There are several New York State Whip-poor-will
monitoring routes in need of volunteers for the 2008 monitoring
effort, which begins on May 15. 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 during
one or both of the time periods with appropriate moonlight conditions--May
15-28 and/or June 11-26.
--The survey itself 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 |
| Sciota |
Clinton |
| Austerlitz |
Columbia |
| North Wilmurt |
Herkimer |
| Fairfield |
Herkimer |
| Alder Creek |
Oneida |
| Crescent |
Saratoga |
| DeGrasse |
St. Lawrence |
| Hopkinton |
St. Lawrence |
| Mamakating |
Sullivan |
| South Horicon |
Warren |
| North Easton |
Washington |
| Denning |
Ulster |
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
.