Ontbirders, The Long Point Bird Observatory sightings board is updated to August 27 available here:http://www.bsc-eoc.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight
Highlights this period include: Eared Grebe Brown Pelican Piping Plover Buff-breasted Sandpiper California Gull Prairie Warbler Kentucky Warbler Do you want to spend a week at the Tip of Long Point during peak migration? Select this link to learn more. http://www.birdscanada.org/organization/images/news/LPBOexpeditions.pdf The Old Cut Research Station is open to the public every day until November 15. Owl banding will commence in the last week of September. For more information on the research, education, and training programs of LPBO visit us atwww.birdscanada.org/longpoint and check out the2011 LPBO Program Report. If you are birding in the neighbourhood, please send all your noteworthy sightings to [email protected] or submit them to LPBO through E-bird www.ebird.ca. Your best source for information about the birds and birding sites around Long Point can be found in A Birding Guide to the Long Point Area by Ron Ridoutavailable here. Good Birding, Stu ____________________ ____________________ _______________________________________________ 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/

