Dear Ontbirders,
The Winter 2013 Long Point Bird Observatory E-news is now available online - http://www.birdscanada.org/download/LPBOenews.pdf. Inside you'll find a summary of the Fall Migration Monitoring season, Noteworthy Sightings from July 1 to December 31, a summary of the Long Point Christmas Bird Count, and with other updates from LPBO. Tundra Swans are still numerous in the Long Point area, but their numbers have been gradually subsiding. The recent Greater White-fronted and Snow Goose have not been observed since last weekend, but a pair of Cackling Geese was observed at Lee Brown's Waterfowl Management area on March 23. Waterfowl numbers are quite impressive in the Long Point area with about 10,000 individuals of 20 species on the Inner Bay and surrounding wetlands. Passerine migration has been slow, but a Field Sparrow was observed at the Old Cut Research Station feeders on March 19 and two American Pipits were at the Port Rowan Wetland (sewage lagoons) on March 23. Blackbird and grackle numbers have been increasing daily and are now regularly accompanied by a few Rusty Blackbirds. Starting in the first week of April you can read weekly updates about bird migration and noteworthy sightings in the Long Point on the LPBO sightings board, available on the LPBO webpage - www.birdscanada.org/lpbo. We look forward to seeing you around Long Point this spring. 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 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint> www.birdscanada.org/lpbo <http://www.facebook.com/longpointbirdobservatory> www.facebook.com/lpbobs Support LPBO by sponsoring the Cygnus Crusaders in the Baillie Birdathon (click here <http://birdscanada.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=1048292 &lis=1&kntae1048292=4A58E57408AF4A669B09CEF1FB4ECB42&team=5403459> ). _______________________________________________ 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/
