Dear birders, Thanks to the involvement of many ONTbird members last year, our pilot Grassland bird Survey (GBS) was a success! Through the joint effort of Wildlife Preservation Canada, Bird Studies Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Services, we intend to continue the Grassland Bird Survey in 2010, and are again looking to enlist keen birders to volunteer. The main goal of the project is to locate Loggerhead Shrike and incidentally, a suite of grassland bird species in Ontario where habitat has been previously identified through associated recovery activities. The information gathered will provide a greater understanding of bird species composition and linkages in Ontario's remaining short-grasslands. The GBS will focus on grassland habitats in the key breeding areas of the Loggerhead Shrike which include the Carden, Napanee and Smiths Falls limestone plains, the area around Pembroke/Renfrew, Grey and Bruce Counties in the Bruce Peninsula and on Manitoulin Island. Depending upon interest and skill level, participants can choose to complete a survey of ALL grassland bird species or a SUBSET of species that are of special interest to the project and readily identifiable.
If you are interested in participating in this project and would like more information, please feel free to contact me at Wildlife Preservation Canada by phone at 519-836-9314 or 1-800-956-6608 (toll free) or through email at [email protected]. Also, if you know of any naturalist/birding groups whose members might be interested, please let us know so that we can get in touch with the group. Thank you in advance for your support! Sincerely, Katherine Robbins Acting-Grassland Bird Survey Coordinator Wildlife Preservation Canada RR #5, 5420 Highway 6 North Guelph, Ontario N1H 6J2 Tel: 519-836-8840 [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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/
