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Citizen Science: Participate in Ornithologic Research

• Definition of Citizen Science: http:
  • "Projects in which volunteers partner with scientists to answer real-world questions"
  • http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit/about/definition

• Milwaukee County Avian Migration Monitoring Project (MCAMMP)
  • transect counts
  • banding and blood sampling
  • vegetation measurement and analysis on project study sites
    
  • http://home.earthlink.net/%7Eiltlawas/id16.html

• Volunteer to collect dead and injured migrant birds in downtown Milwaukee
  • Monitoring Bird - Building Collisions . . . http://home.roadrunner.com/~phunter1/birdcollisionmonitormilw.html
    
  • Wisconsin Night Guardians for Songbirds (WiNGS) . http://www.wihumane.org/wildlife/preventcollisions.aspx
    
  • http://www.wihumane.org/wildlife/wings/ monitorpage.aspx

• Bird Banding at the UrbanEcology Center , Milwaukee, (Contact Tim Vargo)
  
• Report Cooper's and Red-tailed Hawk Nests in Milwaukee County to Bill Stout
  
• Report European released birds in Great Lakes states
  • http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/rouge_river/eugo.html#nab
    
  • including European Goldfinch, Eurasian Jay, Common Chaffinch, European Greenfinch, Eurasian Linnet, Blue Tit, Great Tit
  • As with E. Starlings, House Sparrow, and Rock Pigeons these invasive birds are not protected by wildlife laws.
• Western Great Lakes Spring Owl Monitoring
  
  • http://www.hawkridge.org/research/springowl.html
• Horicon National Wildlife Refuge sponsors: Grassland Bird Surveys
• University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point: Prairie Chicken Census
  • http://www.uwsp.edu/wildlife/pchicken/viewing.aspx
    
• University of Wisconsin - Green Bay: . Nicolet National Forest Bird Survey (June)
  • http://www.uwgb.edu/birds/nnf/news.htm
    
• Northland College: Loon Watch
  
  • http://www.northland.edu/Northland/Soei/Programs/LoonWatch/Programs/AnnualLoonMonitoringProgram.htm
    
• International Crane Foundation: Annual Midwest Crane Count
  
• Concordia University (Mequon WI) : Hawk Count , Contact Seth Cutright or Bill Cowart
  • 2006 News on Concordia Hawk Count
  • http://www.hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=515&go=Go+to+site
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• Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory (Duluth MN): Raptor Count , Spring Owl Monitoring
  • http://www.hawkridge.org/research/count.html
    
• Bird Conservation Network: . Illinois Swainson's Hawk Project
  • http://bcnbirds.org/shp/
    
• National Audubon Society sponsors:
  • Christmas Bird Count , http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/index.html
    
  • .Great Backyard Bird Count http://www.audubon.org/gbbc/index.shtml
• Cornell and Audubon co-sponsor:
  
  • Project Feeder Watch , http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/
  • . eBird . . . http://ebird.org/content/ebird/
    
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology sponsors:
  
  • Urban Bird Studies , http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/urbanbirds/ubs_UBPMainEN.html
    
  • Birdhouse Network , http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse
    
  • Birds in Forested Landscapes , http://www.birds.cornell.edu/bfl/BFLwelcome.html
    
  • House Finch Disease Survey , http://www.birds.cornell.edu/hofi/
    
  • Golden-winged Warbler Atlas Project , http://www.birds.cornell.edu/gowap/
    
  • .MyYardCounts . http://www.birds.cornell.edu/MyYardCounts
• US Gov't, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center sponsors:
  • Breeding Bird Survey , http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/participate/
    
  • . Bird Banding . http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl
    
  • Wisconsin Breeding Bird Survey Coordinator: Mark Korducki
    
• Driftwood (Texas) Wildlife Association: .
  
• .Swift Night Out , http://www.concentric.net/%7edwa/page56.html
  
• . Spring Swift Sightings . http://www.concentric.net/%7edwa/page50.html
  

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• Monitor SE Wisc Beaches for Piping Plovers, Summer 2006 - Summer 2007:
  
  • Bureau of Endangered Resources of WDNR, and the Issues Committee of the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative are seeking several people to monitor beaches in southeastern Wisconsin (including Kohler-Andrae State Park, Kenosha Dunes, possibly Point Beach State Forest) for Piping Plovers during summer and early fall 2006, as well as spring and summer of 2007. There has been outstanding reproduction of this species in Michigan this year, and 4 nests in Wisconsin (yes, four - this is the highest number in more than 30 years). Several birds have recently been seen and well-photographed at Manitowoc and Kohler-Andrae. This is a federally-listed and state-listed endangered species, and protection is mandated at both federal and state levels and must be provided.
    Monitoring for plovers requires some time commitment and patience. Some payment may be provided to defray costs for travel. If you are interested in doing some monitoring in these areas, please contact Sumner Matteson, Avian Ecologist, Endangered Resources, Wisconsin DNR, 608-266-1571 (Phone); mattes@dnr.state.wi.us --- 608-266-2925 (Fax).