Chuck Hagner of Birder's World writes:
"Researchers who conducted the first-ever comprehensive survey of breeding shorebirds in a hotly disputed portion of the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have determined that the number is easily large enough to qualify the area as a site of international importance."
Link: Full Article from Field of View (Birder's World)
Link: ANWR Shorebird Abundance Study
Eagle Optics is proud to be the Lead Corporate Sponsor for Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences shorebird study project.
Pectoral Sandpiper image © 2007 Mike McDowell
