McGILL BIRD OBSERVATORY

SPRING SCHEDULE 2010

Below is the current schedule for the spring 2010 season.  Note that start times represent meeting times at the banding station (not at the gate), so please allow enough time for travel.  Banding day start times are scheduled to allow us to have nets open by sunrise, after which they will remain open for 5 hours.  We strongly encourage all volunteers to remain for the entire session, which typically is around 6 hours in total, including processing of final birds and tallying of daily totals.

For each date we need at least one census observer, and from April 18 through June 1 we also require at least one experienced extractor to assist the Bander-in-charge (BIC), and up to four additional volunteers.  Census follows a standard route for one hour each morning, beginning one hour after sunrise.  It should be done by an experienced birder, but one or two less experienced observers may accompany the censuser. 

This volunteer list will be updated at least weekly and any significant changes to the schedule will be circulated via the MBO mailing list.  To be added/removed for any dates, e-mail us at mbo @ migrationresearch.org.  Dates which are already full for non-extractors are marked in red.

Banders-in-charge (BICs): MAG - Marcel Gahbauer, MAH - Marie-Anne Hudson, GEG - Gay Gruner, SID - Simon Duval
 
Census leaders: MBE - Mike Beaupré, SRC - Shawn Craik, JH - Jeff Harrison, BAM - Barbara MacDuff, BHM - Betsy Mcfarlane, CMM - Chris Murphy, RDT - Rodger Titman, SOC - Sophie Cauchon, ANP - Andre Pelletier

Date

 Sunrise Banding start Census start Census
observer(s)		 BIC Lead extractors (2) Additional banding volunteers (maximum 3)
Sun Mar 28
6:43
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7:40
JH
---
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 Census only
Mon Mar 29
6:41
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7:40
BAM/CMM
---
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 Census only
Tue Mar 30
6:39
---
7:40
JDE/CLS
---
---
 Census only
Wed Mar 31
6:37
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7:35
BHM
---
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 Census only
Thu Apr 1
6:35
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7:35
SRC
---
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 Census only
Fri Apr 2
6:33
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7:35
BAM/CMM
---
---
 Census only
Sat Apr 3
6:31
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7:30
MAH
---
---
 Census only
Sun Apr 4
6:30
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7:30
MBE
---
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 Census only
Mon Apr 5
6:28
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7:30
BAM/CMM
---
---
 Census only
Tue Apr 6
6:27
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7:30
JDE/CLS
---
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 Census only
Wed Apr 7
6:25
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7:25
BHM
---
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 Census only
Thu Apr 8
6:24
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7:25
SRC
---
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 Census only
Fri Apr 9
6:22
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7:20
BAM/CMM
---
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 Census only
Sat Apr 10
6:20
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7:20
SID
---
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 Census only
Sun Apr 11
6:18
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7:20
GEG
---
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 Census only
Mon Apr 12
6:16
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7:15
BAM/CMM
---
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 Census only
Tue Apr 13
6:14
---
7:15
JDE/CLS
---
---
 Census only
Wed Apr 14
6:13
---
7:15
BHM
---
---
 Census only
Thu Apr 15
6:11
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7:10
SRC
---
---
 Census only
Fri Apr 16
6:09
5:45
7:10
BAM/CMM
---
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 Census only
Sat Apr 17
6:07
5:45
7:05
MAH
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 Census only
Sun Apr 18
6:05
5:40
7:05
MBE
GEG
CLB
 RAT, CEB, MBE
Mon Apr 19
6:04
5:40
7:05
BAM/CMM
SID
CLB
 FM, ADC, RED, NIB
Tue Apr 20
6:02
5:40
7:00
CLS
SID
   FM, JDE, CLS, NIB
Wed Apr 21
6:00
5:35
7:00
BHM
SID
CLB, NCF
ADC, BOS, NIB
Thu Apr 22
5:59
5:35
7:00
SRC
SID
   ADC, NIB, LDL
Fri Apr 23
5:57
5:35
6:55
BAM/CMM
GEG
   ADC, NIB, VIP
Sat Apr 24
5:55
5:30
6:55
JH
GEG
   DDA, HJL, MFJ
Sun Apr 25
5:53
5:30
6:55
GEG
GEG
CLB
 CEB, CLL
Mon Apr 26
5:52
5:30
6:50
BAM/CMM
SID
   FM, CEB, VIP
Tue Apr 27
5:50
5:25
6:50
JH
SID
   JDE, CLS
Wed Apr 28
5:49
5:25
6:50
BHM
SID
   BOS, RED
Thu Apr 29
5:47
5:25
6:45
SRC
SID
   BEP, FRP, BRR
Fri Apr 30
5:45
5:20
6:45
BAM/CMM
GEG
   VIP, MFJ
Sat May 1
5:44
5:20
6:45
MBE
GEG
   ADC, MBE, DDA
Sun May 2
5:42
5:20
6:40
JH
SID
   ADC, CEB
Mon May 3
5:41
5:20
6:40
BAM/CMM
SID
NCF
 RED, CEB, VIP
Tue May 4
5:39
5:15
6:40
JH
SID
   JDE, CLS, MFJ
Wed May 5
5:38
5:15
6:40
BHM
SID
NCF
 BOS, MAR
Thu May 6
5:36
5:15
6:35
SRC
SID
NCF
 BRR
Fri May 7
5:35
5:10
6:35
BAM/CMM
GEG
   VIP, COD+2
Sat May 8
5:34
5:10
6:35
MAH
GEG
CLB
 DDA, COD+2          Also: SOL visit
Sun May 9
5:32
5:10
6:30
MAH
SID
   CEB, COD+2
Mon May 10
5:31
5:10
6:30
BAM/CMM
GEG
NCF
 CEB, VIP
Tue May 11
5:30
5:05
6:30
GEG
   FM
Wed May 12
5:28
5:05
6:30
BHM
SID
NCF
 FM, BOS, MAR
Thu May 13
5:27
5:05
6:25
SRC
SID
NCF
 LDL
Fri May 14
5:26
5:05
6:25
BAM/CMM
SID
   RED, VIP, PHD, KSJ
Sat May 15
5:25
5:00
6:25
MAH
MAG
ANP
  
