Group photo of our team (2024)
Current Team
MBO Director
Barbara Frei
Bander in Chief
Shawna Sévigny
Coordinator and Bander
Cindy Bouchard
MBO Assistant Director
Simon Duval
Owl Bander
Lauriane Nault
Master Permit Holder
Marcel Gahbauer
Our students
Master Student
Anne-Marie Cousineau
She is studying how Northern Cardinals move across green spaces in Montréal during the winter season.
Honor Student
Nathanya Goudreau
Using historical banding data from the McGill Bird Observatory and the Tadoussac Bird Observatory, she is investigating wing length and body mass trends of short- and long-distance migrants in passerines
Our Volunteers
Our work wouldn’t be possible without them. Passionate, dedicated, and meticulous, our volunteers are the backbone of everything we do. They are out in the field at dawn, extracting birds from nets, and sometimes working late into the night during owl migration season. They help clean and maintain the site, tend to vegetation and trails, fill feeders in winter, represent us at events, lead guided tours, and even sew bird bags by hand.
We are incredibly grateful for this amazing team of volunteers who make our mission possible.
Group photo of our volunteers (2023)
3 345
Total volunteer hours contributed last year !
Past contributors
MBO Director
Gayle McDougall
Master Student
Ana Morales
Master Student
Vanessa Poirier
Master Student
Anne-Marie Cousineau