Breeding Bird Survey/ Point Count Training: May 18-19. Shoreline WA
PSBO will hold a training on the basics of point counts with helpful hints on recording birds for the 3 minute point counts performed on the Breeding Bird Survey (BBS). Take some of your birding by ear skills and parlay them into Citizen Science. The Washington State BBS has 14 vacancies, including some nice routes!
Training Friday evening at 7pm-8:30pm at the home of Don Norman in Richmond Beach (2112 NW 199th St Shoreline).
This will go over some of the basics of how the BBS works as well as discussing some of the skill sets to master before attempting to perform a Breeding Bird Survey (BBS)
Saturday morning, there will be a field session from 630am till 830am.
Meet at : Edmonds Marsh Pier at 180 W Dayton. This session will last about 2 hours and will include some visual hints, then some acoustical hints in nearby Woodway.
$25 Includes membership in PSBO.
Don Norman is the new state coordinator for the BBS as well as a board member of the Puget Sound Bird Observatory. You haven't been seeing much of Don lately as he has been working on beach restoration projects in Louisiana as a result of funding from the BP oil spill. But despite being away, he always travels up to Seattle to head out to the WA coast for a weekend!
There are several nice routes available. For example, the count at Raymond could turn into a great annual weekend beach trip.
To see the available routes, go to the BBS website page (www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs<
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs> ) and look at Vacant Routes, select WA. You can easily see where the route is located and even see what birds are seen on the route how frequently.
If you think you want to take on a route, and cannot make the training, contact don at
pugetsoundbird at gmail.com<mailto:
pugetsoundbird at gmail.com>
Call (206) 719-3849 for more info.
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