[NatureNS] Radar Ornithology

Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:12:21 -0300
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And here's about one of our own! (From Bird Studies Canada):<br><br>

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<dd><a name=3D"Radar_Supplements_Migration_Monitoring_in_Long_Point_Area_">
</a>Radar Supplements Migration Monitoring in Long Point Area<br><br>

<dd><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times" color=3D"#FF0000">24 October
2007</b></font> =96 Over the decades, a great deal of work has been done
using ornithological radar, but the equipment is expensive, and the data
can be difficult to interpret. Acadia University=92s Dr. Phil Taylor, BSC=92=
s
2007-08 Visiting Scientist, has been working with students and colleagues
to develop relatively simple and inexpensive software to refine the study
of radar ornithology. <br>

<dd>&nbsp;&nbsp; Long Point Bird Observatory=92s migration monitoring
program has been collecting information on the ground for almost 50
years. Through observations, daily censuses, and bird banding, we are
able to obtain a comprehensive picture of the birds that have landed at
Long Point overnight and are passing through during the day. But how many
birds fly over Long Point in the night, without stopping? Data collected
by Dr. Taylor=92s radar equipment around the clock at BSC=92s Port Rowan
headquarters is now supplementing information from LPBO to give us an
even more detailed understanding of migration in the Long Point area.
Watch BSC=92s website for updates.<br><br>

<dd>And another interesting tidbit:<br><br>
<br>

<dd><a name=3D"Project_FeederWatch:_&#8216;It&#8217;s_a_Good_Thing&#8217;_">
</a>Project
FeederWatch<a name=3D"Project_FeederWatch:_&#8216;It&#8217;s_a_Good_Thing&#8=
217;_">
</a>: =91It=92s a Good Thing=92<br><br>

<dd><font face=3D"Times New Roman, Times" color=3D"#FF0000">26 October
2007</b></font> =96 Project FeederWatch is pleased to welcome its newest
recruit: Martha Stewart. Last week, David Bonter of the Cornell Lab of
Ornithology (which manages the FeederWatch program in the U.S.) appeared
on The Martha Stewart Show</i> to share information about birdwatching
and Project FeederWatch with Martha and her audience. For details and to
view the segment online, visit
<a href=3D"http://www.marthastewart.com/martha?rsc=3Dts_Homepage_Homepage">
Martha Stewart=92s website</a></b> and follow the Project FeederWatch link
from the October 17 episode in the Show Archives. <br>

<dd>&nbsp;&nbsp; If you haven=92t signed up for Project FeederWatch yet,
there is still time! The new season begins on November 10. Even though
BSC has just mailed out the FeederWatch kits this week to all Canadian
participants with our fall issue of
<a href=3D"http://www.bsc-eoc.org/about/index.jsp?lang=3DEN&amp;targetpg=3Db=
irdwatch">
BirdWatch Canada</a></i></b>, it=92s not too late to
<a href=3D"http://www.bsc-eoc.org/shopping/membership.jsp?lang=3DEN">registe=
r
for Project FeederWatch online</a></b> or by telephone at
1-888-448-2473.<br><br>

<dd>Angus<br><br>
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