Subject: list of OR/WA folks w/ species expertise
Date: Sep 23 14:15:26 1997
From: "Kelly A. Bettinger" - BETTIKAB at dfw.wa.gov


Hi OBOL & Tweeters:

I am compiling a list of people with expertise in individual bird species,
bird species groups, or monitoring methods for two different projects.

The first is for the Monitoring subcommittee of the Oregon/Washington
chapter of Partners in Flight. This list would be made available over the
PIF web page and mailed to land managers throughout the two states
with the idea that managers could contact folks on the list to chat about
species life history, management, habitat needs, surveys etc. A very
casual commitment.

The second is for the Oregon/Washington Species-Habitat Project.
People on this list would potentially be contacted to review our bird
species matrices and maybe fill in some blank spots in our knowledge of
life history, management effects, habitat use or habitat structure use
(everything from snags and canopy cover to ponds and emergent
vegetation, etc.). This would either be done by bringing folks together as
a group to review groups of species and/or by having species on a web
page and inviting folks to review it there.

We are looking for people with expertise (extensive field work, research
or study) for all bird species in Oregon and Washington, breeders and
non-breeeders, and all habitats including marine. I say this just to
emphasize that this effort is covering more than the usual westside
forest habitats! Folks don't need to live in OR/WA, and knowledge of
species in B.C., northern Calif, Idaho is close enough. If interested in
being on one or both lists (PIF list or Species-Habitat Project list), please
e-mail me your name, affiliation, address, phone number, e-mail address,
and area of expertise. This can be one individual species or a species
group, and be in specific geographic areas and with certain survey
methods. Examples: eastern OR/WA grassland birds, shorebirds,
swans, dippers in the Cascades, banding at Hart Mountain etc. Please
feel free to nominate any "experts" you know of who are not on OBOL
or Tweeters. For nonminees, names will not be released without their
consent.

Thank you in advance! Deadline for responding is October 31, 1997.

Kelly A. Bettinger
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
Habitat Management Program
Species-Habitat Project
600 Capitol Way North
Olympia, WA 98501-1091
360-902-2604
bettikab at dfw.wa.gov