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Hi all,
Nova Scotia Migration Count
The North Scotia Migration Count will be held May 12 this year. We will join birders from all over North America who participate in this count. This project gives us an annual snapshot of migration patterns and also year over year comparisons of individual species. Our recent mild winters have shown us how quickly nature's critters adapt to climate change especially now that some of our birds are making it through our winters successfully for the very first time. Some folks had felt that our count was perhaps a week or two early but with global warming perhaps our date may be just about right now!
Participation is easy, just contact your provincial coordinator or regional representative and get assigned a territory to walk or drive, a feeder to watch or an owl route to listen on and you're in business. Nova Scotia's Migration Count website http://www.hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html provides information on how to participate, copies of forms and the records from all the counts held previously. The success and usefulness of the website can best be realized with feedback, so if you have any suggestions on how it can be improved let me know. Ad hoc counting is useful as well but provide details on your route so your coordinator does not double count species. Sometimes subsequent visits by different birders on the same routes can turn up new birds. If you don't have a county coordinator or you don't know who he or she is, that's no problem, just send the data directly to me and I'll ensure that it's included.
Share what you have discovered on the Nova Scotia Migration Count with the Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas project.
I've changed the name of our count to Nova Scotia Migration Count from North American Migration Count to better reflect the nature of our effort. Many other jurisdictions in North America have already changed to their local names.
Currently, we have 291 species for this count over the years not including races, subspecies or other forms so if you report a rarity or other bird not previously found on this count be sure to jot down the time because someone this year or perhaps next year will tick the 300th bird. You can find our complete list of species here http://hanstoom.com/NAMCSpeciesOverYears2007.htm
Join me in continuing this important project but most of all let's all have fun.
Hans
_______________________________________________________________
Hans Toom
E-mail: htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca
Migration Count: http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html
Nature Website: http://hanstoom.com
_____________________________________________________________
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lang=3DEN-GB>The North Scotia Migration Count will be held <B>May 12</B> =
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year. We will join birders from all over North America who =
participate in=20
this count. This project gives us an annual snapshot of migration =
patterns and=20
also year over year comparisons of individual species. Our recent mild =
winters=20
have shown us how quickly nature=92s critters adapt to climate change =
especially=20
now that some of our birds are making it through our winters=20
successfully for the very first time.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>Some folks had felt that our count was perhaps a week or two =
early but=20
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now!</SPAN></P>
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lang=3DEN-GB> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=3DEN-GB>Participation is easy, just contact your provincial =
coordinator or=20
regional representative and get assigned a territory to walk or drive, a =
feeder=20
to watch or an owl route to listen on and you=92re in business. =
Nova=20
Scotia's Migration Count website <A=20
href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html">http://www.hanstoom.com/=
NAMC/Index.html</A> provides=20
information on how to participate, copies of forms and the =
records from all=20
the counts held previously. The success and usefulness of the =
website=20
can best be realized with feedback, so if you have any suggestions on =
how it can=20
be improved let me know.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN>Ad hoc=20
counting is useful as well but provide details on your route so your =
coordinator=20
does not double count species. Sometimes subsequent visits by different =
birders=20
on the same routes can turn up new birds.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>If you don=92t have a county coordinator or you don=92t know who =
he or she=20
is, that=92s no problem, just send the data directly to me and I=92ll =
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lang=3DEN-GB>Share what you have discovered on the Nova Scotia Migration =
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name of our count to Nova Scotia Migration Count from North American =
Migration=20
Count to better reflect the nature of our effort.<SPAN=20
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North=20
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=3DArial>Currently, we have 291 =
species for this=20
count over the years not including races, subspecies or other forms so =
if you=20
report a rarity or other bird not previously found on this count be sure =
to jot=20
down the time because someone this year or perhaps next year will =
tick the=20
300th bird. </FONT></SPAN></o:p></SPAN><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> You can find our complete list of =
species here <A=20
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN =
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continuing this important project but most of all let=92s all have =
fun.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN =
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face=3DArial>____________________________________________________________=
___<BR>Hans=20
Toom<BR>E-mail: htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca<BR>Migration =
Count: <A=20
href=3D"">http://hanstoom.com/NAMC/Index.html</A><BR>Nature Website: <A=20
href=3D"">http://hanstoom.com</A>=20
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