Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program Events

Is the Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program Right for You?

With Kathy Jones and Jennifer Nantais

This webinar is designed for anyone interested in surveying the wetlands of the Great Lakes Basin. It will include an introduction to the Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program, survey site information, how routes are established and an overview of the bird, amphibian and habitat techniques. Length: 40-minute talk, 15-minute question and answer period.

Note that, at present, the recording of this webinar is available at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4G_9Yk5mH0

Amphibian Training

With Kathy Jones, Natasha Barlow and Kailey Petz

Amphibian surveys are easy to learn and a great option for your first foray into field surveys. During this event, we will review the species, how to identify them by ear and how to collect the data. The amphibian webinar in combination with the Marsh Monitoring Program Handbook and the Marsh Monitoring Program CD/MP3 files are more than enough to get a new surveyor up and running. We do recommend attending an introductory session before this event and/or reviewing the information and fact sheets available at www.birdscanada.org/gl_mmp. 

Length 30-minute talk, 20 minute Q&A.

Register in advance for this webinar.

YouTube recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExrjNe5NLgs

Great Lakes Marsh Bird Survey Techniques

With Dr. Doug Tozer, Kathy Jones and Kailey Petz

This webinar will introduce you to the Marsh Monitoring Program Bird Survey technique and will include discussions on broadcast units and common pitfalls. We do recommend attending an introductory session before this event and/or reviewing the information and factsheets available at www.birdscanada.org/gl_mmp.

Please note that you need to be able to identify the 50 most common marsh birds in your area to conduct this survey. We do not teach bird identification during this event.

Length 30-minute talk, 20-minute Q&A

YouTube training  https://youtu.be/tgC0kUwpaH0 

Review of the first 25 years of the Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program - with Dr. Doug Tozer and Kathy Jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaNP5FAduAA&t=831s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlLtc9wRa6o&t=127s

Kathy Jones, M.Sc.F.
Volunteer Manager

Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program;
Ontario Programs & Canadian Lakes Loon Survey
Birds Canada/Oiseaux Canada
volunteer@birdscanada.org •
888-448-2473 ext. 124 (phone calls are forwarded)