----- Forwarded Message ----
From: David Hartgrove <[log in to unmask]>
To: Michael Brothers <[log in to unmask]>; Robert Wallace <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 1:56:25 AM
Subject: Fwd: Red Knot Winter Survey — we need your help

Hi,
   I didn't see you guys copied on this so I thought I'd forward it 
along just in case.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Amanda Dey" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: October 25, 2006 4:47:19 PM EDT
> To: <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Red Knot Winter Survey — we need your help
>
> Dear All,   As with many of you we have continued trapping for 
> shorebirds as part of Avian Flu work through the fall.  Yesterday a 
> team led by Larry Niles made a late of catch of 58 migrating red 
> knots.  It was an interesting catch with 14 juveniles, four 
> recaptures, one caught by us in Florida earlier this year.
>
> I'm writing because Larry and I would very much like to know what 
> becomes of these birds as they continue down the Atlantic Coast.   We 
> banded each bird with a unique alpha numeric flag on the upper left 
> leg and a lime band on the upper right leg.  Attached is a excel file 
> with all the combinations.
>
> We ask that you make a special effort to scan red knot flocks in your 
> area over the next two months.   Last year we caught knots in NJ until 
> November so we would expect that the knots we just banded may be 
> moving to wintering sites at least until then.  We will continue 
> trapping though November but our chances of knots will become 
> increasingly uncertain.
>
> Please report any sightings to Bill Pitts of my office 
> [log in to unmask] . He will keep a spreadsheet and map of 
> all sightings and post them on the internet.    This is an 
> extraordinary opportunity for us to learn something about fall 
> stopover and wintering habitat that could you useful to all of us. 
> Thanks
>
> *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
> Amanda Dey, Ph.D., Senior Biologist
> Endangered and Nongame Species Program
> New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
> Assunpink Wildlife Management Area
> 1 Eldridge Road (Upper Freehold Twp.)
> Robbinsville, NJ  08691
>
> 1-609-259-6967
> 1-609-259-8155 Fax
>
> www.njfishandwildlife.com
>
> *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
>
>
>
David Hartgrove
Conservation Chair,
Halifax River Audubon

Hi,

  I didn't see you guys copied on this so I thought I'd forward it
along just in case.


Begin forwarded message:


<excerpt><bold><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>From:
</color></bold>"Amanda Dey" <<[log in to unmask]>

<bold><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>Date: </color></bold>October
25, 2006 4:47:19 PM EDT

<bold><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>To:
</color></bold><<[log in to unmask]>, <<[log in to unmask]>

<bold><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>Subject: </color>Red Knot
Winter Survey — we need your help

</bold>

Dear All,   As with many of you we have continued trapping for
shorebirds as part of Avian Flu work through the fall.  Yesterday a
team led by Larry Niles made a late of catch of 58 migrating red
knots.  It was an interesting catch with 14 juveniles, four
recaptures, one caught by us in Florida earlier this year.  


I'm writing because Larry and I would very much like to know what
becomes of these birds as they continue down the Atlantic Coast.   We
banded each bird with a unique alpha numeric flag on the upper left
leg and a lime band on the upper right leg.  Attached is a excel file
with all the combinations.  


We ask that you make a special effort to scan red knot flocks in your
area over the next two months.   Last year we caught knots in NJ until
November so we would expect that the knots we just banded may be
moving to wintering sites at least until then.  We will continue
trapping though November but our chances of knots will become
increasingly uncertain.   


Please report any sightings to Bill Pitts of my office
[log in to unmask] . He will keep a spreadsheet and map of
all sightings and post them on the internet.    This is an
extraordinary opportunity for us to learn something about fall
stopover and wintering habitat that could you useful to all of us.
Thanks   


*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Amanda Dey, Ph.D., Senior Biologist

Endangered and Nongame Species Program

New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife

Assunpink Wildlife Management Area

1 Eldridge Road (Upper Freehold Twp.)

Robbinsville, NJ  08691


1-609-259-6967

1-609-259-8155 Fax


www.njfishandwildlife.com


*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*




</excerpt>David Hartgrove

Conservation Chair,

Halifax River Audubon