Ontario Whip-poor-will Project

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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.

Project complete. No update anticipated.

Ontario-wide, though most effort and most records from southern Ontario.

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.