Tweets,

Are you a birdwatcher who can give a couple hours on the first Saturday of every month this winter?

Do you want to make a valuable contribution to our understanding of the seabird populations of Puget Sound?

In April of this year, Seattle Audubon completed the pilot season of the Puget Sound Seabird Survey. The result: an immense success with over 40 experienced volunteers counting waterbirds at 30 survey sites from Edmonds to Dash Pt, Federal Way. From October until April a total of 57 species were tallied during a combined 210 survey hours over 25 square miles of nearshore saltwater habitat. Data was submitted online and analyzed by our scientists. We built a solid framework for a citizen science project that addresses a known gap in our understanding of local seabird populations.

And we want YOU to be a part of it. Starting this October, we will be ramping up the survey again with new survey sites in new areas of Puget Sound.

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WHO: Citizen scientists like you!
WHAT: Puget Sound Seabird Survey, the ONLY multi-month land-based seabird survey in central and south Puget Sound.
WHEN: The first Saturday of every month, October through April. Count to take place within two hours on either side of high tide (4-hour window). Survey lasts only 15-30 minutes per site.

October 4 7:37am - 11:37am
November 1 6:37am - 10:37am
December 6 9:06am - 1:06pm
January 3 7:21am - 11:21am
February 7 11:58am - 3:58pm
March 7 10:58am - 2:58pm
April 4 10:47am - 2:47pm

WHERE: Central Puget Sound (eastern shoreline) from Edmonds Ferry Terminal south to Steilacoom in Pierce County and over to Purdy*

HOW: It's easy! You can find the protocol, recording form and a list of available survey sites (now viewable in Google Earth!) on our website: http://seattleaudubon.org/science.cfm?id=1168.

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* Would you like to help but live outside the Seattle/Tacoma/Gig Harbor area? Please contact Adam Sedgley at adams at seattleaudubon.org to learn more. We are very interested in collaborating with other Audubon chapters, universities or birding clubs to expand the survey to other parts of the Sound.

To learn more about the results from the 2007-8 survey, please visit: http://seattleaudubon.org/science.cfm?id=1299

If you are interested in participating in south Puget Sound, please contact Krystal Kyer kkyer at tahomaaudubon.org <mailto:kkyer at tahomaaudubon.org)> at Tahoma Audubon.



Adam Sedgley | Science Associate

206-985-6993 adams at seattleaudubon.org



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