**The following is posted with permission from the Ontbirds Coordinator** The Fall reporting season for the journal North American Birds (NAB) ends today. This is a request for observers to submit their interesting/significant sightings to local compilers for the period of August 1 to November 30 inclusive.
Below is a list of all current, local compilers for Ontario. Please take the time to send these compilers a short list of your significant sightings, for each area you may have visited this fall. This exercise will place your observations into the permanent local archives. Short-term your sightings will be compiled for NAB. Longer-term they will be archived for additional purposes such as regional checklists or regional publications (examples of such include those recently published for Niagara and Hamilton). Also, many sightings are published in local newsletters and/or Annual Reports. LOCAL ONTARIO COMPILERS: Pelee Island: Graeme Gibson -- [email protected] Chatham-Kent and Lambton County: Blake Mann -- [email protected] Middlesex County: Pete Read -- [email protected] Long Point Checklist Area: Stu Mackenzie -- [email protected] Haldimand County: Ron Ridout -- [email protected] Niagara Region: Marcie Jacklin -- [email protected] Oxford County: James Holdsworth -- [email protected] Waterloo Region and Wellington County: Ken Burrell -- [email protected] Hamilton Study Area: Len Manning – [email protected] Metro Toronto: Dave Worthington – [email protected] Peel Region: Mark Cranford – [email protected] York Region: Bruce Brydon – [email protected] Durham Region: Brandon McWalters – [email protected] Northumberland County: Clive Goodwin -- [email protected] Presqu'ile Provincial Park: Maureen Riggs -- [email protected] Prince Edward County: Terry Sprague -- [email protected] Kingston Birding Area: Mark D. Read -- [email protected] Eastern Ontario: Brian Morin -- [email protected] Ottawa Birding Area: Gregory Zbitnew -- [email protected] Peterborough County: Martin Parker -- [email protected] Kawartha Lakes: Martha Miller -- [email protected] Grey and Bruce counties: James Turland -- [email protected] Muskoka District: Barbara Taylor -- [email protected] Algonquin Provincial Park: Ron Tozer -- [email protected] Manitoulin District: Chris Bell -- [email protected] North Bay: Renee Levesque – [email protected] Sudbury District: John Lemon -- [email protected] Sault Ste. Marie Area: Kirk Zufelt -- [email protected] Rainy River District: Dave Elder -- [email protected] Dryden Area: Carolle Eady -- [email protected] Thunder Bay District: Brian Ratcliff -- [email protected] Thunder Cape Bird Observatory: Rinchen Boardman -- [email protected] Point Pelee Birding Area and Southern James Bay: Alan Wormington -- [email protected] eBird: Mike Burrell -- [email protected] NON-REPORTING AREAS: Essex County (excluding Point Pelee and Pelee Island) Elgin County Renfrew County Haliburton County Simcoe County Huron County Parry Sound District Timiskaming District Cochrane District (excluding Moosonee Area and Southern James Bay) Hudson Bay Lowlands (excluding Southern James Bay) Kenora District (excluding Dryden Area) For Non-Reporting Areas, significant sightings can be sent directly to me, as I will be compiling and writing the Fall Season Report for North American Birds: [email protected] eBird Data: If you have already submitted your sightings to eBird then you are ahead of the curve since that means all of your records (not just interesting/significant ones) are permanently archived, backed-up and freely accessible to all researchers, local compilers, birders, and anyone else with an interest in bird records. However, please note that many NAB compilers do not take full advantage of this excellent resource. Contacting NAB compilers directly allows them to more easily request additional details from you and/or clarify records. North American Birds is published four times a year by the American Birding Association and contains seasonal sightings/summaries for all regions of North America. The Ontario section consists of a very detailed account, which presents a summary of sightings from across the entire province. Numerous photos of various rarities are also included. Ontario seasonal reports have been published continuously since 1947, and these contain a wealth of historical information on the bird life of our great province. More information about North American Birds, and how to subscribe, can be found here: http://www.aba.org/nab/ Many thanks to those who consistently contribute their sightings. Mike Burrell, NAB Ontario Regional Editor (Fall Season) [email protected] http://mikeburrell.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
