Great Backyard Bird Count 2012

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This looks like a great new feature for the Bird Count. Click the link at the bottom for more details.

During this year's Great Backyard  Bird Count, February 17-20, you’re going to see something new in the corner of the website home page where the map is located. As each checklist is entered online, it will show up as a bright dot on the map. As the tens of thousands of reports come in, the map should light up like mini-fireworks! You’ll be able to click on the map to make it larger so you get the full impact of all those bird watchers reporting their tallies. Watch for it! 

Great Backyard Bird Count

 

American Coot Being Hunted By Bald Eagles

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Check out this short video:

An adult Bald Eagle preying on American Coots at Long Point, Ontario, Canada.

Bald Eagle Hunting American Coots 

Nocturnal Owl Surveys

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Representatives from the main volunteer surveys in Canada met in September 1999 to develop a set of standards for owl monitoring. The outcome of that meeting was agreement on a set of standard components that should be incorporated into roadside surveys for breeding owls. These meetings, with subsequent discussions, have led to development of guidelines for survey protocols that we hope will be adopted by all organizations running nocturnal roadside surveys for owls.

National Nocturnal Owl Surveys  

Doug Tarry Young Ornithologist Workshop Applications

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The Doug Tarry Bird Study Awards foster the development of ornithological interests in Canadian teenagers. Recipients of the awards attend a week-long workshop/natural history camp or a month-long student internship at Long Point Bird Observatory (LPBO).

The Doug Tarry Young Ornithologists' Workshop

Birding Job Opportunities In Canada

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If you are interested in any of these positions please click the Job Opportunites link below.

1. NSERC Industrial Undergraduate Summer Student Research Positions
2. Long Point Bird Observatory Assistant Coordinator
3. Long Point Bird Observatory Internship
4. Wetland Bird and Amphibian Survey Technicians - Ontario
5. Marsh Bird Research Technicians - Saskatchewan
6. Long Point Bird Observatory Volunteer Field Biologists - Migration Monitoring Program
7. Long Point Bird Observatory Volunteer Breeding Bird Census Assistants
8. Bird Studies  Canada - Long Point Bird Observatory - University of Guelph - Volunteer Field Assistants
9. Volunteer Field Positions

Job Opportunities

Applications For Ornithological Research By Students Available

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Applications for the various Student Research Awards offered annually by Bird Studies Canada (BSC) and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists (SCO) are due by February 15, 2012. Awards sponsored in whole or in part by BSC include the James L. Baillie Student Research Award (funded by proceeds of the Baillie Birdathon), and the Fred Cooke Student Research Award (offered jointly by BSC and SCO). These awards are open to students conducting ornithological research at a Canadian university. 

Call for Applications – Student Awards for Ornithological Research 

Learn About The Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program

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"The program is designed to collect information about the presence and abundance of bird and amphibian species in Great Lakes coastal and inland marshes, to contribute to our understanding of these species and their habitat needs." 

Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program