Western Great Lakes Bird & Bat Observatory news
The latest news from the Observatory:
Offshore Waterfowl/Waterbird Surveys
The offshore Great Lakes Commission waterbird survey
meeting with the survey teams (which include the 4 survey contractors (W.
Mueller of WGLBBO, Dr. David Luukkonen of Michigan DNR, Kevin Kenow of the
USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, and Dr. Michael Monfils of Michigan State University) took place on May
12. This project is moving forward with
a new regional proposal regarding analysis of our existing offshore
data. We
will prepare our own paper and submit it for publication simultaneously.
Dr.
Jill Hapner and I are working on the GIS and mapping, and our
publication will be submitted this winter. At this time, the Great
Lakes Commission will not fund additional offshore surveys - I am
seeking
funding elsewhere to do more surveys; each of the other survey teams are
doing
likewise.
Dr. Amber Roth of Michigan Technological University worked half-time for WGLBBO throughout 2014, directing the activities of the Midwest Landbird Migration Monitoring Network. Dr. Roth shepherded the development of the Network's Strategic Plan (see http://wglbbo.org/what-we-do/ Midwest Aerial Insectivore Working Group I am the new co-chair of the Midwest Aerial Insectivore Working Group, part of the Midwest Coordinated Bird Monitoring Partnership. The Working Group has various activities underway; see them at: http://midwestbirdmonitoring. The Working Group has a new Facebook Page - see it at:https://www.facebook.com/ Waterbird Watch Our technician Calvin Brennan is now well into his fall season. He tallied 186,266 birds of 184 species at our Watch site at HBSP, during spring. Both are new high counts. Reports were submitted for publication for both the fall 2014 and spring 2015 seasons. Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas II This first year of the new Atlas, I did field work in a Specialty Block, which contains the Cedarburg Bog and Beech Woods. Much more to do there in 2016! I am a member of 4 of the 6 atlas committees, many of which conducted stellar work this first year of WBBAII. Outreach and Presentations I presented at the following events:
I serve on the Steering Committee of WBCI, and as co-chair of WBCI's Issues Committee. Our work products include the publications linked here, which are being updated this year: http://www.wisconsinbirds.org/ Shorebird Map We took over preparation and updating of the state Shorebird Map this year: http://wglbbo.org/2015- Board of Directors News about our growing Board of Directors can be found at: http://wglbbo.org/about/board- More news is at our website: wglbbo.org   | |||||||||||
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