1. Bird Studies Canada 50 Years of Monitoring Bird Migration at Long Point Bird Observatory

3. Migration Monitoring: Purpose Detecting population changes of migratory birds is needed for species assessments & management Dan Derbyshire Many species are not sampled adequately by other monitoring programs, but are well- sampled as they migrate through southern Canada in spring & fall.

4. Migration Counts Number of birds passing through a defined area during a specified time. Standardized daily banding & Standardized daily count ("census") & Other observations = “Daily Estimated Totals”

5. Migration Monitoring Program Operates every day in spring & fall at 3 field stations. The largest database on migrants in the Western Hemisphere (>800,000 birds of >270 species banded; & billions more counted).

6. TCBO Isotopes & Band Recoveries: Breeding origins of migrating landbirds at LPBO and TCBO LPBO

7. Wood Duck

8. Peregrine Falcon

9. Double-crested Cormorant

10. Sandhill Crane

11. Bay-breasted Warbler

12. Loggerhead Shrike

13. Yellow-breasted Chat

14. Hooded Warbler

15. Bird Studies Canada Ministry of Natural Resources Environment Canada Long Point Company Baillie Birdathon Ontario Trillium Foundation LPBO staff & volunteers The Friends of LPBO Phil Taylor, Tara Crewe, Denis Lepage, David Hussell Thanks! www.birdscanada.org