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While it is
quite a
pleasure to see and possible count our local flora and fauna, sometimes
it is nice to go beyond and make a contribution to scientific and/or
conservation efforts. Counts Birds Christmas Bird Counts (Near you) | Ballie Birdathon | Monthly Birdbashes (North Bay) (from Nipissing Naturalist website) | Carden Alvar Point Counts | Great Backyard Birdcount (Feb 12-15, 2010, may repeat) Insect Butterflies & Dragonflies Submit your sightings Birds eBird Canada Butterflies Send in Latest Records (at ontarioinsects.org) Dragonflies Send in Latest Records (at ontarioinsects.org) | Odonate atlas Moths NAMBI (The North American Moths Backyard Inventory) Herps Ontario's Reptile and Amphibian Atlas All Species at risk (MNR) | Ontario Road Ecology Group (Dead or alive animals seen on roadways) Organized Surveys Birds Winter Raptor Survey November to March, once a month Project Feeder Watch November to early April, at your convenience Nocturnal Owl Survey April or early May, couple of nights Project NestWatch May to July Breeding Bird Surveys June, one day Canadian Lakes Loon Survey June to August, at least once a month A Swift Night Out August or September, specific weekend Southern Ontario Bald Eagle Monitoring Project Golden-winged Warbler Atlas Project (GOWAP) Ontario Hummingbird Project North American Bird Phenology Program Convert historical data on cards into usable electronic forms Purple Martin Conservation Association Four projects devoted to monitoring Purple Martins. Report a banded Sandhill Crane North American Chimney Swift Nest Site Research Project Celebrate Urban Birds Spring Warbler Survey (Toronto) Mid-Winter Waterfowl Inventory (Toronto) Fatal Light Awareness Program (Toronto) Report a Bird with a Deformed Beak Herps Frog Watch March (late) to July, maybe longer. Salamander observations accepted too. Ontario Turtle Tally June, mostly Other Ice Watch November/December and March/April, four days around freeze-up and break-up Worm Watch Spring to Fall Plant Watch May and June, or whenever your target plants are blooming More Involved Surveys Canadian Migration Monitoring Network Much effort, Bruce Peninsula is closest station Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program (April to June) Amphibian Surveys | Bird Surveys | Habitat Surveys (Three times for amphibians and/or twice for birds plus once for habitat) Festivals Carden Nature Festival June, middle, one weekend Hike Haliburton Festival October Finished Programs Ontario Tree Atlas Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas A book "Atlas of Breeding Birds of Ontario, 2001-2005" compares results from first atlas |