Juvenile American Golden-Plover at Cumberland Farms, MA, 26 Sep 2010. This species still has not recovered from the days of market gunning, when tens of thousands were killed for food.
The annual newsletter from ISS/PRISM has now been published for 2010 and is available for download. Each year the newsletter, which is sent out to all participants, provides perspectives on the populations and seasonal patterns of shorebirds based on ISS/PRISM data. In this year’s newsletter, three short features discuss the role of ISS/PRISM in the Gulf Coast oil disaster; a color-banding project with Semipalmated Sandpipers and how to report observations; and a bit more explanation about the data-quality process in eBird (see also this story). A longer article discusses how and where to report color-banded shorebirds, with detailed information on the various projects using color-banding and recommendations on what to watch for if you encounter a banded shorebird. A case study of how ISS data is being used at a WHSRN site at Edwin B. Forsythe NWR is also featured.
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