[NatureNS] NAMC

Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 08:40:56 -0300
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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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