A Volunteer Based Scientifically Rigorous Survey of Birds in an Expanding City Chirps Tweets and Trills Today Very brief review last weeks songs Point Counts Why How 14 new songs Look Up ID: 778334
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Learn local bird songs with the Ottawa Bird Count
A Volunteer Based, Scientifically Rigorous Survey of Birds in an Expanding City
Chirps, Tweets, and Trills
Slide2Today
Very brief review last week’s songs
Point Counts!Why?How?
14 new songs – Look Up!Aerial InsectivoresRaptors
Slide3Point Counts – Why?
Population trends
Slide4Point Counts – Why?
Distribution and abundance
Slide5Point Counts – How?
Start ½ hour BEFORE and finish by 9:30
Photo Credit:
Elysia Brunet
Slide6Point Counts – How?
Only in good weather (fair-weather birding
)Very little or no:Precipitation
Wind
Photo Credit: Sheila Edwards
Slide7Point Counts – How?
Everything you see or hear for 10 minutes
(5, 2-minute intervals)
Photo Credit:
Elysia Brunet
Slide8Point Counts – How?
Inside a particular circular area (radius of 75m)
Slide9Point Counts – How?
Datasheet
Slide10Point Counts –
With recorder
Stereo recording unitSomeone else identifies the birds
Slide11Point Counts – Why 2-min intervals?
Slide12Today
Very brief review last week’s songs
Point Counts!Why?How?
14 new songs – Look Up!Aerial InsectivoresRaptors
Slide13Swallows and Purple Martin
NRWS
BARS
TRES
CLSW
CHSW
PUMA
Slide14Hawks
Accipiter Identification Help
https://feederwatch.org/learn/tricky-bird-ids/coopers-hawk-and-sharp-shinned-hawk/
Slide15Other Volunteer Options
Job(s)
Skill-set
Fundraising (grant writing)
Writing, reviewing, editing, strategizing
Volunteer Coordination
organisational skills, email, people skills
Directors to join Ottawa Bird Count board
strong business and financial experience/skills (and be happy to work with other board members who have
mostly bird
and science
skills)
App development
Mobile app design experience
Social
Media
Twitter/Facebook/website