Bob Altman (American Bird Conservancy) asked me to post this message.
Please respond to him directly if you have questions. Thanks. -- Joe
Buchanan (Olympia)



Altman message:



I am looking to do small contracts with folks who can commit to five
mornings to do point count surveys in riparian habitats between May 15
and June 30 in either the Puget Lowlands Ecoregion or the lowlands of
the Coast Range Ecoregion (i.e., not montane forest riparian). You will
select the sites based on your knowledge of places you have been or
would like to go to that are accessible. You will also need to be able
to georeference the sites either by a GPS unit or by some mapping tool
that allows for a relatively accurate placement of the point. Some
observational characterization of the vegetation also will be necessary,
and you should be familiar with and comfortable with the method of
conducting a five-minute count at a specific location. However, the
main criteria is to be very good at identification of landbirds by songs
and calls - the vast majority of detections should be auditory.



More details will of course be provided for those contracted with, but
for now I just need to know if you are interested in this opportunity.
Because of my desire to have broad geographic coverage of sites, I may
not necessarily need or be able to accommodate everyone if their
particular geographic area is already well-covered. I will let you know
if that is the case.



Please respond to me, not the list-serve if interested.
baltman at abcbirds.org.





Bob Altman

American Bird Conservancy

311 NE Mistletoe

Corvallis, OR 97330

baltman at abcbirds.org

phone/fax - 541-745-5339