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Tag Archives: bird surveys
Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 5
Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 5 – June 7, 2013 Today’s survey route is pretty straightforward with a start point at the junction of Hwy #17 and the road to Dubreuilville. Although there is traffic to contend with, there … Continue reading
Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 4
Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 4 – June 6, 2013 Today’s route was a two-part route with the approximate half-way point being the small town of White River, Ontario (Winnie-the-Pooh town). The first half of the route was new … Continue reading
Posted in Bird Survey Outings, Canada Explorer, Ontario
Tagged bird surveys, black flies, blue sky, Breeding Bird Surveys 2013, colours, gravel road, horizon, ponds, Provincial Park, provincial parks, rising sun, road conditions, silent waters, washouts, Wawa Ontario, White River Ontario
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Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 3
Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 3 – June 5, 2013 Today’s Breeding Bird Survey route would take us over a series of logging/recreational roads west of The Shoals Provincial Park. Because the park has been closed this year, our … Continue reading
Posted in Bird Survey Outings, Canada Explorer, Ontario
Tagged bird songs, bird survey, bird surveys, black flies, Breeding Bird Surveys 2013, bright yellows, chapleau ontario, dandelions, ditches, flowering trees, gravel roads, marsh marigolds, Provincial Park, record rainfall, recreational roads, red sky, ruts, smooth waters, trees and shrubs
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Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 2
Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 2 – June 4, 2013 The first of our four days of bird surveys began at about 5AM on a logging road to the east of Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park where we had set … Continue reading
Posted in Bird Survey Outings, Canada Explorer, Ontario
Tagged bird surveys, black flies, Bonaparte's Gull, clouds of dust, gravel road, information recorder, ivanhoe lake, logging road, logging trucks, mosquito populations, observation period, sapsucker, survey activities, survey locations, survey routes, warbler, yellow bellied sapsucker
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Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 1
Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 1 – June 3, 2013 This was the fourth year that Gerhard and I had teamed up to conduct breeding bird surveys for Environment Canada on four prescribed routes between Ivanhoe Lake and White … Continue reading
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Tagged bird surveys, Bonaparte's Gull, Breeding Bird Surveys 2013, Chroicocephalus philadelphia, contrails, Environment Canada, highway 101, highway construction stop sign, inclement weather, intermittent rain, ivanhoe lake, Ivanhoe Lake ProvincialPark, Larus philadelphia, latchford, Montreal River, nightfall, North Face Mountain 25 tent, Ontario, Quest tent, rain and snow, rain showers, Sgt. Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge over the Montreal River at Latchford, timmins ontario, wet stuff, wet weather
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Chapleau, Ontario
Chapleau, Ontario Chapleau is one of the larger communities in the area of Northern Ontario where we conduct our Breeding Bird Surveys. ‘Larger’ in this instance is a relative term but since Chapleau is large enough to offer a gas … Continue reading
Breeding Bird Survey – Singe Lake Route 68-373
Breeding Bird Survey – Singe Lake Route 373 Sunday was our travel day and we drove safely from Ottawa, Ontario to Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park (approximate. 1000 km). To conduct breeding bird surveys, we need to be at the first … Continue reading
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Tagged bbs routes, bird survey, bird surveys, black bear, black flies, blood sucking, Breeding Bird Survey, Canadian Wildlife Services, conifers, Environment Canada, highway 101, ivanhoe lake, logging road, marsh marigolds, mosquitoes, observation points, Singe Lake Route 373, traveled roads, wetland areas
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