Date: 4/18/24 11:58 am From: Doug & Nina Harr <dnharr...> Subject: [ia-bird] (not a sighting) Breeding Bird Survey Iowa volunteers needed !
Iowa currently has 12 vacant routes for conducting the annual USGS Breeding Bird Surveys (view map attached here), and volunteers are needed to fill in as many of these routes as possible. If you'd like to consider conducting a route once annually *for at least three years*, please go to the BBS website at *https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/ <https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/>*. Then, open the four different pages under "Get Involved!" and read all details about selecting a route and what you must learn to do before being approved by the USGS.
After you've reviewed those BBS details and still would like to volunteer as an annual surveyor, please reply to this note with the name and route number of what you'd like to do. In addition, I must have solid information about your background and accuracy in bird identification. That can be provided by someone who knows you well and can confirm your accuracy in bird ID, or perhaps by a college professor or instructor who taught you ornithology. Once I have sufficient information, I can then submit your name, address, telephone number, and email address to USGS. The agency will then directly contact you about the possibility of acceptance and what you must do before being formally assigned.
