There are several New York State Whip-poor-will monitoring routes in need of volunteers for the 2009 monitoring effort, which begins on May 30.

Conducting a Whip-poor-will survey involves the following steps:

• Receiving a route assignment and survey instructions from the project coordinator.
• Finding a partner to conduct the survey, which requires two observers.
• Conducting the survey on a clear night with appropriate moonlight conditions during the survey period, May 30 to June 15. This involves listening for Whip-poor-wills for six minutes at each of ten points. These points are located one mile apart from each other along a pre-defined route.

Routes in need of volunteers include:

Town/Route Name	County
St. Regis Falls	Franklin
Mayfield	Fulton
North Wilmurt	Herkimer
DeGrasse	St. Lawrence
Waddington	St. Lawrence
North River	Warren
South Horicon	Warren
Warrensburg	Warren
Argyle	Washington
North Easton	Washington

See Map

If you are interested in participating in the Whip-poor-will Monitoring Project and would like to survey one of these routes, please contact Matthew Medler at .