Tuesday, 11 February 2014

[Maine-birds] Spring arrival date study

Hello, 

As many of you know, I have been coordinating a project to document the first arrival of migratory breeding birds across the state of Maine for the past 20 years.  Well over 250 birders from all around the state have contributed data.  We have learned much about the nature of Maine bird migration from this citizen-science project.  The data also have provided insight into the impacts of climate change on our bird fauna.  You can download copies of research papers on the data at http://web.colby.edu/whwilson/publications/ 

I recently mailed out 2014 datasheets to all birders that contributed data for 2013 along with the summary for the 2013 migration. 

If you have not participated, I hope you will consider doing so in the 21st year of the project.  All I ask is that you record the first date you see any of about 140 migratory breeding birds in your part of the state.  If you would like to participate, send me an e-mail giving your snail mail address and I will put a set of datasheets in the mail for you.  I can also send the datasheets electronically as a Word file. 

Best wishes, 

Herb 


Dr. Herb Wilson 
Department of Biology 
5739 Mayflower Hill Drive 
Colby College 
Waterville, ME  04901 

Phone:        (207) 859-5739                E-mail: whwilson@colby.edu 
FAX:           (207) 859-5705 
Web sites:    http://web.colby.edu/whwilson/ 
                   http://web.colby.edu/mainebirds/ 

There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.  
Aldo Leopold, Sand County Almanac

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