[BCNnet] BCNnet: Need advice on Christmas Counts in hunting areas

[Birdchris at aol.com]

A Sierra Club contact from the DeKalb area has asked me for advice about  how 
to handle doing a Christmas Count in an area that also is actively hunted.  
They know there are Pileated Woodpeckers present at this IDNR site which would  
be a new species for their count circle, but no one wants to bird the area  
because hunters also are actively using the area.

Has anyone out there figured out a way to avoid the conflict? How did  you 
set it up? Did you ask for a one-day hunting ban with the IDNR or US Fish  & 
Wildlife Service? Or perhaps by asking the hunters' clubs in the area to  avoid 
the site on that day?
 
Any advice you can offer would be appreciated.
 
THANKS!
 
Christine Williamson
Chicago/Cook
_birdchris at aol.com_ (mailto:birdchris at aol.com) 

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