[TN-Bird] North American Migration Count this coming Saturday, May 14th.

From: "Ron Hoff" <rondolly@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "TN-BIRD" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 13:09:38 -0400

TN-birders,
I just wanted to remind everyone that this coming Saturday, May 14th, is 
International Migratory Bird Day. As part of that celebration, this is the day 
the North American Migration Count is run. The count area for this one day 
count is a any county. You are welcome to count birds in any county. As with 
all bird counts in Tennessee, please remember to include the "effort" data 
along with your bird sightings. Effort data includes:
1 - hours and miles by car, foot, other means (as canoe, horse, etc.), and any 
nightbirding (owling).
2 - the number of birding parties and names of all participants
3 - any hours of people watching bird feeders and their names.
4 - the start and end times of your party or count.
5 - the weather conditions, including wind and high & low temperatures.

In most cases these data will be turned into your local count compiler, who 
will then forward the compilation to me. If you are counting in a county where 
you are the only observers or there is no designated compiler, just send that 
data directly to me (email is fine) at the location given below. All the data I 
receive will be compiled into a final report for the state and will be 
published in the quarterly journal of the Tennessee Ornithological Society, THE 
MIGRANT. If you only observe a few random birds in a county, it may not get 
published, but I will keep the records in my files anyway. All data is 
important. This is a good opportunity to bird in some areas that normally don't 
get covered by other counts. You can submit data from more than one county. 
Just keep track of your efforts per county.

As always, have a good time and be careful if your county has had severe 
weather preceeding the count day. Low areas flood quickly and can be very 
dangerous. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me before mid-day 
tomorrow.

Great birding to all,
Ron Hoff
TOS state count compiler
282 Hackworth Lane
Clinton, TN  37716
rondolly@xxxxxxxxx
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[TN-Bird] North American Migration Count this coming Saturday, May 14th.

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