Attention Owl Enthusiasts,
Do you enjoy staying up late and driving along darkened roadsides
listening carefully for the call of the owl? At Bird Studies Canada we
are gearing up for the 2007 Nocturnal Owl Survey, and are looking for
eager volunteers to fill available routes. Initiated in 1995, this
survey has been monitoring owl populations so that we can determine if
logging practices are negatively affecting owls. The survey is focused
on central and northern Ontario locales.
Routes are completed during a single evening in April, beginning 30
minutes after sunset, and takes approximately 3 hours to complete.
Volunteers are provided with a broadcast tape or CD containing
pre-recorded owl calls and timed listening periods that are played at
fixed intervals along the roadside. During each listening period, you
will be required to record all species of owls seen and/or heard.
The available routes for 2007 are listed below, as well as the nearest
major town. There are also a number of proposed route locations which
have never been run, and would require scouting beforehand to determine
stop locations ("new" routes). If you are interested in surveying any of
the routes listed below, or would like more information, please contact
Ellen Kempmann by phone or email (toll free: 1-888-448-2473 x222;
[EMAIL PROTECTED]). Be sure to let us know if you prefer a CD or
Tape, and to state the route number of interest. Routes are filled on a
first come first serve basis.
We look forward to hearing from you!
ESTABLISHED ROUTES
Central Ontario:
8: Mile 11 Ranger Lake - Curtis rd. (closest town: Sault Ste. Marie)
13: Clear Lake Road (closest town: Norland)
17: Mile 38 Rd. - Turkey Lakes (closest town: Sault Ste. Marie)
18: Shequiandah Township (east side of Manitoulin Island)
19: Kennisis Lake (closest town: Huntsville)
58: Salerno (closest town: Minden)
130: Charcoal valley (closest town: Espanola)
185: Ardoch (between Perth and Kaladar)
202: Burnt Bridge/Rockingham (closest town: Bancroft)
204: Pine River (closest town: Collingwood)
298: Verner to Lavigne (east of Sudbury, south of Verner)
318: Mindemoya (closest town: Providence Bay)
336: Stirling Falls (closest town: Burk's Falls)
Northern Ontario:
20: English River Road (closest town: Kenora)
22: Rush Bay/Clytie Bay (closest town: Kenora)
41: Mowatts Landing (closest town: Haileybury)
110: Conc. IV Gorham ware (closest town: Thunder Bay)
115: Hwy 129 - Peshu Lake Rd. north (between Blind River and Chapleau)
227: Beartrack Lake (closest town: Ramsey)
287: Nakina (closest town: Nakina)
299: Quibell (closest town: Vermillion Bay)
306: Magone Rd. (closest town: Thunder Bay)
354: Aerobus Lake Rd. (NW of Dryden, near Perrault Falls)
355: Southern Railbed (NW of Dryden, near Perrault Falls)
356: Wenesega Rd. to McKenzie Bay (NW of Dryden, near Ear Falls)
"NEW" ROUTES
Northern Ontario:
339: Metagama - Hwy 144 (closest town: Metagama)
343: South Bay (closest town: Ear Falls)
344: Armstrong - Hwy 527 (closest town: Armstrong)
346: Gull Bay - Obonga Lake (closest town: Gull Bay)
347: Westree (closest town: Westree)
348: Beardmore (closest town: Beardmore)
Jody Allair
Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator
Bird Studies Canada/ Etudes d'Oiseaux Canada
P.O. Box 160, 115 Front Street
Port Rowan, ON Canada N0E 1M0
Tel: 1-888-448-BIRD ext. 207 Fax: 519-586-3532
web: www.bsc-eoc.org
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
