Background information

Southern Ontario Waterfowl Plot Survey

In southern Ontario, a plot survey was initiated in 1971 to monitor the status and trends of breeding waterfowl populations and their habitat. Surveys are primarily ground-based, but some remote locations are surveyed by helicopter. The survey consists of 351 plots, each 0.64 km2 in area. Data from this survey have been important in monitoring the population of temperate breeding Canada Geese in southern Ontario.