Hudson Bay and James Bay Index

Adult Whimbrel at North Point on James Bay on 10 August 2015

 

2018

James Bay Shorebird Project 31 July to 13 August 2018 - 10 pages of videos and photos

 

Map of Southern James Bay Shorebird Camps in 2018

 

2017

James Bay Shorebird Surveys at Longridge Point - 6 pages of photos and videos - 30 July to 14 August 2017

 

Map of Southern James Bay Shorebird Camps in 2017

 

2016

James Bay Shorebirds 2016 - 7 pages of photos & videos - 30 July to 12 August.

 

2015

James Bay Shorebird Surveys at North Point - 6 pages - 31 July to 14 August 2015

 

See 2014 movements of nano-tagged White-rumped and Semipalmated Sandpipers here: www.motus-wts.org - click on explore data - view tracks. One map for White-rumped Sandpipers and Semipalmated Sandpipers during their fall migration between James Bay stopover sites and the East Coast, and another for Red Knots moving from the East Coast to Hudson Bay coast and Nunavut during the spring migration and coming back during the fall migration. See also map of receiver tower locations:

http://motus-wts.org/data/receivermap.jsp  Stu Mackenzie provided this info.

 

Map of 2015 Southern James Bay Shorebird Camps. I was at North Point.

 

2014

James Bay Shorebird Surveys at Little Piskwamish - 5 pages - 30 July to 13 August 2014

 

Western James Bay Map of Shorebird Camps in 2014. I was at Little Piskwamish.

 

2013

James Bay Shorebird Surveys at Hannah Bay 16 to 30 July 2013

 

Southern James Bay Map  

 

Shorebirds and Climate Change - article in June 2013 OFO News

 

Ontario Shorebird Conservation Plan

 

Shorebird Population Estimates 2012

 

2012

James Bay, Longridge Point, Ontario, Red Knot and Shorebird Surveys - 5 pages of photos and videos - 30 July to 31 August 2012

 

James Bay 2012 Map

 

Hudson Bay, Burntpoint Camp in Polar Bear Provincial Park, 22 June-18 July 2012

 

Burntpoint Camp 2012 Map

 

2011

James Bay Red Knot and Shorebird Surveys. 16 July to 14 August 2011. 8 pages of photos of Red Knots, shorebirds, other birds, butterflies, toads, mammals & crew.

 

James Bay Map 2011 North Point

 

Volunteering for Bird Conservation on James Bay - Article in OFO News Vol 29(1):1-3, February 2011

 

2010

James Bay Red Knot and Shorebird Surveys 14 July to 17 August 2010. 6 Pages of photos of Red Knots, shorebirds, other birds, mammals & crew.

 

Don Sutherland took this photo of me, Jean Iron, with the well-developed shelf cloud beneath that massive thunderstorm at Longridge on James Bay, 31 July 2010. Intense thunderstorms are frequent in summer on James Bay as heat builds up on the Hudson Bay Lowlands.

 

2009

James Bay Shorebird and Red Knot Surveys, Ontario. 6 photo pages of Red Knots, shorebirds, sparrows, other birds and mammals. This was the first year of the James Bay Shorebird Project.

 

2008

Shorebirds and Polar Bears of Akimiski Island, James Bay, Nunavut, Canada Part 2 1-25 August 2008

 

Akimiski Island, James Bay, Nunavut, Canada Part 1  from 22 May to 11 June 2008

 

2006

Akimiski Island in James Bay Three pages of photos of goose research and shorebirds from 24 May to 9 June 2006.

 

2005

James Bay Page 1,  James Bay Page 2. Two pages of James Bay shorebirds and sparrows from 1 - 9 August 2005. 

 

2003

Polar Bear Provincial Park on the Ontario coast of Hudson Bay in July-August 2003.

 

2002

This was my first year in Polar Bear Provincial Park n the Ontario coast of Hudson Bay in July-August 2002, however it was pre-digital photography - slides and prints only. I fell in love with the Hudson Bay Lowlands.