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in 1989 to provide critical conservation and management
information for populations of landbirds breeding
within the United States and Canada, the MAPS
Program utilizes constant-effort mist netting
and banding of birds at a continent-wide network
of monitoring stations staffed by both professional
biologists and trained volunteers. |
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| Mecklenburg Audubon is working with the Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department conservation staff to conduct this project at Cowan's Ford Wildlife
Refuge. A MAPS bird banding station was constructed
and conducted its first season of operation from May through
August 1999. |
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| Data was processed and submitted on over
160 birds. During the second year of operation, over 260
birds were processed. More than thirty people have assisted
with data collection at the banding station, including
several Audubon Society members. All data was verified
and submitted to the Institute for Bird Populations in
San Francisco. Data collection is scheduled to continue
at the this station for eight more years. For
more information contact Don Seriff. |
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