Butterfly Survey, Bioblitz, Lothian, MDSaturday - Sunday, September 15- 16, 2007
Butterfly Survey, Bioblitz, Lothian, MDVolunteer butterfly surveyors are needed for the Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary Bioblitz, which will be held Saturday, Sept. 15 through Sunday, Sept. 16, noon to noon. Some experience is helpful, but you needn't be an expert to work as a spotter. If you can help, please sign up for one or both teams:
Team A: Saturday, Sept. 15, noon to 4:00 p.m.
Team B: Sunday, Sept. 16, 9:00 a.m. - noon
Contact Butterfly Survey Team Leader Pat Durkin at plusultra@aol.com
Butterfly Pavilion Volunteers, Washington, D.C.The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History is opening a new permanent exhibit hall that will feature a live butterfly pavilion. We are currently recruiting volunteers for the exhibit. For more information, contact Dan Babbitt at 202-633-1089 or insectzoo@si.edu. View the Web site for more information: http://www.mnh.si.edu/education/volunteer_opportunities/butterfly/index.htm
Butterfly Survey, DC/MD
April - October, 2006-2007
The National Park Service has contracted Richard Smith to coordinate a survey of butterflies for the northeastern sites of National Capital Parks-East properties, to include all Fort Circle sites (Washington D.C.), Oxon Cove Park, Suitland Parkway, Greenbelt Park, and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Maryland (through Patuxent Refuge). This survey will look at modern-day occurrence and status of butterflies in these areas. Work will take place over two seasons: Spring/Summer 2006 - 2007.
Visits to the park areas will occur approximately weekly during prime butterfly activity months. At least 18 site visits will be made each survey year between the months of April and October.
An interim report on project status will be generated following the first year of research.
The final report, submitted as both hard copy and electronically, will include a checklist with scientific species names, common names, dates of observation, habitat and range within the parks, a measure of abundance (with notation of state and national rarity), dates of occurrence/observations/flight periods, larval host (if known), range within Maryland, photo vouchers of unusual species found, notes on harmful or non-native species, and management recommendations.
Photo vouchers will be collected when possible representing unusual or uncommon species found, or for species that are not easily identifiable in the field. Photos should be in an electronic format as 300 dpi JPGs.
Richard Smith is currently seeking as many volunteers as possible to staff this project and accomplish a representative survey of the above obviously large District of Columbia and vicinity park areas. Volunteers who submit completed survey lists and digital photo samples will be reimbursed for their time (amounts to be determined from available funds).
To sign up, please contact Richard H. Smith at Richard.Smith@jhuapl.edu or 240-228-4973.
Butterfly Survey, Arlington, VAStarting in 2006, Arlington, Virginia, will be conducting regular surveys of butterflies (and other flora and fauna) throughout the year and into the next couple of years. They are in the process of selecting several parks and other good locations to be surveyed. The data collecting sheet will be very similar to the count sheet used by NABA for its butterfly counts. Arlington needs several volunteers that can take responsibility for systematic inventories at one or more locations apiece. For more information or to volunteer to help gather important data on the butterflies of Arlington, please contact Alonso Abugattas AlonsoLucy@aol.com, (703) 228-6535. (If you want to help survey other species such as dragonflies, herps, or mammals, ask to talk to Greg Zell, Alonso's supervisor).