If you can do point counts and you live in or around Ottawa, the Ottawa Breeding Bird Count needs your help. Were hoping to get enough volunteers completely cover our study area and currently were only ½ way there.
Adopting a point count route will take only a few hours of your time. In fact, most routes are short enough that they could be done before going to work in the morning (finished before 8:00 am). WHY WOULD I GO BIRDING IN THE CITY? The chances of you adding to your life list during an OBBC survey are pretty slim. However, think of it more as birding for a good cause. With your help, we can build a long-term, publicly available database that measures the effects of urban development and tracks the trends in Ottawas bird populations. HOW DO I ADOPT A ROUTE? Pick a route. Then send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] WHERE ARE THE ROUTES? There are maps at the following links that show which routes you can choose from (pick a route number and tell us which one youre interested in, or tell us what part of town youd like to work in and well pick one for you). West Ottawa: www.glel.carleton.ca/ottawabirds/POINTCOUNT/WestPCMap.pdf Central Ottawa: www.glel.carleton.ca/ottawabirds/POINTCOUNT/CentralPCMap.pdf East Ottawa: www.glel.carleton.ca/ottawabirds/POINTCOUNT/EastPCMap.pdf WHEN ARE THE SURVEYS DONE? Any day, before July 7. WHAT QUALIFICATIONS MUST I HAVE? You must be able to confidently identify the 70 most common species in this area by sight and sound (you can see a list of the 70 species on the PC field sheet www.glel.carleton.ca/ottawabirds/POINTCOUNT/PCFieldSheet.pdf) Adam C. Smith Coordinator - Ottawa Breeding Bird Count [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Ottawa Breeding Bird Count: a Scientifically Rigorous, Volunteer-based Survey of Birds in an Expanding City. www.glel.carleton.ca/ottawabirds
