Ontario Birders Eastern Whip-poor-will calling activity is expected to be increase over the long weekend and next week as there is a full moon on Tuesday July 3rd.
Bird Studies Canada is asking birders, cottagers, and rural landowners across central Ontario to spend a few minutes at twilight (ideally about 30 minutes after sunset or 30 minutes before sunrise on a calm, clear, moonlit night) to listen for whip-poor-wills calling near your home, cottage or lake. If you are fortunate enough to hear the unmistakable call of a whip-poor-will, please report your observation to us using our online reporting form<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ONWPW2012>. We want to know the location, date, and number of whip-poor-wills you hear. Information provided will be used by researchers studying the distribution of this threatened species. More information about the Ontario Whip-poor-will Project is available at www.birdscanada.org/research/speciesatrisk/wpwi<http://www.birdscanada.org/research/speciesatrisk/wpwi> . This item has been posted with the permission of the ontbirds coordinator. Kathy Jones Ontario Volunteer Coordinator Bird Studies Canada P.O. Box 160 Port Rowan, ON N0E 1M0 volunt...@birdscanada.org www.birdscanada.org<www.birdscanada.org%20> Toll Free 1-888-448-2473 ext. 124 >From time to time, BSC may send you information regarding our programs, >special issues, membership, and other correspondence. If you would prefer not >to receive this information, please contact us by mail at the address above or >e-mail rkir...@bsc-eoc.org<mailto:rkir...@bsc-eoc.org>. Thank you. Related url addresses Online reporting form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ONWPW2012 Ontario Whip-poor-will Project website www.birdscanada.org/research/speciesatrisk/wpwi<http://www.birdscanada.org/research/speciesatrisk/wpwi> _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/