[Birdnet] We need your Black Rosy-Finch Sightings! (long)

[Russell Norvell]

Hi folks-

I hope you all are having a fine summer of birding and are enjoying the ABA meeting.  By way of brief introduction, I'm the new(ish) Partners In Flight coordinator for Utah.  I am pulling together a distribution map for Black Rosy-Finches, a prelude to a writing a grant to look at breeding distributions, population size, and (eventually) population trends.

I've searched the BirdList archives for Black Rosy-Finch locations and have found a small slew.  However, I think you're holding out.

What have you got in your field books?  Remember, repetition is good.  Ideally I'd like to find nest site locations or sightings with GPS locations, #individuals, date of observation, and name of observer.  That's maybe a lot.  The minimum is a positive ID, a decent (find-able on a map) location, and approximate date (e.g., "mid-July, 2005").  I think a lot of you, like me, don't report good birds at places we expect them -after all, that's why we go there.  But the frequency and consistency of sightings can help to establish if a particular spot is a core area, on the periphery, or maybe just close the road (e.g., Bald Mtn).

Thanks for your help & please reply off-list so we're not clogging the airwaves.

Cheers-

-Russ       

Russell Norvell, Ph.D.
UT Partners In Flight Coordinator
Non-game Avian Program
UT Division of Wildlife Resources
Suite 2110, Box 146301
SLC, UT 84114-6301
801.537.3436 office
801.554.8140 cell
russellnorvell at utah.gov

Utah State University Contact:
ren at gis.usu.edu