Ruth-
Great questions. Get out there as soon as you can. They are really flying
now. My answers to your questions are below. Thanks. Kent
At 08:58 AM 7/30/2002 -0400, you wrote:
Is there a plan for anyone to do
some blockbusting in this area this season?
Not this first season, but beginning next season we will
have a team or two of block busters working the state...if funds allow of
course.
Hopefully I can connect
with Phil Ballou for some ID help.
Don't worry if you cannot ID them. If you leave ID a blank
we can identify them by photo or collection that you make. This winter we
will send a list of what specimens were what to all folks.
Question? When
revisiting a site do you still record all species seen even though
species has be verified at that site on an earlier visit?
Yes. On the site visit form you record all butterflies seen
and those verified with photo or collection, even if you verfied them in
a previous trip. The number of people with you observing, the total
minutes in field and the number of each species you observe allows us to
get relative abundance estimates.
As indicated on the web page sign up, I will cover the priority block #2
from the Manchester quadrangle map. It is the same one I did for
the Breeding Bird Atlas.
Perfect. I don't have anyone listed for that area at
all.
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Kent P. McFarland
Conservation Biology
Department
Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS)
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Woodstock, VT 05091
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