Resources

The methods, protocols, and pilot season outcomes are described in the following publication:

Homayoun, T. Z. and R. B. Blair. 2009. Citizen-Science Monitoring of Landbirds in the Mississippi River Twin Cities Important Bird Area. Pages 607-616 in T.D., Rich, C. Arizmendi, D. Demarest and C. Thompson, editors. Tundra to Tropics: Connecting Birds, Habitats and People. Proceedings of the 4th International Partners in Flight Conference, 13-16 February 2008, McAllen, TX. Partners in Flight.

References used in developing the statistical results:

Bibby, C. J., Burgess, N. D., and Hill, D. A. 1992. Bird Census Techniques. Academic Press Limited, London.
Magurran, A. E. 1988. Ecological Diversity and Its Measurement. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.

This site provides bird identification training resources, practice tests, and an opportunity to certify your birding skills:

Mississippi River Fund U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Park Service

The Mississippi River Twin Cities Important Bird Area Landbird Monitoring Program project content was created by Tania Z. Homayoun: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

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