In message <Pine.A32.3.91j.950526102848.28458A-100000 at homer04.u.washington.edu>
writes:
> Greetings to Dennis and all other fellow tweets,
>
> I hope it's okay for me to follow up Dennis's comments about Western
> tanagers. Dennis, you talk of estimates of how many tanagers may nest in
> Washington.
> One of the projects of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology is a tanager
> survey to try to put more quantification into our estimates. As most of
> you probably already know, the Cornell Lab asks volunteers all over the
> continent(?) to actually do the surveys.

One of the problems(?) that some of us see with this program is that this survey
system seems to be structured for eastern U.S. woodlots and forest patches...
not exactly the type of forests we have in many parts of Washington. Also...
how can they guarantee accuracy of the identification by ear with novice birders
recording the data? (I'm not suggesting you are a novice birder but some are
involved in this program) Does anyone else have any comments on the design of
"Project Tananger"? I would like other peoples input. Thanks...

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Roger Peffer- rpeffer at ctc.edu