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VH – Lights Out Texas Bird Spring Bird Survey
March 13 @ 5:45 am - May 31 @ 8:00 am
Event: Lights Out Texas Bird Spring Survey
Project Description: Surveys are conducted in downtown Dallas.
Find and identify birds that didn’t make the trip through the downtown high rises successfully.
Data collected will help future bird populations.
Survey started March 13, ends May 31
Meet at Perot Museum Parking lot 5:45am, return to the Perot parking lot at 8am.
BEGIN: Promptly at 6 AM.
PARKING: Enter the Perot Special Event/Permit Parking Lot by way of Field & River Streets. Push the intercom button at the gate and let security know you are there for Lights Out. They will admit you.
WALK: We’ll walk between 3-7 miles at a leisurely pace – comfortable shoes are recommended.
CLOTHING: Light-colored clothing is a good idea for high visibility. You will be crossing many streets on foot.
RESTROOMS: Sporadically available along the survey route
GEAR: A flashlight or headlamp helps you see birds in the pre-dawn light. A camera phone, with the iNaturalist app https://www.inaturalist.org/ downloaded, helps you document your findings but is not required.
END: We return to the Perot parking lot at 8 AM.
How to Participate
Anyone can join, just forward email addresses to timothy.brys@perotmuseum.org to be added to this list for the latest news and updates.
Contact: Jimena Vivanco
TexasConservation Alliance
Email: jimena@tcatexas.org
Phone: 2692314878
Chapter Contact: Mei Ling Liu
Email: meiling@tcatexas.org
Phone: 4693696960
Logging VH: Hours may be logged under BPTMN: Bird/Wildlife/Insect/Plant or other Survey: TMN Field Research with “Lights Out Texas” in the service description box. NOTE: Your drive time also counts as VH!
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