Along with the Great Backyard Bird Count coming up Feb 14-16, here's
another citizen science activity that we VT birders might want to involve
ourselves.

>Announcing the 10th Annual Winter Robin Round up!
>Dates: February 4 - 18, 2003
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>Calling All Robins! Where do robins spend the winter, anyway? Let's find
>out! Before the spring migration begins this year, we'd like to know if
>you have robins over-wintering in your town. We hope you'll help with
>Journey North's Annual Winter Robin Round-Up!
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>How to Participate in Journey North's Winter Robin Round Up
>1. Go outside and look for robins. Ask your neighbors if they have seen
>robins. Contact your friends and relatives in other parts of North America.
>Ask everybody you know to help you look for robins!
>2. When you spot a robin, come to the Web and report your observations to
>Journey North.
>
>http://www.learner.org/cgi-bin/jnorth/jn-sightings
>
>
>Important: Our goal is to show where robins are present in early February.
>This means that ANY robin seen during this time is considered a "winter"
>sighting.
>We will add your robin observations to the winter map whether they're...
>* seen alone (FIRST Robin),
>* in groups (WAVE of Robins),
>* singing (FIRST song), or
>* OTHER Robin observations.
>Remember, you have until February 18th, 2003 to collect your sightings!
>3. On February 18th we'll post a map to show where robins are found
>spending the winter of 2003. We'll also give you a data summary so you can
>make your own map.
>4. After February 18, please continue to watch for robins and help us track
>their spring migration. We'll give you instructions to:
>Report the First Robin You SEE
>Report the First Robin You HEAR SINGING
>Report WAVES of Migrating Robins
>Report Your First EARTHWORM
>Report OTHER Robin Behaviors You Observe
>Thank you for your help!!
>
>Cindy Schmid
Journey North


Stewarts
E. Dorset, VT
USA