A rapidly expanding population of Sandhill Cranes are utilizing the North Shore of Lake Huron as a staging area during late-summer and fall. To-date, no formal counts have been conducted concurrently on Manitoulin Island, St. Joseph’s Island, and the mainland of the North Shore to estimate the size of the fall population. In September and October of 2009, biologists with Long Point Waterfowl will be conducting a study aimed at obtaining an estimate of the number of cranes on the North Shore during late-summer and fall. Long Point Waterfowl is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of waterfowl and wetlands in the Great Lakes Region. Long Point Waterfowl is a research fund administered by Bird Studies Canada. If you would like to volunteer to count cranes during evening roost counts through September or October, or have information on the locations of large flocks of cranes on the North Shore of Lake Huron between Sault St. Marie and Sudbury, including Manitoulin and St. Joseph’s Islands, please contact Kate England by phone at 226-206-0000, or by email at [email protected]
Kate England, Long Point Waterfowl, Norfolk County, ON _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
