NEWS ITEMS
How to report bird bands or marked birds
When you encounter a dead, stunned or injured bird check if the bird has a leg band. Note any specifics of the bird that you can (for example, adult female cardinal), location and date. Log on to this web site (http://www.reportband.gov/) and provide the information to the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory.
For a color marked bird or tagged bird use this web site (http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/homepage/recwobnd.cfm). Do not use this site if you could read a metal band on the bird. Just report the metal band number.
Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC)
The GBBC took place February 15-18. The event's website shows where species are reported and where observers reported from. Here is the participation from our region.
| Community | # species | # lists |
| Pinehurst | 54 | 27 |
| Fayetteville | 48 | 25 |
| Southern Pines | 34 | 19 |
| Hope Mills | 19 | 15 |
| Carthage | 23 | 8 |
| Angier | 22 | 5 |
| Lillington | 27 | 5 |
| Whispering Pines | 23 | 5 |
| Linden | 40 | 3 |
| Lumberton | 18 | 3 |
| Sanford | 31 | 3 |
| Stedman | 15 | 2 |
| Elizabethtown | 13 | 1 |
Table current as of February 21, 2008
Chimney watch is a partnership of federal, state, and non-profit agencies that seek to understand and reverse the recent declines in Chimney Swift populations throughout North America. We have selected the research triangle of North Carolina as one of our focus regions to test a new protocol for monitoring breeding chimney swifts. The protocol consists of three 15-minute visits to a route of 3-6 chimneys from mid-June to mid-July to determine whether the chimneys are occupied by breeding pairs. We are now looking for volunteers to run routes in Person, Orange, Durham, Chatham, Wake, Harnett, Johnston, and Franklin counties. For more information contact Rua Mordecai at: rua.mordecai@gmail.com