Birders Over the next few weeks active birders across Southern Ontario will be adding over a hundred new birds to their annual lists. It is always an exciting time. Reporting to Ontbirds can be part of the experience. We surely need some flavour of the migration but with over 2000 potential reporters and millions of birds too many messages and too much detail may be more than we can handle.
Please when reporting birds that regularly occur in Ontbirds focus on what makes your report of interest to other birders. First of the season birds should be really early. Complete lists of birds seen probably belong elsewhere (eBird or the bird records compiler at your local nature club come to mind). As always we are looking for rare birds. When reporting special birds please follow our posting guidelines (link is at the bottom of this and every post to Ontbirds). If you include a link to a map or website also include text directions. Include a recognizable location as well as the species name in the subject headers. Remember reports are expected to conform to ethical birding principles. <http://www.ofo.ca/aboutus/ethics.php>. This time of year extra care should be followed when reporting breeding birds especially species of special concern. If after reviewing our posting guidelines you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me. It may take me a bit of time to respond but I will. If you don't get a response check your junk mail filters and email me again. Mark Cranford ONTBIRDS Coordinator Mississauga, Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 279 9576 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
