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Index of Subjects Thanks, Doug. A lot less work, not having to coordinate a whole county. Billy On 25 Mar 2019 23:24, Doug Linzey wrote: > Here's what we're telling members of the Blomidon Naturalists Society > (BNS) in our Spring 2019 newsletter. The words are from Larry Bogan, > who organized the Kings County NAMC for the previous 7 years: > > Background: A migration bird count has been done on the second > Saturday of May since Judy Tufts initiated it here in Kings County in > 1993. At first it was called the North American Migration Count—there > were similar surveys on that date across Nova Scotia and North > America. The popularity of the survey faded over the years, and it > eventually became the Nova Scotia Migration Count (NSMC), the > collation of the survey being done by the Nova Scotia Bird Society. > In > 2018 the Bird Society stopped collecting the data, and the migration > count became an orphan. I had taken over collation of the Kings > County > NSMC in 2011 and have decided that 2018 was the last year for me. So, > NSMC is no more. > > Suggestion: A few years ago, eBird started the Global Big Day (GBD) > on the first Saturday of May, one week ahead of the usual NSMC time. > Many BNS members are already regular users of eBird. I imagine that > GBD and the resources of eBird might fill in somewhat for the NSMC. > So > I urge members to join eBird and plan to enjoy birding on May 4 this > year. After your day of birding, report your checklist to eBird, > which > will summarize the results of the surveys done on GBD, and you will > be > able to view the surveys of other participants as well as your own. > > Join eBird at http:\\www.ebird.org > > [Posted by Doug Linzey, Blomidon Naturalists Society] > > On 3/24/2019 12:45 PM, bdigout wrote: >> I noticed that Global Bird Day is May 4th this year. Last year it >> coincided with the North American Migratory Bird Count. Is there >> still a Migratory Count on the second Saturday in May as usual? >> Billy >> >>
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