Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 22:36:44 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Eugene J Scarpulla Subject: Western Atlantic Shorebird Association Presentation Comments: To: marshhawk@worldnet.att.net Comments: cc: simms@IMCS.rutgers.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NORM, Please include this article in the September "Maryland Yellowthroat". MDOSPREY SUBSCRIBERS, please reply to me by e-mail if you might be interested in attending this presentation (date, time, and location to be announced). __________________________________ The Western Atlantic Shorebird Association (WASA) is a consortium of Federal, state, local, and nonprofit organizations,developed to promote the integration of shorebird research, monitoring, and education along the Western Atlantic Flyway to support management efforts. WASA attempts to increase shorebird observations by capitalizing on the expertise of avid birders along the flyway. (I submit my weekly Hart-Miller Island shorebird data to WASA.) WASA brings birders, researchers, and system-wide programs together towards improving the understanding and management of shorebirds and their habitats along the Western Atlantic Flyway. WASA is funded and run jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS), and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USF&WS). Eric Simms, Educational Technology Coordinator of the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University, has asked me to investigate what interest MOS and MDOsprey members might have in a WASA presentation that could be given here in Maryland. They are currently developing the presentation, which will include some background on WASA, a description of WASA research projects, a review of the WASA web site, and will inform and train volunteers about how to participate as observers for WASA shorebird research projects. They anticipate the presentations happening in late summer or early fall. They are developing an on-line tutorial that will eventually be available as a link on the WASA web site. The tutorial will include sections that familiarize volunteers with how to read band combinations, how to estimate flock sizes, how to perform flock scans for bands, and how to record and report their data. More information about WASA can be found at their website: www.vex.net/~hopscotc/shorebirds/ If you might be interested in attending a WASA presentation given here in Maryland, please contact me either by e-mail or phone. Gene Scarpulla Millers Island, Maryland (410) 388-0852 (evenings) ejscarp@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================