly, "what
you can do".
Much of the information on bird trends is based on two long-term citizen
science programs: the Christmas Bird Count and the Breeding Bird
Survey. The BBS in Minnesota has 87 routes of which about 12 are
vacant, according to the Patuxent web site
(http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/). The routes listed at this time are:
Sherburne NWR, Nett Lake, Blackduck, Big Fork, Crane Lake, Island Lake,
Tenney, Pine River, Backus, Dawson, Chandler. If you have an interest
in avifaunal exploration and discovery, contact Bob Janssen
([email protected]) who is the BBS stae coordinator.
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