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Posted by Rock Jetty on 17:22:00 11/24/08
Folks, as you may or may not know, Rusty Blackbirds appear to be in serious trouble. Here's a posting from Elena Sachs of FWC in the Birdbrains forum:
"Mark Your Calendars for the Rusty Blackbird Winter Hot Spot Blitz!
Collaborating with Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's and National Audubon Society s e-Bird project, the Rusty Blackbird Technical Working Group (RBTWG) needs your help to find local, but predictable wintering concentrations of Rusty Blackbirds by participating in the Rusty Blackbird Winter Hot Spot Blitz.
The Blitz will occur, February 7-15, 2009, throughout the Rusty Blackbird winter range in over 20 midwestern and southeastern states. Participants are asked to visit locations where they have previously sighted or would expect to encounter Rusty Blackbirds and submit their observations via e-Bird
(http://ebird.org/content/ebird/).
As a result of these efforts, the RBTWG is hoping to create maps of wintering Rusty Blackbird "hot spots" that will help direct research, monitoring and conservation attention."
I don't know if anyone has reported the Rusty Blackbirds at ENP on Ebird but if you haven't, now's a good time to and also during the blitz. Anywhere else in FL you see a Rusty, submit that observation!
-RJ
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