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 .