[TN-Bird] Pace Point CBC?
- From: "Desgrosellier, Jay" <jay.desgrosellier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <TN-BIRD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:46:17 -0500
TN-birders,
Recent discussion regarding the upcoming Christmas Bird Count (CBC)
season lead me once again to wonder why there isn't a CBC around the
Pace Point area. This is one of Tennessee's premiere winter birding
locations, so it just didn't make sense that this area should go
uncovered during the CBC season. Well, I intend to correct this problem.
Mike Todd and I have begun a collaboration that I hope will bring a
long-standing CBC to the Pace Point area.
Unfortunately, it is already too late to officially propose a new count
for the upcoming CBC season. We see this as an opportunity to use this
year to conduct a trial run. It just so happens that Saturday, December
13 is one day outside of the official count period so no other counts
will be run on that day. We therefore propose a trial run for the new
Pace Point CBC on Saturday December 13 and invite everyone who is
interested in the success of this CBC to participate. If you would like
to join us, please send me an e-mail stating your willingness to do so.
As routes are finalized Mike and I will assign everyone an area. Both
Mike and I would especially like to solicit input from birders familiar
with the area and extend a special invitiation to those individuals to
join us.
The great thing about a CBC in this area is that there won't be any
"bad" routes. All routes will have plenty of access to water and other
habitats giving everyone who participates an opportunity to generate a
good species list. A count in this area will provide high counts for
many species in Tennessee and compete for one of the highest species
totals in the state. If any of this sounds good to you please think
about joining us on Dec. 13th.
We realize that there are other counts in western and middle Tennessee
for which a Pace Point CBC may compete for observers. We are sensitive
to this, but feel that as long as the count is NOT conducted on the
first Saturday in the count period that we will avoid most conflicts. If
anyone has any concerns regarding competition for observers I would be
happy to hear them.
Finally, even if you are not able to join us on Dec. 13 we would like to
hear from you if you think this count is a good idea and you would
consider participating in the future, or if you think this is a horrible
idea let us know. We realize that the success of this count will require
that we draw people from outside of the immediate area, meaning that the
count will have to provide sufficient draw to west Tennessee and
Nashville birders. If birders from these areas are not interested in
another count, then that information would be extremely helpful.
I'm looking forward to your replies and feedback.
Good Birding!
Jay Desgrosellier
Nashville, TN
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