[BCNnet] warm grassland thoughts for a snowy day

[Judy Pollock]

Especially for grassland bird enthusiasts, bird club trip leaders, and 
Grassland Blitzers  -

This year, our Chicago Wilderness Grassland Bird Blitz will take place 
between June 10 and June 20, although all data collected between June 3 and 
27 will be included.  We're well on the way to our ambitious goal of 
counting every grassland bird in the region, to serve as a baseline for 
conservation work.  Check out our progress at 
http://www.habitatproject.org/default.asp?cid=9  (And enjoy the rest of the 
beautiful new Habitat Project website while you're there.)

As you will see, we are thin on results in McHenry and Will Counties, and 
the other counties are fairly well covered.  This is our third and final 
year of the Blitz and we're reaching out for help to make sure we find - 
and count -  every bird.  Might you or someone you know be able to help us 
fill in the blanks?

1)  Review the map and let us know which sites we haven't covered 
yet.  Email me with the name and county of any site, public or private, 
where you  know there are grassland birds that we haven't counted yet, and 
I'll pass it along to the team of organizers.  If there is a person who 
regularly birds there who might send us a count - or if you'd like to cover 
it - let us know that too.

2)  Schedule a club field trip during the Blitz period to a grassland or 
two that we need data from.  Again, email me and we can figure out when and 
where.

Thanks.

Judy Pollock

Judy Pollock
bobolnk at ix dot netcom dot com
Evanston (Cook)