<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" color="#073763">I've recently learned about an opportunity to share eBird data with researchers that is very well suited to the PNW. All it takes is some 5-minute point counts </font><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-size:large">at different elevations </span><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-size:large">as you drive up a mountain or canyon </span><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-size:large;white-space:pre-wrap">this summer anytime between June 1 - July 15</span><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-size:large">. </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" color="#073763"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" color="#073763">The <b>Mountain Bird Network</b> (managed by Ben Freeman, a post-doc at UBC) seeks to collect data (via eBird) and track elevational shifts in birds due to climate change. </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" style="" color="#073763"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-family:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-size:large">Follow the protocol (very simple) and share to eBird and to the Network. Simple. Details here</span><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-size:large;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:inherit">:  </span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span class="gmail-py34i1dx" style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-size:large;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span class="gmail-py34i1dx" style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-size:large;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><b><a href="http://benjamingfreeman.com/mountainbirdnetwork">http://benjamingfreeman.com/mountainbirdnetwork</a></b></span></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><span class="gmail-py34i1dx" style="font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><span class="gmail-py34i1dx" style="font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">good birding!  </span></span></span></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="4" color="#073763"><span></span>Steve Hampton<span></span></font></div><div>Port Townsend, WA  (<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">qatáy</span>)</div></div><br><div><font color="#073763"><i><br></i></font></div></div></div></div>