what she should do. It took the authority of Harry Lums— 
     
     den, of the Ministry of Natural Resources, to convince 
     
     her that it was not illegal to cut off the band. She says 
     
     that the next time she gets a collared goose in distress 
     
     - and she's confident there will be a next time - removal 
     
     of the band will be the first thing she'll do. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     You can fake parf 100! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Have you ever wondered where the birds at your feeder come 
     
     from, where they go when they leave, and why bird numbers change 
     
     from year to year? Do you want to know what birds come to 
     
     feeders in different parts of North America? Project FeederWatch 
     
     is a new continentwide survey of bird feeders designed to help 
     
     ~answer questions such as these, and you are invited to join. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Project FeedeIWatch is a cooperative research venture of the 
     
     Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and Canada's Long Point Bird 
     
     Observatory, and is in the midst of a successful pilot year with 
     
     4,000 participants from all across North America. The project is 
     
     modelled on a survey run successfully in Ontario for the past 11 
     
     years, which has shown that male Evening Grosbeaks winter farther 
     
     south than females, Black-capped Chickadees are found in low 
     
     numbers when Evening Grosbeaks are abundant, and numbers of many 
     
     species at feeders parallel those found on Christmas Bird Counts. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sound interesting? Project FeederWatch needs thousands of 
     
     additional observers across the continent to help answer 
     
     questions about feeder birds on a broad geographic scale. You 
     
     need not be an expert birder to take part--the project 
     
     concentrates on common species, and baffling rarities can be 
     
     ignored. Although counts are made over a one- to two-day period 
     
     of your choice every other week from November through March, you 
     
     are not obliged to watch every time, nor must you watch 
     
     continuously on count days. All observations are recorded on 
     
     computer-readable forms so that detailed summaries can be 
     
     provided to participants promptly each season and to insure that 
     
     the data are readily available for further analyses. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In return for your observations, Project FeederWatch will 
     
     send you an annual newsletter and report on the season's results, 
     
     plus 2 issues of "Birdscope", the Laboratory of Ornithology's 
     
     research newsletter. If you can't take part but would like to 
     
     receive these publications anyway, you may subscribe to them 
     
     separately. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Project FeederWatch requires an annual registration fee of 
     
     $9 (Canadian), which helps to pay for'data forms, analysis and 
     
     preparation and mailing of reports and newsletters. To join, 
     
     write to Erica Dunn, Coordinator, Project FeederWatch, Long Point 
     
     Bird Observatory, P.O. Box 160, Port Rowan, Ontario NOE 1M0. 
     
     Include your name and address, state whether you wish to 
     
     contribute observations from your feeder or just receive reports, 
     
     and enclose your check for $9 (made payable to 'Project 
     
     FeederWatch'). Please sign up right away, to help them plan how 
     
     many forms to print and to avoid mailing delays. You will 
     
     receive all materials and instructions just before the season 
     
     begins in mid-November, 1988. Project FeederWatch began in 
     
     Canada. Let's keep our end up and show those to the south of us 
     
     where their birds really come from} 
     
    
   
   
    
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