
Bird Studies Canada has been running
regional programs for many years, beginning with the
Ontario Bird Feeder Survey, launched in 1976, which later became the continental Project
FeederWatch program. Wherever possible, regional projects have a large, and very important, volunteer component.
Current projects in
Ontario include the Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program and the Nocturnal Owl Survey.
Programs in British Columbia include the British Columbia
Coastal Waterbird Survey and the British Columbia Nocturnal Owl Survey. In
the Atlantic Region, the Atlantic Canada Nocturnal Owl Survey begins this
year.