Co-developed research and monitoring of Bank Swallows

Setting up a mist net along a river bank

Co-developed research on Bank Swallows in Odanak and Kahnawà:ke

Project Overview

Since 2022, Barbara Frei and Ana Morales have been working with biologists and knowledge-holders from the Bureau environnement et terre d’Odanak (BETO; Mziaow8gan ta Aki), and the Kahnawà:ke Environment Protection Office (KEPO). Since this time the team has banded and tagged >200 of the federally listed species-at-risk at natural and human-made breeding colonies. Using the Motus system radio tags, the team has provided critical data from Quebec for a national study to understand the migratory connectivity of the threatened Bank Swallows as they migrate to their wintering ground following breeding. Additional, work led by BETO and KEPO to better understand the species movements (feeding, roosting) to guide the identification, conservation, and monitoring of wetlands under Indigenous stewardship has been supported wherever possible by the Birds&Trees team. Several new Motus towers have been installed in both locations as well.