Maine Owl Monitoring Program

2008 MOMP SURVEYS UNDERWAY!

The field season for winter owl surveys started on March 9th and continues through April 14th. MOMP volunteers survey established roadside routes from 1 to 5 a.m. one night during the survey period. Volunteers use a CD player to broadcast owl calls and listen for responses during each of 10 13-minute surveys.

Locations of open routes are listed below. If you would like to sign up for a route, please e-mail Becca Wilson at bwilson@maineaudubon.org with your mailing address and your choice of route locations. She will mail you all the materials you need to get started, including a map of the route and written descriptions of the ten survey stops.

Available routes are:  Deblois, Willamantic, Medway, Molunkus, Clayton Lake West and Clayton Lake East

2008 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.