Hi Maine Birders!
The Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is looking for volunteer help to survey shorebird use of Maine's beach habitats. "Enhancing the Value of Migration Monitoring for Shorebirds" is a new volunteer based shorebird survey initiative focusing on shorebirds using beach habitats on the Atlantic Coast. This effort is focusing on collecting data for a statistically rigorous assessment of population size and trends for four shorebird species: Red Knot, Sanderling, Ruddy Turnstone, and Black-bellied Plovers. We are currently setting up the program in Maine using this season to determine survey plots, best survey timing for each area, and recruiting interested volunteers. We have a seasonal biologist that is availabe to meet and train volunteers. These surveys are conducted once every three weeks beginning in mid July through September 30.
If you are not interested in surveying beach habitats we do have several International Shorebird/PRISM sites located along the coast that need volunteers. If you are interested please contact me via email or my office phone 941-4479.
One other note, there are several exciting shorebird studies occuring on nesting, wintering, and migration habitats located along the Atlantic Flyway from the Canadian Arctic to South America. Researchers are capturing, color banding, and attaching tracking devices to shorebirds in hopes of tracking their migration. If you see a banded shorebird please note your location, date, and the alpha numeric codes on leg flags, color and placement of all bands on the legs. Please report resightings to www.bandedbirds.org. It is extremely useful to the researchers if you have a photo to attach to the website.
Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Maine, and Maine Natural History Observatory are currently banding and attaching tracking devices to shorebirds using coastal mudflats in Addison and Harrington. Our birds are sporting dark green leg flag on their upper left leg and red color band on their lower left leg, if you have a keen eye (or really good scope) you may note a white tag with an antenna on their backs. Please report these resighting to myself and bandedbirds.
I apologize for the length of this posting. Happy shorebirding!
Thank you
Lindsay Tudor
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