The following chart lists all of our programs that you can get involved in 
as well as the approximate minimum degree of experience and time-commitment that is required for each.

Participants count birds at their feeders over a 2-day period every week from November to March. Count for as long or short a period as you like.

In late December through early January, groups of organized participants conduct one-day winter bird counts in circular areas, 24 kilometres in diameter.

Participants spend time observing loons at their favourite lake throughout the summer.

The Birdathon challenge is to identify as many bird species as possible in a 24-hour period, anytime in May. Participants are sponsored, raising money for bird research and conservation.

Participants volunteer at one of a series of migration monitoring stations established across Canada to gain hands on training in bird banding and censusing techniques.

Through regionally-based programs, participants are assigned roadside routes to document owl calls during spring breeding.

Anyone with a bird nesting in their yard or neighbourhood can help monitor nesting success. Participants check nesting progress and report observations online.

Maritimes     Québec    Ontario    Manitoba    British Columbia 
During the breeding season, volunteers spend time in their region gathering data on the breeding distribution and abundance of all birds they observe.

Great Lakes       Québec      Prairies
Participants are assigned routes in marshes to track the presence and abundance of marsh birds and amphibians.

Participants count waterbirds at designated coastal sites every month, with an emphasis on the period from September to April.

Atlantic Canada     Québec   British Columbia
Beach-goers walk a stretch of coastal beach once per month to record the numbers and condition of dead birds along the shoreline.

Participants count birds during the breeding season on roadside routes in their region.

11-50hrs/yr