I think what is probably important to note is that we have about 100,000 Canadians who have contributed data to many of the citizen science surveys, and this could include many of the farmers in the context of monitoring birds. We use bird surveys because they're effective indicators of environmental health. Birds occupy every habitat, and they are relatively easy to survey.
We can expand on some of these findings, which many Canadians over 50 years have contributed to, by tracking and monitoring populations of migratory birds with importance across Canada.