Happy World Wetlands Day! Bird Studies Canada is looking for pro-active naturalists to monitor birds and/or frogs throughout Ontario (and the Great Lakes states). Our 2016 goal is to fill survey gaps and ensure quality marsh monitoring continues. The Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program is a great opportunity to take your interest in nature (and birds) one step further and support wetland monitoring and conservation. If you would like to know more visit www.birdscanada.org/volunteer/glmmp or check out the activity map at https://goo.gl/hIeu1i. Read on for more details: Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program participants are assigned routes in marshes to track the presence and abundance of marsh birds and amphibians. Task: To survey birds and/or amphibians every season on pre-determined Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program survey routes. When: Amphibians are surveyed three times with the timing of surveys dependent on your latitude. Surveys can take a few minutes or a couple of hours depending on the number of stations on that route. Amphibian surveys are a great option for people beginning to participate in Citizen Science surveys. Bird surveys are conducted two to three times between mid-May and July 5th. Surveys may take as little as 20 minutes or up to 3 hours depending on the number of stations on that route. The majority of bird routes require evening surveys. Bird surveys require additional skill as participants need to be able to identify at least 50 bird species commonly found in marshes (without referring to a field guide). Where: Commonly volunteers are assigned to a single route near their home (or work) and can choose to survey amphibians, birds or both. All volunteers are asked to ensure simple habitat descriptions are competed on their route annually. Some routes are readily accessible, others are more remote and require hiking or boating/canoeing to a site. All participants are asked to take a companion with them. More information: www.birdscanada.org/volunteer/glmmp or contact Kathy Jones at volunt...@birdscanada.org ; 888-448-2473 ext. 124. To learn more about each route visit https://goo.gl/hIeu1i and click on the dots for additional information and route map links. Each registered participant will receive the necessary resources from Bird Studies Canada including training materials, protocols, route information and data forms.
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