Dear Sylvia,

Thank you for participating again in this season’s PSF. We are a great team and will help many birds this spring migration.

I just wanted to touch base with you regarding our data gathering.

We really want a measure of monitoring effort for each of the sites we follow.  For this reason, I need to know how many hours you spend at each site each week. I would greatly appreciate it if you could send me this information on a weekly basis.

In trying to be more precise with our data gathering, we are also making sure everything is well document.  For this reason we divided the Javits Center into sections. See the map attached.  We’re also asking volunteers to note on all Ziploc bags the following information:

- Location (Javits)

- Section

- Date

- Your name

This data is also going to be very useful when Chad (from the WCS) analyzes our dead birds for fat content to determine the quality of stopovers.

Once again, thank you and get ready for an amazing bird walk in Central park this May with our great guide Joe Giunta. All PSF’ers will be gathered for a full morning of birding. More details soon….

Take care and let’s stay in touch.

Nicole