The Appledore Island Migration Station

This page was created for the banders and band-aides at the Appledore Island Migration Station.  Feel free to make suggestions on information I should post here. 

RESOURCES

• List of items you might want to bring to the island.
• How to get to SML (links to the SML page, including directions, parking, etc.)
• The Appledore Island Handbook (2013 version available soon).
• The Shoals Lab requires all volunteers to fill out the Cornell Volunteer Agreement (This form will need to be filled out every two years) and the Overnighters on Appledore Form.  Additional information is available at http://www.sml.cornell.edu/sml_support_volunteercorps.html 
• Ongoing Research Projects at SML

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The station is scheduled to run May 8 to June 10 and the Spring Schedule is being updated regularly.
• The boat list is on the web (http://www.sml.cornell.edu/sml_event.taf), but you must let the island know when you plan to arrive.  Please call Pam Boutilier at SML's Portsmouth, NH office (603-430-5220) or email Pam at: shoals-lab-east@cornell.edu to schedule boat reservations for your arrival and departure. Please note that the boat schedule is definitely tentative and subject to change.  Please make sure you check with Pam about your reservation 1-2 days BEFORE your arrival, otherwise, if you have last minute concerns about weather, etc. and need to reach SML staff on the DAY OF travel, and you can not reach Pam, please call the island office: 603-964-9011.
• We have reserved three parking spots at the ISSCo dock. Other parking options remain the same (http://www.sml.cornell.edu/sml_gettingtosml.html has details).
• BIG CHANGE: please do not send any money to anyone until you receive an invoice.  Room and board is covered for trained volunteers, but I am requesting folks to pay for their boat trip ($66) and to consider making a donation to the lab if they are able.
• If you must have something mailed to you while on Appledore, please note the SML staff does their best to get mainland packages onto scheduled boats as often as possible.
  Packages* should be sent to:
  
  Banding Station Volunteer's Name
  C/O Shoals Marine Laboratory
  Attn: Banding Station-Appledore Island
  400 Little Harbor Road
  Portsmouth, NH 03801
  *Also, please note that signature waivers should be signed, as there is not always someone at the mainland office of SML to sign for packages, and shippers may not leave packages without a signature waiver.
   
• We will post the tentative fall dates when we hear from the island.
• I have developed a listserve for the station so that we can send out general announcements.  Please let me know if you would like to be added, or know of others who should be added.

 

OTHER WEB SITES OF INTEREST

Bird Banding Lab
North American Banding Council
Ringing/Banding Web Pages Database
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/ (this web site provides an astronomical calculator to get sunrise and sunset times anywhere)

Ornithological Societies of North America
Current weather conditions at the Isles of Shoals

Shoals Marine Lab
My home page

The information provided here is only for the use of banders and bandaides of the Appledore Island Migration Station. Any data or original documents posted here (within the ~morriss directory) are the property of Sara Morris who retains all rights to this information.