Hi folks,

Kelly Bettinger, a not-too-long-ago Tweeter now in Corvallis, asked
if I could post this information on the Partners in Flight training sessions.
This looks like a great opportunity for those who want to do some
"birding with a purpose"!

Please reply to Kelly or to Barb Kott (addresses below).

Jon. Anderson
Olympia, Washington
festuca at olywa.net
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From: Kelly A. Bettinger[SMTP:phoebe at peak.org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 7:32 PM
To: festuca at olywa.net
Subject: please post to tweeters

Hi Jon -
Could you post the following info on the upcoming Partners in Flight point
count/bird id training sessions for me on Tweeters? Thanks! There are
still about 8 openings for the westside Oregon session and about 15
openings for the eastside Washington session. Note there is no
registration fee, daily cost is very reasonable for food/lodging and this
is open to absolutely anyone who wants to come.

Bird Identification and Point Count
Monitoring Sessions

South/Westside, Monday May 1-4, 2000
North/Eastside, Monday May 8-11, 2000

Southwest Location:
The Big K Guest Ranch,near Elkton,(SW of Eugene)OR. Beginning May
1st,1:00 p.m. (for 1st time participants), 6:00 p.m. (for returnees) till
May 4th, 1:00 p.m. Cost of food and lodging is $65.00/day x 3 days = $195.00.

Northeast Location:
Sun Mountain Lodge, Winthrop WA. Beginning May 8th,1:00 p.m. (for 1st
time participants) 6:00 p.m. (for returnees) till May 11th, 1:00 p.m. Cost
of food and lodging is $80.00/day x 3 days = $240.00.

No Registration Fee!

The annual preseason bird identification and monitoring primer for
Neotropical Migratory birds will once again be presented at two locations.
The sessions are provided by the OR/WA chapter of Partners-In-Flight (PIF),
BLM, USDA-FS, and USFWS Neotropical Bird Programs.

This will be the seventh year of the Regional Point Count Monitoring
Protocol Work Sessions. The sessions are organized to teach bird
identification by sight and sound; review the regional point count
monitoring protocol established in 1994 and revised beginning with the year
2000; practice point count monitoring techniques; characterize bird habitat
relations and bird communities; review and distribute the vegetation
protocol for point counts and related survey methods; present and
distribute disks of the data entry program, Flight Attendant 4; discuss
analysis/techniques of bird point count data: and introduce other bird
monitoring techniques, nest search and (new in 2000 Raptor Monitoring and
Birds in Recreation Landscapes protocols) The material covered in the
sessions is essential to those who will be doing field monitoring and
indispensable to those who are managing bird monitoring programs or will be
doing point counts in the future.

The sessions are open to both non-government and government people
interested in bird monitoring. Each session has limited space and is on a
first-reservation basis. If you have attended a session in prior years,
note that repeat attendance is encouraged; you can never learn enough about
bird songs/calls and maintaining consistency in the protocol!!

If you plan to attend either session, please send your completed
registration form to Barb Kott as soon as possible. The sessions are
expected to fill quickly, so register early. Once registered you must
cancel before April 15, or the payment for room and board will be
nonrefundable because of contractual obligations to the host facilities.

Please distribute this announcement to people inside and outside the
goverment that may be interested and have them contact Barb directly for
further information. Messages can be left for Barb on a message machine,
FAX, or via computer at 503-622-3191 x687, 503-622-5622, bkott/r6pnw,mthood
or bkott/r6pnw_mthood at fs.fed.us respectively.

Please return the enclosed registration form and check made out to the
appropriate facility to confirm your attendance.

Note: FS and BLM participants will be paid on one large agency purchase
order, you do not have to enclose a check, however, you must fill out and
return the registration form to be registered.
Registration Information for NTMB
Worksession, 2000

Includes:
Bird ID by Sight and Sound (with morning field trips)

Monitoring Techniques:
a.Bird Point Counts, Nest Search,and Raptor Counts.

b.Vegetation (Protocol and Sampling Techniques)
c.Data entry program.

Send to Barb Kott by April 15th via e-mail at bkott/r6pnw,mthood or
bkott/r6pnw_mthood at fs.fed.us. You can snail mail it to Barb Kott Zigzag
Ranger Station 70220 E. Hwy 26 Zigzag OR 97049.

(Hurry, slots will be filled on a first come first serve basis.)


Full
Name: Male / Female (circle one, no
comments!)


Phone #: E-Mail:

Session you plan on attending: SWestside only; May 1-4 .
NEastside only; May 8-11 .
(Check one)


Name of Agency or Organization you are representing:



Current mailing address:






Area where your monitoring work will take place:

(East or west side of the Oregon or Washington Cascades)

HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOURSELF AS A "BIRDER"? (check one):

EXPERT (know most PNW Forest Birds easily and quickly by sight and
sound)
GOOD (frequent birder; know birds easily by sight, and many by sound)
Moderate (bird often; know birds easily by sight, rusty on sound-need
review)
Learning (bird off and on, recognize some birds by sight)
Beginner (Don't know many birds by sight, few by sound)


Special diet concerns: Vegetarian meals only
Vegan meals only Check one!
Omnivore


Can you bring a 11-13 passenger VAN? We desperately need at least 6!


Kelly Bettinger
Northwest Habitat Institute
P.O. Box 855
355 NW 7th Street
Corvallis, OR 97339
1-541-753-2199 (phone)
1-541-753-2440 (fax)
phoebe at peak.org
Homepage: http://www.nwhi.org