The 2008 Ontario Bird Records Committee (OBRC) held its annual
meeting at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) on Saturday, 4 April 2009.
New Ontario Species: Barnacle Goose and Mottled Duck were added to
the Ontario Checklist bringing the provincial total to 482 species.
Details of these two new species and other reports will be published
in the 2008 OBRC Report in the August issue of Ontario Birds.
Previous OBRC reports up to 2005 are on the OFO website:
http://www.ofo.ca/obrc/obrc.php#reports
Committee Changes: Two members of the 2008 Committee, Mark Peck and
Jean Iron (Chair), completed their three-year terms. Two new voting
members, Ross James and Glenn Coady, were elected to replace them in
2009. Glenn Coady also accepted to serve as the new OBRC Chair for
the 2009 reporting year. Ian Richards has retired as OBRC Secretary
and was thanked for serving two years. The Committee is pleased to
report that Mark Cranford was elected the new OBRC Secretary for the
2009 reporting year.
The seven voting members of the 2009 OBRC are:
Glenn Coady, Chair
Bill Crins
Rob Dobos
Ross James
Blake Mann
Ron Tozer
Alan Wormington, Assistant Secretary
The two non-voting members are:
Mark Peck, ROM Liaison. OBRC records are housed at the ROM.
Mark Cranford, Secretary
206 - 2437 Hurontario St
Mississauga ON L5A 2G4
Phone: 905-279-9576
Email: mark.cranford AT rogers.com
Please submit reports of Review List Species and Recognizable Forms
observed in Ontario to the Secretary at the email or address above.
See also the OFO website for a report form:
http://www.ofo.ca/obrc/reportform.php
A special thanks to Mark Peck for hosting the annual meeting at the
ROM. Watch for more news about the OBRC in the June issue of OFO News.
Jean Iron
OBRC Chair 2008
Toronto ON
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