Keweenaw Raptor Survey I was asked by Sky Haas to pass along.. Keweenaw Raptor Survey The Copper Country Audubon Club of Houghton and the Laughing Whitefish Audubon Society of Marquette, have joined to initiate the Keweenaw Raptor Survey, a three-year project to document the massive spring raptor migration in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. We are asking for your financial support.
The limited amount of existing data suggest that the Keweenaw migration may actually be as large in magnitude as the well-known migration at Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, yet not a single full-season count has ever been conducted. The Keweenaw Raptor Survey will hire a professional hawk counter to be stationed at Brockway Mountain in Keweenaw County for a full three-month migration season in 2010. If we can maintain adequate funding, we intend to complete a three-year count of the raptor migration to establish the size, timing and species composition of the Keweenaw migration. In order for the project to proceed, we must raise at least $6,000 per year. Brockway Mountain is one of the most stellar viewing locations for migrant raptors- it is not everyday one can peer down at a passing Golden Eagle or stare a Broad-winged Hawk in the eye. We invite you to come next spring and see these amazing sights for yourself! Our counter will be there documenting the migration beginning in mid-March. You will be able to follow along with the counter's observations which will be published weekly on both our blog at the Keweenaw Raptor Survey website, and at the North American HawkCount website, Hawkcount!. At the completion of the three year project, the results will be submitted for publication. To Donate: Your contribution is greatly appreciated. You can contribute either by check or by a secure online donation through the website of Michigan Audubon, one of our non-profit 501(c)(3) sponsors. Please click on the following link to either download a printable contribution form to mail in or use the online transaction form. Support KRS « Keweenaw Raptor Survey *Please designate “Keweenaw Raptor Survey” on the online form. CCAC and MAS is a 501 (c) 3, so your gift is tax deductible. The survey is funded completely through donations, grants and memberships from individuals like you. Thank you for your support! Keweenaw Raptor Survey-- The Managing Committee Greg Cleary, Zach Gayk, Skye Haas, Joseph Youngman For more information please visit our website - http://keweenawraptorsurvey.org/ email: [email protected] or contact Joseph Youngman phone: 906-0523-4416 The Keweenaw Raptor Survey is a joint venture of the Copper Country Audubon Club and the Laughing Whitefish Audubon Society with the cooperation of the Michigan Audubon Society. Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Website: http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/ ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
