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2011 -- CITIZEN SCIENTISTS NEEDED FOR
BIRD SURVEYS!!!!
The New
Jersey Audubon Society (NJAS) is currently recruiting
volunteers for bird surveys coordinated through the Citizen
Science Program.
Citizen
Science Associates will be required to visit their assigned
sites to determine avian abundance and distribution. NJAS staff will provide training to
volunteers in survey methodology, and a detailed
refresher on bird identification, prior to the start of the
field season.
Grassland
Associates
are required to visit their site twice to count birds,
once between May 15-May 31 and once between June 1-June 15.
If you are
interested in participating in the Grasslands Project or for
more information on this project, contact
Kristin Mylecraine,
New Jersey Audubon Society, 11 Hardscrabble Road,
Bernardsville, NJ 07924, tel. (908) 766-5787 ext. 15 / fax
(908) 766-7775.
Points in Somerset, Hunterdon, and Salem counties are still
available!
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Shorebird Survey Associates
are required to visit their site and count shorebirds weekly
between May 1st and June 7th, and once every 10 days between
July 15th and October 30th.
If you
are interested in participating or
for more information on this project, contact
Nellie
Tsipoura, New Jersey Audubon Society, 11 Hardscrabble
Road, Bernardsville, NJ 07924; Phone: (908) 766-5787 ext. 20
; Fax: (908) 766-7775.
This year we are launching a survey in the NJ Meadowlands -- PLEASE JOIN US!
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Harbor Heron Survey Associates
are required to visit their site and count birds weekly
between June 1st and October 31st.
If
you are interested in participating or
for more information on this project, contact
Nellie
Tsipoura, or Kate Ruskin, New Jersey Audubon Society, 11 Hardscrabble
Road, Bernardsville, NJ 07924; Phone: (908) 766-5787 ext. 20
; Fax: (908) 766-7775.
Sites are
located in the Meadowlands and in Raritan Bay.
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This project is
a collaborative effort of NJAS and the NJ Division of Fish and
Wildlife's Endangered and Nongame Species Program (ENSP). Data
collected will further our knowledge of bird distribution and
abundance in New Jersey.
For more information contact:
Nellie Tsipoura
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