Overview
Project Name
Ontario Whip-poor-will Project
Access Level
Open
Year started
2009
Year Ended
2013
Dataset
Ontario Whip-poor-will Project
About
Dataset summary
Breeding season data on audio detections (positive and negative data) of Eastern Whip-poor-will collected by volunteers doing roadside surveys. Most routes were based on Ontario Nocturnal Owl Survey routes but some routes based on Breeding Bird Survey and some custom routes. Surveys run at dusk under moonlit conditions at height of breeding season (optimal detectability). Point count duration 3 or 6 minutes. The Ontario Whip-poor-will Project ran from 2010 to 2012 but data set includes additional roadside data collected between 2009 and 2013.
Season(s) and frequency
Project complete. No update anticipated.
Geographic area covered
Ontario-wide, though most effort and most records from southern Ontario.
Goals
Increase understanding of the current breeding distribution of Species at Risk in Ontario and Canada. The Ontario Whip-poor-will Project was launched in 2010 to investigate where in Ontario whip-poor-wills still occur.
Methods
QA/QC
Coordinates added manually (e.g. from Ontario Nocturnal Owl Survey stop coordinates in paper files at BSC HQ) if not provided by surveyor. Coordinates plotted to check for transcription errors.
Partners
Citation
Birds Canada. 2025. "Ontario Whip-poor-will Project". Data accessed from NatureCounts, Birds Canada. 10.71842/jcf0-1f77
