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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

• Swift Night Out: http://www.chimneyswifts.org/

• 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

• Report Cooper's and Red-tailed Hawk Nests in Milwaukee County to Bill Stout

• Report European released birds in Great Lakes states
  • http://www.rrbo.org/conservation-science/research/bird-population-monitoring/eurobirds/
  • 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
  • http://www.savingcranes.org/annualmidwestcranecount_2.html
  
  
• Concordia University (Mequon WI) : Hawk Count
  • http://www.hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=515&go=Go+to+site
  
  
• Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory (Duluth MN): hawkridge.org

• 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/
    • Wisconsin Breeding Bird Survey Coordinator: Mark Korducki
  • . Bird Banding . http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl