Founded in 1982 by the Ottawa
Banding Group, the Innis Point Bird Observatory is located on Department
of National Defense property along the Ottawa River, near Shirley's Bay,
just 12 km west of Ottawa. IPBO is a non-profit organization dedicated
to the study of birds and natural history. Migration monitoring occurs
in spring only at 2 distinct sites (Point and Field) about 2 km apart.
Other research/monitoring projects include Monitoring Avian Productivity
and Survivorship (MAPS), Breeding Bird Census, Tree Swallow, Eastern
Bluebird and Purple Martin research, and Snow Bunting banding in winter.
There are on-site facilities for long-term volunteers.
For more information about the
Observatory, membership and volunteer opportunities, please contact:
Bill Petrie
(Chair)
P.O. Box 72137 N. Kanata Station
Kanata, Ontario
Canada K2K 2P4
Tel: Bill Petrie:
613_820_8434 (H)
E_mail: wfpetrie@mac.com