Ontario Birders,
It was an exhilarating week at Long Point, and we are bracing for more action following an impending storm from the American south. A brief list of highlights from the last week is available on the Long Point Bird Observatory Sightings Board, available here - http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight <http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight&lang=EN> &lang=EN Highlights this week include: BROWN BOOBY, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, CALIFORNIA GULL, and BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE Happy Cave Swallowing, Stu Updates of the birds in the area can be viewed through eBird on LPBO's main web-page www.birdscanada.org/lpbo . Help to contribute to sightings in the Long Point area by submitting your sightings to eBbird at www.ebird.ca or by sharing them with us at [email protected]. The Old Cut Research Station is open to the public every day until November 15. For more information on the research, education, and training programs of LPBO visit us at www.birdscanada.org/lpbo and check out the 2012 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> . ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ 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 including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
