Saturday, September 17th, 2011 will be the Fall migration count. Space Coast Audubon will again participate and we’ll have another picnic afterwards. We call this: Meet, Greet, Eat and Count, and here are the details:
Matt Heyden will be the coordinator for Brevard County. If you would like to participate in the count and/or the picnic, please contact him at 321-264-8909 or mheyden716@aol.com. His address is 516 Lake Dr. Titusville, Fl. 32780
At this point in time, most areas are open. Call now to reserve your favorite! You can count for as long or as short a time as you wish. You can even include feeder counts. The form just asks you to keep track of how long you bird, whether by foot , car, or boat and climatic conditions.
The picnic location for this count is The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge visitor center. We will be there from 12:30 to 1:30 PM. We’ll be meeting, greeting and eating in the parking lot. Folks can turn in their tally sheets at that time, or if they wish to continue their count, they can email or mail the sheets to Matt before September 19. Everyone should bring their own lunch , and bring a chair. Do come, because this is the opportunity to make new friends and talk bird sightings.
Some guidelines:
- Anyone can participate. You can bird alone if you know what you’re doing. You can bird with someone else, or if you are completely new to this, Matt will try to place you with someone in your region.
- We’re trying to cover this entire huge county, so there is lots to do, and everyone is both welcome and needed.
- This is important. If it weren’t important….we wouldn’t be doing this. These data are vital to bird conservation studies.
- Our education chair person, Lora Losi has strongly suggested that we bring along young non-birders, to expose them to the fun side of what we do.
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