Canadian Migration Monitoring Network: Resources

Standardizing migration monitoring at your CMMN station (video) – Why standard protocols matter

CMMN Migration Monitoring Data put to work (video) – CMMN’s feather studies help determine migration routes

Member Resources

CMMN Membership Memorandum of Agreement (pdf) – Signing the MOU is the last step in becoming a member station, but should be read early in the process to ensure that applicants understand the rights and responsibilities they will be committing to.

Protocol Guidelines (pdf) – A key requirement for membership is to write an operations protocol that fully describes how data are collected; a resource both for participants and for users of the data. This can be a big job when started from scratch, but the template and advice in this document makes it a lot simpler. Check Current Protocols of member stations for examples of finished products.

CMMN Habitat Assessment Instructions (pdf) – As described in the protocol guidelines, CMMN member stations are required to schedule photographic records of the habitat in the study area, and participants in the Trend Monitoring Program are strongly encouraged to periodically do a more formal assessment of habitat structure. This document gives full instructions.

CMMN Habitat Assessment – Data Form (spreadsheet download) – This form summarizes Habitat Assessment data and is used to report results to Birds Canada.

DET Software v2.1 (spreadsheet download) and DET Software instructions (pdf) – CMMN members commit to submitting their data to Birds Canada annually using this software, designed specifically for easy transmittal of data to the file format used for archiving and distributing data via NatureCounts. The accompanying manual explains modifications the user can make to accommodate their own data-collection methods.