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This quarterly of the New Jersey Audubon Society publishes articles on status, distribution and populations of New Jersey Birds, and compiles in each issue observations on birds from each of five regions, called regional Field Notes. The information is of interest to recreational birders, professionals, consultants, planners and government agency officials, and is useful for conservation of habitat and research projects.  New Jersey Birds comes with membership in New Jersey Audubon for those who request it.  Check the Records box on your renewal form each year to keep receiving it. Active birders contribute quarterly to the regional editors in each of the five regions. Numbers and dates of common and rare species and endangered species are reported. Deadlines and instructions for submission of articles appear below.  For very rare species, a description should be provided.  Photos are welcome.  (Click here for more information about photo and video submissions.)

Editor

The editor for New Jersey Birds is Paul Lehman, birder extraordinaire and editor of Birding, the Journal of American Birding Association (ABA) for some nine years. 

Paul Lehman, Editor
New Jersey Birds
PO Box 379
Cape May, NJ  08204
Phone: 609 884 6107
Fax: 609 884-2763

Click here to read a letter from the editor.

Where to direct your reports:

1. Northwest (Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon, W. Morris, W. Passaic),  Frank Sencher Jr., 43 Church Rd., Milford, NJ 08848. E-mail,  fjsencher@aol.com

3. North Shore (Monmouth and Ocean), Scott Barnes, SHBO, P.O. 553, 20 Hartshorne Dr., Ft. Hancock, NJ 07732.  Phone: 732-872-2500, Fax 732-872-2577.

4. Southwest (Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem). Paul J.  Driver, 915 Melrose Ave., Elkins Park, PA 19027. E-mail,  pjdeye@aol.com

5. South Coast (Atlantic, Cumberland, Cape May), Vince Elia, CMBO Center for Research and Education, 600 Route 47 North, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210.

For articles: Deadlines for copy are January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1. All submissions and photos should be sent to: Paul Lehman, Editor, Records, PO Box 379, Cape May, NJ  08204. Requests for permission to reprint should be sent to the same address.

If possible, please submit manuscripts on 3.5" disks, including a printed copy, double-spaced. DOS users: Word-Perfect or MS Word files need no special preparation but please use a HD (2MB) disk. If unsure about compatibility, please save as an ASCII or text file. Mac users: please save as an MS Word- or WordPerfect-compatible file. Modem transfers are also possible. Direct questions concerning file conversions or modem transfers to: Peggy Wang, (800) 526-5080. Manuscripts not on disk should be double-spaced and typed or printed in the highest quality available on your printer whenever possible.

For regional field notes: Deadlines for submitting bird records to the New Jersey Audubon regional editors are : Spring (March - May), June 15; Summer (June - August), September 15; Fall (September - November), December 15; Winter (December - February ), March 15. Records in field card order make it easier on the regional editor. A copy of the regional editors' columns goes to American Birds' regional editors.

Photo and Video Contributions

Records of New Jersey Birds always is interested in receiving photos of birds of interest for possible publication. It is best to send photos to the regional editors, although they may also be sent directly to the editor. If possible, contacting us before you send original slides or prints through the mail is a good thing to do. Also, editor Lehman's computer may have problems with large file sizes, and thus a "heads-up" that you wish to send such a file is needed in case alternate methods of delivery are needed.

All photographers of material used receive credit in the magazine, as well as our behind-the-scenes unbridled gratitude. Be sure to include your name, address, and information on species, location, and date with all your submissions. If you submit slides or prints and would like them back, let us know at the time. Otherwise the material will be placed in the NJB or NJBRC photo files.

With more and more birders using various digital photography formats, a little clarification of what is needed for print publication seems appropriate. In general, much higher photo resolution is needed for good print quality than for on-screen viewing on a monitor. RNJB's usual requirement for photos is 300dpi; however, digital formats, particularly video, rarely furnish such high resolution. Please provide the highest resolution you can when sending the regional editors or editor Lehman digital photo files, and note that digital photos will seldom be enlarged in the magazine. Best results are obtained when digital photos are printed at their original size. If you feel you have a good-quality print of your digital photo, send that along with your digital file, as a scan of the print can turn out better than the low-resolution photo file.

When sending digital photos, it is best to send the "raw" file, without any manipulation, because some manipulations reduce the original data, which can downgrade the final print quality. If you have performed extensive work on a digital photo, it is probably better to send your best print to scan.

Please note -- again -- that all photos, digital and conventional, should go to the appropriate regional editor or to Paul Lehman for review and selection. Please contact Peggy Wang -- the design and layout guru of RNJB -- if you have questions about this explanation or about formats and methods, but do not send photos to her. Peggy can be reached at nharrierpw@comcast.net

For more information, check out the Reporting Rare Birds in New Jersey web page, created by Laurie Larson, secretary of the New Jersey Bird Records Committee (NJBRC).