Sun May 16
5:23
5:00
6:25
MAH
MAG
   CEB, CLL
Mon May 17
5:22
5:00
6:20
BAM/CMM
SID
NCF
 RED, CEB, VIP
Tue May 18
5:21
5:00
6:20
GEG
   JDE, CLS
Wed May 19
5:20
4:55
6:20
SID
NCF
  
Thu May 20
5:19
4:55
6:20
JH
SID
NCF
 FM, LDL, BRR
Fri May 21
5:18
4:55
6:20
BAM/CMM
SID
   FM, VIP
Sat May 22
5:17
4:55
6:15
Birdathon team
LAL
                       Also: MBO Birdathon Day / OQ Visit
Sun May 23
5:16
4:55
6:15
JH
GEG
   CEB, CLL         Also:  CORDEM visit
Mon May 24
5:15
4:50
6:15
BAM/CMM
GEG
   CEB, VIP
Tue May 25
5:14
4:50
6:15
JH
GEG
   JDE, CLS
Wed May 26
5:13
4:50
6:15
SID
   BOS
Thu May 27
5:13
4:50
6:15
JH
GEG
   BRR
Fri May 28
5:12
4:50
6:10
BAM/CMM
SID
   RED, VIP, PHD, KSJ
Sat May 29
5:11
4:50
6:10
MBE
GEG
CLB
 MBE                  Also:  OQ visit
Sun May 30
5:10
4:45
6:10
JH
GEG
                             Also:  COA visit
Mon May 31
5:10
4:45
6:10
BAM/CMM
GEG
   FM, RED, CEB, VIP
Tue Jun 1
5:09
4:45
6:10
GEG
SID
    
Wed Jun 2
5:08
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6:10
  
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 Census only
Thu Jun 3
5:08
---
6:10
  
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 Census only
Fri Jun 4
5:07
---
6:10
BAM/CMM
---
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 Census only
Sat Jun 5
5:07
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6:10
SID
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 Census only

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