Nova Scotia Migration Count - Kings County, N.S.
The map above is a map of regions of Kings County to be surveyed in 2011. If you have comments on these regions or want to survey one on NSMC day please contact the Kings Co. Coordinator. For a large map in PDF format click here
The Nova Scotia Count (NSMC) occurs on the second Saturday of May of every year. Counts are organized on a county basis and not in a circle boundary such as the Christmas Bird Count (CBC). The NSMC is similar to the CBC in that observers count all birds and species during one day (but there is no count week). There are also feeder watchers. Both field observers and feeder watchers keep track of hours and distance traveled. Numbers of each species seen are reported to the local county coordinator who then submits totals to the Provincial coordinator. There are no fees and the survey is meant for enjoyment as well as serving citizen science. By surveying in the spring scientists get a measure of the movement of birds and their numbers.
Date for the NSMC 2012 - Saturday, May 12
The Kings County coordinator is Larry Bogan - If you wish to help with the count please contact him a 678-0446 or larry@bogan.ca - Please let him know well ahead of the N.S. MC day, what area you would like to survey.
Survey Areas Claimed for 2012 (as of 8 May 2012)
Infomation Pages:
- History and Background of the Migration Count
- How to do the N.S. Migration Count (field and feeders)
- Forms for Reporting Field Observer Results
- Form for Reporting Feeder Watchers Results
- Rare Bird Report Form
- The NSMC started as part of a continent wide effort to count spring
birds called the North American Migration Count. For information on that
count see Jim Stasz's website at:
http://community.gorge.net/birding/namcstasz.htm - - If you are interested in other migration monitoring of birds in Canada see the Bird Studies Canada site:
http://www.bsc-eoc.org/volunteer/cmmn/index.jsp?targetpg=index&lang=en - The Laboratory of Orthnithology has a list of Migration Project including the NAMC:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/allaboutbirds/conservation/involved/migration
The Nova Scotia Migration Count is a provincial-wide Survey
The Provincial Coordinator of the N.S. MC is Chris Pepper. (cpepper@ymail.com)
Information on the provincial N.S. Migration Count:
Next year (2013) the N.S. Migration Count will be on Saturday, May 11
More Information on Migration Monitoring of Birds
Readers/printers for the PDF documents in the information pages:
