Migration Monitoring Protocol th 2020 (6 edition) Contents Contents ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 5 Long Point Bird Observatory ......................................................................................................................... 5 Birds Canada ................................................................................................................................................. 6 Canadian Migration Monitoring Network .................................................................................................... 6 Life at LPBO ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Required Reading .......................................................................................................................................... 7 Contact Information ...................................................................................................................................... 8 LPBO Staff and the Chain of Command ........................................................................................................ 9 The Bander-In-Charge ................................................................................................................................... 9 Migration Monitoring Program ..................................................................................................................... 9 Research Stations ........................................................................................................................................ 11 The Tip ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 Breakwater .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Old Cut .................................................................................................................................................... 13 The Friends of LPBO .................................................................................................................................... 14 Integrated Collaborative Research ............................................................................................................. 15 General Rules, Policies, and Information .................................................................................................... 16 Communal Living ..................................................................................................................................... 16 Boating .................................................................................................................................................... 17 Vehicles ................................................................................................................................................... 18 Trespassing .............................................................................................................................................. 18 Migration Monitoring and the Daily Routine .............................................................................................. 19 Inter-station communication .................................................................................................................. 19 The Public and Birds ................................................................................................................................ 20 Banding Demos for the General Public ................................................................................................... 21 Banding Demos for School Groups ......................................................................................................... 21 Neighbours and Visitors .......................................................................................................................... 22 Social Media ............................................................................................................................................ 23 Binoculars and Notepads ........................................................................................................................ 24 Bird Feeders ............................................................................................................................................ 24 2 eBird and iNaturalist ............................................................................................................................... 24 Rare Birds ................................................................................................................................................ 25 LPBO Bird Alert WhatsApp Group ........................................................................................................... 26 Daily Log Datasheet .................................................................................................................................... 26 Rules of Using Scanable Forms ............................................................................................................... 26 Codes for Scanable Forms ....................................................................................................................... 26 Census ......................................................................................................................................................... 30 Other Observations ..................................................................................................................................... 32 Supplementary Census ............................................................................................................................... 33 Monarch Census ......................................................................................................................................... 37 Daily Estimated Totals ................................................................................................................................. 37 The Banding Routine ................................................................................................................................... 40 Dead and Injured Birds ........................................................................................................................... 40 Too Many Birds ....................................................................................................................................... 42 A Clean and Orderly Lab.......................................................................................................................... 42 Standard and Non-Standard Banding ..................................................................................................... 42 Mist Net Etiquette................................................................................................................................... 43 Mist Net and Trap Operation .................................................................................................................. 44 Passerine Nets ......................................................................................................................................... 45 Ground Traps .......................................................................................................................................... 46 J-Traps ..................................................................................................................................................... 47 Speciality Trapping .................................................................................................................................. 48 Northern Saw-whet Owl Nets ................................................................................................................. 48 Hawk Nets ............................................................................................................................................... 48 Shorebirds ............................................................................................................................................... 48 Banding Operation .................................................................................................................................. 48 Recording Banding Data .......................................................................................................................... 49 Bird Identification ................................................................................................................................... 50 Band Sizes ............................................................................................................................................... 50 Band Numbers ........................................................................................................................................ 51 Ageing ..................................................................................................................................................... 51 Sexing .....................................................................................................................................................