This posting has been approved by the Ontbirds coordinator.
The spring reporting season for the journal North American Birds (NAB) is now over. This is a plea / request for observers to submit their interesting sightings to local compilers for the period of March 1 to May 31 inclusive. Below is a list of all current, local compilers for Ontario. Please take the time to submit a summary of your significant sightings to these local compilers, for each area you may have visited this past spring. Likely this will take less than 15 minutes of your time, and this exercise will then place your observations into the local permanent archives. Short-term your sightings will be compiled for NAB, longer-term they will be used for additional purposes such as regional checklists or regional publications (examples of such include those recently published for Niagara and Hamilton). Also, sightings are often published in local newsletters. LOCAL ONTARIO COMPILERS: Pelee Island ------------------ Graeme Gibson ----- graeme.gibson at peleeisland.org Chatham-Kent Region; ---- Blake Mann ---------- boatmann at kent.net and Lambton County Middlesex County ----------- Pete Read ----------- psread at xplornet.com Long Point Area ------------- Stu Mackenzie ------ s_a_mackenzie at yahoo.ca Niagara Region -------------- Marcie Jacklin ------ mjacklin at brocku.ca Stratford Area ---------------- Marilyn Ohler -------- mohler3 at sympatico.ca Oxford County --------------- James Holdsworth -- jmholdsworth at rogers.com Waterloo Region; ----------- Ken Burrell ----------- kenard89 at hotmail.com and Wellington County Hamilton Study Area ------- Rob Dobos ----------- rdobos at cogeco.ca Greater Toronto Area ------ Roy Smith ------------ rsmith at mrs.com Northumberland Co. -------- Clive Goodwin ------ clivegoodwin at sympatico.ca Presqu'ile Park --------------- Maureen Riggs ----- mriggs at sympatico.ca Kingston Birding Area ------ Ron Weir ------------- weir-r at rmc.ca Eastern Ontario -------------- Brian Morin ---------- Brian.Morin at pc.gc.ca Ottawa Birding Area -------- Christina Lewis ----- hagenius at primus.ca Kawartha Lakes ------------- Dan Bone ------------ dan.bone at xplornet.com Grey / Bruce counties ------ James Turland ----- jaturland at gmail.com Bruce Peninsula B.O. ------ Stephane Menu ---- stefmenu at gmail.com Muskoka District ------------- Barbara Taylor ----- muskoka_birder at hotmail.com Algonquin Park --------------- Ron Tozer ----------- rtozer at vianet.on.ca North Bay Area; and -------- Martin Parker ------- mparker19 at cogeco.ca Parry Sound District (Highway #11 corridor only) Manitoulin District; ----------- Chris Bell ------------ cbell at amtelecom.net and Sudbury District Sault Ste. Marie -------------- Kirk Zufelt ------------ zufelt_k at shaw.ca Rainy River District ---------- Dave Elder ---------- mdelder at shaw.ca Dryden Area ------------------- Carolle Eady -------- tceady at drytel.net Thunder Bay District -------- Brian Ratcliff -------- bratcliff at tbaytel.net Thunder Cape B.O. --------- John Woodcock ---- johntbaywoodcock at hotmail.com Hilliardton B.O. --------------- Bruce Murphy ------- bruce.murphy at dsbl.edu.on.ca Hudson Bay Lowlands ----- Don Sutherland ----- donald.sutherland at ontario.ca (excluding Moosonee) Point Pelee; and ------------- Alan Wormington --- wormington at juno.com Southern James Bay (including Moosonee) Ontario E-Bird ----------------- Mike Burrell --------- mike.burrell.on at gmail.com NON-REPORTING AREAS: Essex County (excluding Point Pelee and Pelee Island) Elgin County Durham Region Prince Edward County (excluding Prince Edward Point) Renfrew County Peterborough County Haliburton County Simcoe County Huron County Parry Sound District (excluding Highway # 11 corridor) Timiskaming District Cochrane District (excluding Southern James Bay; Moosonee) Kenora District (excluding Dryden and Hudson Bay Lowlands) For Non-Reporting Areas, significant sightings can be sent directly to myself at: wormington at juno.com E-Bird Data: Please note that many local compilers do NOT glean data from E-Bird for a number of reason. First, it is extremely time-consuming. Also, entries often lack required information such as first and last observation dates, who found the bird, plumage details, and correct locations. This is precisely why local compilers would like to receive a SUMMARY of your significant spring sightings --- for clarity. North American Birds is published four times a year by the American Birding Association and contains seasonal sightings / summaries for all regions of North America. The Ontario section consists of a very detailed account, which presents a summary of sightings from across the entire province. Numerous photos of various rarities are also included. Ontario seasonal reports have been published since 1947, and these contain a wealth of historical information on the birdlife of our great province. More information about North American Birds can be found here: http://www.aba.org/nab/ Many thanks to those who consistently contribute their sightings. Alan Wormington, NAB Ontario Regional Editor (Spring Season) . ____________________________________________________________ 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4fcd1962b6d0321381bst01duc _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
