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--Apple-Mail-38-372909238 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, This might interest anyone living near an osprey nest (which, in this = province, might be just about all of us). Cheers, Andy Horn Halifax Begin forwarded message: > From: "Wilson, Michael D" <mdwils@wm.edu> > Date: March 1, 2012 4:38:17 PM AST > To: "SEPART-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU" <SEPART-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>, = "NORTHEASTPIF-L@cornell.edu" <NORTHEASTPIF-L@cornell.edu>, = "waterbirdsnetwork@lists.fws.gov" <waterbirdsnetwork@lists.fws.gov>, = "WPART-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU" <WPART-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>, "Midwest = Partners in Flight" <MWPART-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > Subject: [waterbirdsnetwork] Osprey-Watch: join a global community of = observers >=20 > = **************************************************************************= ***** > This message comes to you via a group e-mail service created to = communicate information related to waterbirds and waterbird = conservation. Thank you for supporting the Waterbird Conservation for = the Americas initiative. > = **************************************************************************= ***** >=20 >=20 > Become an Osprey Watcher: Connect with a global community of observers >=20 > The Center for Conservation Biology has launched Osprey-Watch, a = project created to engage a global community to collect data on breeding = osprey. Linked by an interest in osprey and a concern for the health of = the aquatic environments on which they rely, this community will for the = first time provide a global perspective on this charismatic species. = The mission of Osprey-Watch is to bring citizen scientists together in = order to collect information on a large enough spatial scale to be = useful in addressing three of the most pressing issues facing aquatic = ecosystems including global climate change, depletion of fish stocks, = and environmental contaminants. =20 >=20 > Osprey are one of very few truly global sentinels for aquatic health. = They feed almost exclusively on live fish throughout their entire life = cycle. They are a top consumer within aquatic ecosystems and are very = sensitive to both overfishing and environmental contaminants. Nearly = all populations breed in the northern latitudes and winter in the = southern latitudes, effectively linking the aquatic health of the = hemispheres. Their breeding season in the north is highly seasonal = making them an effective barometer of climate change. >=20 > Osprey-Watch is a user-friendly, internet platform that allows = observers across the globe to map their nests, log observations, upload = photos, and interact within an observer forum. Information entered into = the platform will be immediately accessible to users and will be = summarized following the breeding season. =20 >=20 > To join a growing community of global citizens, please visit = http://www.osprey-watch.org and become an Osprey-Watcher. >=20 >=20 > Michael Wilson > Center for Conservation Biology > College of William and Mary & Virginia Commonwealth University > P.O. Box 8795 > Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 > phone: 757-221-1649 > fax: 757-221-1650 > email: mdwils@wm.edu > http://www.osprey-watch.org >=20 >=20 >=20 > = **************************************************************************= ***** > Members of the WaterbirdsNetwork list can write to all other members = by sending email to waterbirdsnetwork@lists.fws.gov. Any interested = party can join the list if they send a blank email to = waterbirdsnetwork-request@lists.fws.gov with the word "subscribe" in the = subject line. =20 > = **************************************************************************= *****=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-38-372909238 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = all,<div><br></div><div>This might interest anyone living near an osprey = nest (which, in this province, might be just about all of = us).</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Andy = Horn</div><div>Halifax<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, = 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; = font-size:medium;">"Wilson, Michael D" <<a = href=3D"mailto:mdwils@wm.edu">mdwils@wm.edu</a>><br></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; = font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">March 1, 2012 = 4:38:17 PM AST<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, = 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; = font-size:medium;">"<a = href=3D"mailto:SEPART-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU">SEPART-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU</a>"= <<a = href=3D"mailto:SEPART-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU">SEPART-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU</a>&= gt;, "<a = href=3D"mailto:NORTHEASTPIF-L@cornell.edu">NORTHEASTPIF-L@cornell.edu</a>"= <<a = href=3D"mailto:NORTHEASTPIF-L@cornell.edu">NORTHEASTPIF-L@cornell.edu</a>&= gt;, "<a = href=3D"mailto:waterbirdsnetwork@lists.fws.gov">waterbirdsnetwork@lists.fw= s.gov</a>" <<a = href=3D"mailto:waterbirdsnetwork@lists.fws.gov">waterbirdsnetwork@lists.fw= s.gov</a>>, "<a = href=3D"mailto:WPART-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU">WPART-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU</a>" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:WPART-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU">WPART-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU</a>>= ;, "Midwest Partners in Flight" <<a = href=3D"mailto:MWPART-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU">MWPART-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU</a>&= gt;<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, = 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; = font-size:medium;"><b>[waterbirdsnetwork] Osprey-Watch: join a global = community of = observers</b><br></span></div><br><div>***********************************= ********************************************<br>This message comes to = you via a group e-mail service created to communicate information = related to waterbirds and waterbird conservation. Thank you for = supporting the Waterbird Conservation for the Americas = initiative.<br>***********************************************************= ********************<br><br><br>Become an Osprey Watcher: Connect with a = global community of observers<br><br>The Center for Conservation Biology = has launched Osprey-Watch, a project created to engage a global = community to collect data on breeding osprey. Linked by an = interest in osprey and a concern for the health of the aquatic = environments on which they rely, this community will for the first time = provide a global perspective on this charismatic species. The = mission of Osprey-Watch is to bring citizen scientists together in order = to collect information on a large enough spatial scale to be = useful in addressing three of the most pressing issues facing aquatic = ecosystems including global climate change, depletion of fish stocks, = and environmental contaminants. <br><br>Osprey are one of very few = truly global sentinels for aquatic health. They feed almost = exclusively on live fish throughout their entire life cycle. They = are a top consumer within aquatic ecosystems and are very sensitive to = both overfishing and environmental contaminants. Nearly all = populations breed in the northern latitudes and winter in the southern = latitudes, effectively linking the aquatic health of the hemispheres. = Their breeding season in the north is highly seasonal making them = an effective barometer of climate change.<br><br>Osprey-Watch is a = user-friendly, internet platform that allows observers across the globe = to map their nests, log observations, upload photos, and interact within = an observer forum. Information entered into the platform will be = immediately accessible to users and will be summarized following the = breeding season. <br><br>To join a growing community of global = citizens, please visit <a = href=3D"http://www.osprey-watch.org">http://www.osprey-watch.org</a> and = become an Osprey-Watcher.<br><br><br>Michael Wilson<br>Center for = Conservation Biology<br>College of William and Mary & Virginia = Commonwealth University<br>P.O. Box 8795<br>Williamsburg, VA = 23187-8795<br>phone: 757-221-1649<br>fax: 757-221-1650<br>email: <a = href=3D"mailto:mdwils@wm.edu">mdwils@wm.edu</a><br><a = href=3D"http://www.osprey-watch.org">http://www.osprey-watch.org</a><br><b= r><br><br>****************************************************************= ***************<br>Members of the WaterbirdsNetwork list can write to = all other members by sending email to waterbirdsnetwork@lists.fws.gov. = Any interested party can join the list if they send a blank email to = waterbirdsnetwork-request@lists.fws.gov with the word "subscribe" in the = subject line. = <br>****************************************************************= *************** = <br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-38-372909238--
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