Populations of Rusty Blackbirds are crashing! Their numbers have 
plummeted by as much as 88-98% over the last few decades, according to 
data gathered between 1966 and 2006 for the North American Breeding Bird 
Survey and Christmas Bird Count. A species that was once considered to 
be abundant is rapidly disappearing before our eyes. Your observations 
can help save this species by arming scientists with critical 
information about this species' ecology during migration. Bird watchers 
across North America are being asked to help scientists track spring 
migrant Rusty Blackbirds from April 1-7 using the eBird online checklist 
program. Your observations of this species can help fill in the 
important missing pieces of this conservation puzzle!

Visit http://ebird.org/content/vt/

Thanks
Kent

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Kent McFarland
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420 • Norwich, VT 05055
802.649.1431
http://www.vtecostudies.org/

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