The 7th year of the Nightjar Survey Network is kicking off soon with
survey dates in April for southern portions of the United States and
later dates in May and June for other areas. This will be the first
entire season with the new survey website www.nightjars.org. The new
website provides an opportunity for volunteers and the general public
to work more interactively with nightjar survey data, adopt survey
routes online, enter data, view past survey years, and receive
noteworthy Nightjar Survey news items.
The Nightjar Survey Network is a program designed to collect
information on the population distribution and trends of nightjars,
such as whip-poor-wills, chuck-will�s-widows, common poorwills, and
others. Data collected also provide clues to factors that influence
their abundance and help to plot a course fir their conservation (see
http://www.nightjars.org/survey-news/nightjar-survey-network-investigate-the-influence-of-landscape-composition-on-nightjar-populations/).
Since 2007, 564 volunteers have surveyed 695 routes and have counted
over 12,000 nightjars. We are always in need of additional volunteers
to survey routes. Nightjar survey routes are composed of 10 stops,
spaced one mile apart, and can be completed in less than 2hrs.
If interested in helping out collecting data that can help conserve
nightjar species, visit the www.nightjars.org website, see a map of
available routes, log-in to adopt a route, and review and print survey
instructions.
Michael Wilson
Center for Conservation Biology
College of William and Mary & Virginia Commonwealth University
Email: <nightjars...>
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