Dr. Peter Blancher
PIF Scientist
peter.blancher@ec.gc.ca
Telephone: 613-954-1253

Until accepting an Interchange Canada assignment with BSC as Partners in Flight Scientist, Peter Blancher was Chief of the Migratory Bird Populations Division, National Wildlife Research Centre, Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) for several years. As such, he had responsibilities for the Canadian Bird Banding Office, the National Harvest Survey, the Breeding Bird Survey in Canada, and research efforts on seabirds, shorebirds, songbirds and waterfowl. Prior to this he was Coordinator of the CWS Acid Rain program. Peter has served as Chair of the Program and Migration Monitoring subcommittees of Council, and is the past Council Chair. Peter is also a Councillor for the Society of Canadian Ornithologists, a member of the National Working Group of Partners in Flight Canada, involved locally in Goulbourn Township environmental advisory work, and a past Board member of the North American Loon Fund. He lives in Richmond, Ontario, southwest of Ottawa, and is a keen participant in volunteer bird survey programs.