We are still looking/hoping for volunteers to adopt Nightjar Survey routes
in many areas across the country. The first survey window ends May 28th but
a second window takes place June 10-June 26. There is still plenty of time
to think about adopting a vacant route and assisting the program.
The Nightjar Survey Network relies on volunteer participation by
conservation-minded citizens, biologists, and other like-minded groups to
adopt and conduct survey routes. Nightjar Surveys are easy to perform and
will not take more than two hours to complete. Volunteers conduct roadside
counts at night, during specific time windows when the moon is > 50 %
illuminated, by driving and stopping at 10 points along a predetermined
9-mile route. At each point, the observer counts all Nightjars seen or
heard by species during a 6-minute period. No artificial broadcasts of the
species' calls are used. Please visit the United States Nightjar Survey
Website for more details including location of routes, instructions, and
results; www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm
Volunteer participation is important to provide information on nightjars in
your state and the broader region. Please consider adopting a route.
Mike Wilson
Center for Conservation Biology
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA
e-mail: mdwils@xxxxxx
http://www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm
