2008 Northeast Bird Monitoring and Conservation Workshop

September 23-25

Meeting Location: The Corinthian Yacht Club of Cape May

1819 Delaware Ave., Cape May, New Jersey - (609) 884-8000

Goals

1. Highlight and build upon recent improvements in northeastern bird monitoring

2. Introduce the Avian Knowledge Network’s Northeast Node and gather input for its future development

3. Develop processes and information to support implementation of conservation design in the Northeast

4. Demonstrate how bird monitoring data are being incorporated into the management and conservation of New Jersey birds and their habitats.

5. Discuss how Important Bird Areas can address these and related bird conservation needs

Agenda: Draft available for download (MS word).

Lodging:

Recommended option 1: Madison Avenue Beach Club. $80-$145 per night. Inquire about 3-night package (2 nights at regular rate, $40 for third night) or 10% discount for shorter stays. 40 rooms reserved until August 20. Located 1.4 mi from meeting venue. 1-888-884-8266

Recommended option 2: Blue Fish Inn. $92-107 per night. 11 rooms available, first-come, first-served. Located next to Madison Avenue Beach Club, 1.4 mi from meeting venue. 1-888-426-2346

For more options, visit birdcapemay.org and click on Places to Eat, Shop, Stay and Play

Travel:

50 min from Atlantic City International Airport

1 h 45 min from Philadelphia International Airport

Posters invited for display at an informal poster session on September 23.

Payment due September 15

The registration fee is $150 per person, with a prorated option of $50 per person, per day. Payment helps cover daily facility rental, lunches, break service, continental breakfast on Sept 23 and 25, and field trip transportation on September 24. Cost of Sept 24 barbecue is not included. Sorry, no credit cards accepted. Please make checks payable to American Bird Conservancy with "NE Bird Workshop" in the memo line.

Mail to: Northeast Bird Workshop, American Bird Conservancy, PO Box 249, The Plains, VA 20198

Sponsors: Northeast Coordinated Bird Monitoring Partnership, Northeast Partners In Flight, New Jersey Audubon Society, and Audubon’s Important Bird Areas Program

Questions: Contact Dan Lambert

The Northeast Coordinated Bird Monitoring partnership is administered by American Bird Conservancy in collaboration with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The project was developed by Northeast Partners In Flight, Northeast Shorebird Conservation Plan and Mid-Atlantic/New England/Maritimes Waterbird Conservation Plan, in concert with the US North American Bird Conservation Initiative's Monitoring Subcommittee. It is made possible by a Multistate Conservation Grant awarded by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, with assistance from the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. We gratefully acknowledge the Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Programs of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, which funds the Multistate Conservation Program.