Hello Ontbirders!
The February 2010 issue of OFO News should be arriving in mailboxes
shortly. Here's what you'll find in its 16 pages:
1. Pelee Island Birding Guide - Tired of all the people at Point Pelee
in spring? Allen Woodliffe suggests an alternative where the birds are
just as good but the crowds virtually nonexistent.
2. Birdathons Around Ontario - Can't make the drive all the way to
Pelee? Our editors share some of their favourite lesser-known regional
birding destinations.
3. Ontario Field Ornithologists Annual Convention 2009 - Photos from the
October event.
4. Baillie Birdathon update - The results of 2009 and what's planned for
2010
5. The Secret Lives of Birds - The stories behind two recently observed
banded birds: where they grew up, where they are now.
6. Recent Updates: The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World
7. Book Reviews: The Reluctant Twitcher by Richard Pope; and The Curse
of the Labrador Duck by Glen Chilton
8. Birding Festivals Around Ontario - Events celebrating Ontario's
birds: guided walks, events, speakers, and good fun.
9. Photo Quiz - New quiz writer Willie D'Anna guides us through the ID
of an overhead hawk.
10. Carden Alvar Bluebirds 2009 - an update on results from the Carden
nestbox trail.
11. Ron Pittaway - ABA Checklist Committee - Former OFO News editor Ron
Pittaway was recently elected to the committee.
12. OBRC Updated - The latest happenings from the Ontario Bird Records
Committee.
Enclosures:
1. Baillie Birdathon information - Please sponsor our celebrity birder,
Margaret Bain, and help to support OFO!
If anyone has been slow to renew their membership for 2010, or hasn't
yet signed up for one, be sure to do so soon so that you won't miss any
issues of our two publications! Visit the OFO website for a membership
form and more details. www.ofo.ca
Happy birding!
--Seabrooke Leckie
Lead editor, OFO News
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Seabrooke Leckie
Perth, ON
[email protected]
http://www.seabrookeleckie.ca/
http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/
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