The American Woodcock Singing-ground Survey is a bi-national monitoring program 
that provides an index of the relative size of the woodcock breeding population 
in North America. It is the most important source of data used to guide 
federal, state and provincial woodcock programs. Bird Studies Canada has 
recently taken on the role of coordinating the Ontario portion of this survey, 
and we are looking for volunteers interested in surveying pre-assigned routes 
throughout the province. Each route consists of a single sunset survey of 10 
stops where the participant will count the numbers of individuals observed 
using the vocal courtship displays, or "peents".  Monitoring will occur between 
April 15 and May 20 (the actual monitoring window will depend on where in 
Ontario you live), and routes will be assigned according to availability and 
the geographic location of the participant.

If you are interested in participating in the American Woodcock Singing-ground 
Survey, please contact Elisabeth van Stam at 
evans...@bsc-eoc.org<mailto:evans...@bsc-eoc.org>.

Please see the provided links for the locations of available routes in southern 
and northern Ontario.  Please note: routes #51, 66, 67, 76, 82, 99, 116 and 117 
have recently been assigned, and are currently NOT available.

www.bsc-eoc.org/download/AMWOroutessouth.pdf<http://www.bsc-eoc.org/download/AMWOroutessouth.pdf>

www.bsc-eoc.org/download/AMWOroutesnorth.pdf<http://www.bsc-eoc.org/download/AMWOroutesnorth.pdf>


Elisabeth van Stam, Ontario Region Project Biologist
Bird Studies Canada
115 Front Street, P.O Box 160
Port Rowan, Ontario
N0E 1M0
Phone: 519-586-3531 ext. 173
Toll Free: 888-448-2473 ext. 173
E-mail: evans...@bsc-eoc.org

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