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

[Tim Avery]

I'll take this opportunity to plug eBird as always.  Anyone interested in 
gathering some basic information on species of birds found in Utah can find 
eBird somewhat helpful. Although there aren't a tone of sighings in the 
database, there is a nice little map showing the typical range of this 
psecies in Utah.  Of course the more sightings entered form various people 
around the stae, could definitely add to this species information for Utah:

http://tinyurl.com/4de9c8

The map shows a couple of interesting data points, one that looks to be from 
the Abajos in San Juan County, one I am guessing from the La Sals in Grand 
County, and 1 from it looks like Garfield County...   Cool stuff!

Cheers,

Tim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell Norvell" <russellnorvell at utah.gov>
To: "Bird" <birdnet at utahbirds.org>; "Shelly Jane" <hcsspenc at yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 3:40 PM
Subject: [Birdnet] We need your Black Rosy-Finch Sightings! (long)


> 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
>
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