This post is approved by the OntBirds co-ordinator. I, likewise, was going to post about the excellent recent issue of North American Bird (NAB) with considerable Ontario content, but Margaret beat me to it with her message dated October 28.
Some additional comments in addition to what Margaret has already covered: Every issue also includes an extensive collection of superb photos of various rarities from across the continent; Ontario is often allocated 12-14+ photos per issue. Each issue covers a single season and the Ontario editors are as follows: Winter (December 1 to February 28) -- Blake Mann Spring (March 1 to May 31) -- Alan Wormington Summer (June 1 to July 31) -- Bill Crins Fall (August 1 to November 30) -- Margaret Bain The Ontario report is based on sightings gathered by a network of regional compilers from across the entire province. These local compilations near-term are used for such projects as North American Birds. Longer-term they are used for a myriad of other projects, including regional bird books the most recent being those published for Niagara (2010) and Hamilton (2206) and others in the works. Thus providing sightings to your local compiler ensures that they will be included in various projects. Anyone needing to know who their area compiler might be can contact either myself of Margaret Bain. My apologies to those that have already asked but I failed to reply .... I'm working on it (my computer crashed recently). Back to North American Birds. The excellence of this publication can not be overstated. As for cost, it is excellent value for the money. Subscription info can be found here: http://www.aba.org/nab/ A further description of the journal, written by Ned Brinkley the Editor of North American Birds, can be found here: http://blog.aba.org/2011/10/north-american-birds-65.html The above passage includes a cover scan of the recent (winter) issue, depicting a "Hornemanns" Hoary Redpoll photographed by our very own Brandon R. Holden. Alan Wormington Leamington, Ontario ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 3000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4eba830525d189b54em02duc
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