Mountain Birdwatch 2.0: 2010-2016

Mountain Birdwatch (MBW) 2.0 is a long-term monitoring program for songbirds that breed in highelevation forests of the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Initiated in 2000, as Mountain Birdwatch 1.0, MBW has prepared skilled volunteers to conduct annual surveys along 1-km point-count routes located in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Primary emphasis was placed on Bicknell’s Thrush, a montane-fir specialist that breeds only in the Northeastern U.S. and adjacent portions of Canada. Ten focal species of birds and red squirrel are included in the bird surveys that happen annually in June. The Vermont Center for Ecostudies launched Mountain Birdwatch 2.0 in June of 2010.