Maine Owl Monitoring Program

2010 MOMP Survey

Maine Owl Monitors,

Welcome to 2010! We hope that you have a wonderful new year.

The Maine Owl Monitoring Program (MOMP) is set for the 2010 survey season. The sampling window will be

5 March 2010 until 12 April 2010. We are planning a full survey season and hope that you will again participate. You may see additional electronic notices as we encourage veteran and novice owlers across the state to participate again following the transitions during 2009.

We expect to revive the effort built since 2004 in MOMP, to recruit new monitors in regions of Maine poorly sampled for owls in previous years, to offer basic training for new participants, and to provide opportunities for seasoned owlers to record additional data or to try electronic monitoring.

Your data for the 2009 season is still in process, but we determined that owls again maintained typical distribution across Maine during 2009.

I will again act as MOMP coordinator, so please send communications to me at any of the contacts noted below.

Best wishes for the new year, good listening, and anticipate an exciting owl monitoring season,

Dave Potter

Maine Owl Monitoring Program Coordinator Unity College in Maine 90 Quaker Hill Road Unity ME 04988
tel: 207 948-3131 ext 330
e-mail: dpotter@unity.edu

Survey Materials for MOMP Volunteers

Almost everything a volunteer needs to conduct an owl survey is available here, from datasheets to the survey protocol and all other supporting materials. MORE

2007 MOMP Field Season Summary

Last year, more than 110 volunteers went out on 84 MOMP routes across the state on cold spring nights to listen for owls. This is more routes than we've had in the past, though fewer owls (404) were detected during the season. A change in protocol that included Long-eared Owl playbacks yielded 15 detections for this species, many more than in previous years of MOMP. Read full 2007 Results here.