<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Hi All, </font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">I wanted to reach out to everyone again and spread the word about the upcoming annual </span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><a href="https://ecoinst.org/conservation-programs/avian-conservation/puget-sound-shorebird-count/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">Puget Sound Shorebird Count</span></a></span><font color="#000000" style="">--a citizen science/volunteer event that</font> the <span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><a href="https://ecoinst.org/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">Ecostudies Institute</span></a></span> has <font color="#000000" style="">been coordinating since 2012. </font><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN">This event is part of the </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><a href="https://data.pointblue.org/apps/pfss/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span lang="EN" style="color:rgb(0,112,192);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Pacific Flyway Shorebird Survey</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">, a long-term monitoring program for wintering shorebirds led by Point Blue Conservation Science. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">This event involves volunteers conducting shorebird counts at about 23 sites across the Puget Sound, and the data is used to inform habitat conservation management. </span></font></div><div><span lang="EN" style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">We have decided to hold the 2022 Puget Sound Shorebird Count on <b style=""><u>Sunday, December 4th</u></b> due to scheduling conflicts with the Puget Sound Seabird Survey on the 3rd. The surveys will take place the <b style=""><u>morning of the 4th</u></b>, and volunteers should allow ~1hr at their site(s). Because the ideal tide windows are different at each site, the times of these surveys will differ by location. I will be contacting prospective volunteers soon with more information about the exact times of each survey. </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">If you are interested in participating and have not already done so, please fill out this <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpazv7rsYk_qtHABa2JzpzrrIsxaIgeP0jHDv6lmvAbxuvqQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank">Google Form</a> indicating your availability and site preferences. If any information has changed since completing this survey, feel free to send me an email or fill out a new form. From the results of the survey so far, it looks like we still need volunteers to survey Blaine Bay (Site: Semiahoo Bay), Samish Bay (Site: Alice Bay), Fidalgo Bay, and South Puget Sound (Site: Kennedy Creek). </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">For all volunteers, we highly recommend exploring the<a href="https://ecoinst.org/conservation-programs/avian-conservation/puget-sound-shorebird-count/volunteer-resources-for-the-puget-sound-shorebird-count/" target="_blank"> volunteer resources page</a> on our website. Here, you can find the survey protocol, site maps and descriptions, and a training video as well. Please reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns! </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Thank you for your interest and contribution to this initiative! </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Sincerely, </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Julia Trautmann</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;font-weight:bold;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Helpful links and additional information:</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px"> </span></font></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px"> </span></font></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Puget Sound Shorebird Count General Info</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px"> </span></font></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><a href="https://ecoinst.org/conservation-programs/avian-conservation/puget-sound-shorebird-count/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="color:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,112,192);text-decoration-line:underline;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">https://ecoinst.org/conservation</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">-</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">programs/avian-conservation/puget-sound-shorebird-count/</span></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,112,192);text-decoration-line:underline;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;color:rgb(0,112,192)"> </span></font></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:underline;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;color:windowtext"> </span></font></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Pacific Flyway Shorebird Survey Info</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px"> </span></font></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><a href="https://data.pointblue.org/apps/pfss/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="color:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,112,192);text-decoration-line:underline;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">https://data.pointbl</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">u</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">e.org/apps/pfss/</span></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,112,192);line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;color:rgb(0,112,192)"> </span></font></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><a href="http://climate.calcommons.org/article/pacific-flyway-shorebird-survey" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="color:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,112,192);text-decoration-line:underline;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">http://climate</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">.</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">calcommons.org/article/pacific-flyway-shorebird-survey</span></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,112,192);text-decoration-line:underline;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;color:rgb(0,112,192)"> </span></font></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px"> </span></font></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Volunteer Resources</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px"> </span></font></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><a href="https://ecoinst.org/conservation-programs/avian-conservation/puget-sound-shorebird-count/volunteer-resources-for-the-puget-sound-shorebird-count/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="color:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,112,192);text-decoration-line:underline;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">https://ecoins</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">t</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">.org/conservation-programs/avian-conservation/puget-sound-shorebird-count/volunteer-resources-for-the-puget-sound-shorebird-count/</span></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,112,192);line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;color:rgb(0,112,192)"> </span></font></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px"> </span></font></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Shorebird Identification Guide</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px"> </span></font></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><a href="http://migratoryshorebirdproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PFSS_shorebird-ID-slides.pdf" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="color:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,112,192);text-decoration-line:underline;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">http://migratoryshorebirdproject.org</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">/</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PFSS_shorebird-ID-slides.pdf</span></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,112,192);text-decoration-line:underline;line-height:20.7px;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.7px;color:rgb(0,112,192)"> </span></font></p></div></div></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><font face="arial, sans-serif">-- <br></font><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Julia Trautmann (she/her)</font></b><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Americorps Avian Science Technician </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Ecostudies Institute </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Olympia, WA</font></div></div></div></div>