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 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). Routes have already been selected and will be assigned according to availability and the geographic location of the participant.
We are looking for surveyors for a wide range of areas in Ontario, including Algoma, Sudbury and Rainy River districts in the north and Bruce, Frontenac, Grey, Huron, Lambton, Leeds-Grenville counties in the south. For a detailed list of available routes please contact, please contact Elisabeth van Stam at evans...@bsc-eoc.org<mailto:evans...@bsc-eoc.org>. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
