Help With a Citizen-Science Shorebird Survey
July 29, 2010
The New Jersey Audubon Society is seeking volunteers for a new Shorebird Survey. Citizen scientists will be asked to count shorebirds at specific sites for at least 15 minutes at least three times a month.
To participate, you'll need to attend a shorebird ID workshop on Saturday, Aug. 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at DeKorte Park. To register or get more information, e-mail the NJAS' Nellie Tsipoura here.
A note from Nellie follows.
Nellie writes:
NJAS is currently recruiting volunteers for bird surveys coordinated
through the Citizen Science Program. Participants must have some prior
experience in shorebird identification and be will
ing to commit three
days a month in August, September and October to conducting bird
surveys.
Shorebird survey volunteers are needed for the New Jersey
Meadowlands and some coastal sites. Shorebird Associates are required
to survey their site every 10 days (and at least 5 days apart) during
southbound (fall) migration: Now to October 31.
For more information on this project, contact Nellie Tsipoura, [email protected].
Training in identification and count methodology will be provided by NJ Audubon.
The NJAS Citizen Science program is a collaborative effort of NJAS, 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.