**  To visit BPBO’s Face Book page, click here.

Just out (Dec. 2011)!!  Update for Bird Checklist for CHRS.  To view, click here.

CURRENT INFORMATION, like our UPCOMING EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, and the STATION BLOG, are best accessed using the links in “CATEGORIES” along the right hand side of the page.

LONGER-TERM INFORMATION about the organization, its programs, and other important aspects of BPBO, is found in the BUTTONS across the top of this page.

The buttons at the top and the right will take you to the appropriate pages and posts. They are arranged to provide quick and easy access to information.  You can even see exactly the date they were posted or last updated (the little calendar page in the upper left corner of each post), so that you know you are getting the latest information.

Once you have visited the site and made use of the information, please feel free to make comments about BPBO’ program, events, and even the Cabot Head Research Station facility.

If you have comments or questions, please feel free to make them in the section at the bottom of this page.

Help band birds with Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory!

Are you interested in observing and banding migrating birds for science? Then, you can volunteer at Cabot Head Research Station on Bruce Peninsula in Ontario. The Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory  is looking for experienced (or not) volunteers to assist the Station Scientist/ bander-in-charge, in spring (April 15 – June 12) and in fall (August 15 – October 31) migration monitoring. Ability to identify birds by sound, and or experience extracting birds from mist nets is most useful.

Housed on site in a well-furnished cottage (internet available), volunteers help in all aspects of the observatory activities. Every day, banding starts half an hour before sunrise. During 6 hours, the 15 mist nets are checked every half hour and captured birds are retrieved and brought back to the banding lab where they are banded. Observations also take place at the same time. Immediately after, data for the day are compiled.

Afternoons are time for housekeeping, small maintenance projects, and exploration of the wonderful Bruce Peninsula (National Park, Georgian Bay…). Volunteers who stay at least 3 weeks can receive $10/day for their food. Housing is offered for every one in a co-ed bedroom.

To get more information, visit our VOLUNTEER page and register as volunteer or contact me at echeskey@videotron.net .

Ted Cheskey, Vice President, BPBO

** It is important to note that BPBO has completed its exciting “off-the-grid” energy project during spring 2011.  Those people coming to the CHRS will find it operating on its own solar panels and propane appliances.  All visitors are reminded that personal energy conservation measures, such as reduced water and electrical consumption, are the environmental responsibility of everyone using the facility.

For more details about CHRS’s “off-the-grid program”, click here.

I hope you will find BPBO’s web site useful and informative!

Sincerely,

Rod Steinacher, President, BPBO

BPBO would also like to acknowledge the assistance of Terry Welton, at “Proven Systems“, for helping set up and host this web site.