Posted with permission of ONTBIRDS Coordinator: WELCOME TO JOURNEY NORTH 2013 – OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY Hello all: We are all excited with the arrival of new migrant bird species into Ontario, and Journey North is very grateful to those ONTBIRDERS who have so generously contributed their “first sightings” to this award winning internet-based science program followed by about 800,000 students across Canada and the U.S.A. Journey North is also a location where you can report those common species sightings that are generally not reported to ONTBIRDS, including first sightings of: Hummingbird Loon Monarch Butterfly Oriole Red-winged Blackbird Barn Swallow Other Signs of Spring As always, you must register your email address here to post your sightings directly to Journey North: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ . Once you have received your password, you are on your way! New for 2013, is a free “app” for your mobile phone: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/mobile/ Thank you
Also, free lecture - Friday, March 22, 2013 - LeVan Hall Theatre, Trinity College School, Port Hope - 7:30 pm - OPERATION MIGRATION - Dedicated ultralight pilots lead endangered Whooping Cranes to new Florida wintering grounds. See: http://www.willowbeachfieldnaturalists.org/news_events.htm Don Davis Toronto, Ontario, Canada _______________________________________________ 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/
