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Dear friends of PSF, In this update from the field, I present the numbers for this week as well as a PSF poster made for the Conserving Birds Symposium held at the American Museum of Natural History. Numbers from the field: This past week, a total of 12 birds were found by PSF volunteers. Two were injured, a White-throated Sparrow and a Grey Catbird, and were taken to be rehabilitated. This brings the total number for this season to 51, with 38 dead birds and 13 injured. The Javits Center witnessed the highest numbers this week, totaling 6 birds. The most represented species were White-throated Sparrow (4), Red-breasted Nuthatch (2) and Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2). As you may know, next week is peak migration. Please contact me if you are available for extra monitoring during the next two weeks because we are most likely going to need help. The MET needs covering on Tuesday and the WFC needs covering on Saturday. If you can’t come and help PSF, please go out birding and enjoy the amazing season. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Photo by Cal Vornberger Poster Session at the American Museum of Natural History Last month, NYC Audubon was selected by the American Museum of Natural History to participate in a poster session for the “Conserving Birds in a Human Dominated Landscapes" symposium that took place on April 27th and 28th. Yigal Gelb, Program Director, and Nicole Delacrétaz, Project Safe Flight Program Manager, wrote and designed a poster that presented data from Morgan Mail, a well known Bird-kill Zone in Manhattan. The poster explains the bird-collision problem in our urban environment of New York City, highlighting data collected throughout 2005. It also presents the results of a three-day field study at the site which indicate that collisions occur throughout the day. NYC Audubon’s research increasingly shows that most bird collisions occur during the day, at sites that include large reflective windows opposite dense vegetation. The poster session was a real success, enabling us to highlight this major conservation issue as well as meet with other partners committed to bird conservation. Click on this link to view the poster. http://www.nycaudubon.org/images/PosterAMNH_RGB.pdf Yigal and Nicole in front of the poster. Enjoy spring migration and see you next week. Take care, Nicole |
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