Overview
Project Name
Program for Regional and International Shorebird Monitoring
Access Level
By Request
Year started
2014
Dataset
Prairie Shorebird Survey
About
Geographic area covered
Chaplin and Reed Lakes, Saskatchewan
Primary species covered
Shorebirds
Goals
Data collected by staff and volunteers will be used to determine long-term trends in Arctic-breeding shorebirds that utilize stopover locations in the Canadian prairies during migration, in order to guide conservation and management actions.
Methods
Sampling Design
24 point count locations established on Chaplin and Reed Lakes
Field methods
Established point count locations with <200m and 200-500m buffers in which all shorebirds are counted during an unlimited time period. Each point is surveyed once per week during a 4-day survey window from early May to mid-June.
Partners
University of Saskatchewan
Chaplin Nature Center
Citation
Canadian Wildlife Service, University of Saskatchewan, and Chaplin Nature Center. 2025. "Program for Regional and International Shorebird Monitoring". Data accessed from NatureCounts, Birds Canada.
