Ontbirders,
The Long Point Bird Observatory sightings board is updated to October 4. Visit http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight <http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight&lang=EN> &lang=EN to find a synopsis of the migration over the past week and detailed accounts and pictures of some of the highlights which include Long Point's first Sage Thrasher observed at the Tip on September 30 and October 1; a Western Kingbird at the Tip October 1, and a Franklin's Gull at the Tip September 26. A live stream of birds found in the Long Point area is available on LPBO's home page - www.birdscanada.org/lpbo . Help contribute to sightings in the Long Point area by submitting your sightings to E-bird www.ebird.ca. The Old Cut Research Station is open to the public every day until November 15. Visitors are also welcome to enjoy Northern Saw-whet Owl monitoring on fair weather nights starting one hour after sunset. For more information on the research, education, and training programs of LPBO visit us at www.birdscanada.org/longpoint and check out the 2011 LPBO Program Report <http://www.bsc-eoc.org/library/LPBOreport.pdf> . 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 Ridout available here <http://www.birdscanada.org/shopping/shop.jsp> . If you wish to become a member or support the ongoing work of LPBO, click here <http://www.birdscanada.org/shopping/membership.jsp?lang=EN> to donate or become a member. Good birding, Stu ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ Stuart A. Mackenzie LPBO Program Coordinator Long Point Bird Observatory - Bird Studies Canada/Etudes d'Oiseaux Canada PO Box 160, 115 Front Rd. Port Rowan, Ontario. N0E 1M0. (519)-586-3531 X 162(office), X 200 or X 201 (Old Cut Research Station), Fax:586-3532, Mobile:820-6040 [email protected] <http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint> www.birdscanada.org/longpoint <http://www.facebook.com/longpointbirdobservatory> www.facebook.com/longpointbirdobservatory <https://www.gifttool.com/athon/OurTeamPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&TID=11231> Support LPBO by sponsoring us in the Baillie Birdathon!!! click here. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas Edison- _______________________________________________ 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/
