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Did you know that Ontbirds is a service that is provided by Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO)? Ontbirds would not exist without the financing, support and coordination of OFO. You can help support Ontbirds by becoming a member of OFO. If you already are a member please renew soon since annual membership ends on December 31st. You can join or renew at http://member.ofo.ca/ As an OFO member you: - will receive OFO publications Ontario Birds and OFO News, each published three times a year, see back issues at http://www.ofo.ca/site/Library&ob - can attend over 50 OFO field trips a year, see our upcoming field trips at http://www.ofo.ca/site/Tripsupcoming - can attend our Annual Convention with three days of field trips and social gatherings, see information about this and next years convention at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/convention.programs - can attend our annual early winter Gull Weekend workshop and field trip at Niagara - can help OFO promote birding, and bird and bird habitat conservation - can help OFO promote birding ethics for birders, birdwatchers and bird photographers, see OFO Code of Ethics at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/aboutus.ethics OFO is made up of people of various birding expertise and experience levels who share a common passion for birds and birding. OFO's Goals are: To promote the appreciation of Ontario’s avifauna. To disseminate information relating to the status, identification, distribution, ecology and behaviour of Ontario’s avifauna. To encourage field studies of Ontario’s avifauna. To adjudicate records of rare birds and to maintain an official list of Ontario birds. To promote conservation in Ontario. To provide opportunities for young birders to develop their field skills and to develop friendships with other young birders. Check out our web site http://www.ofo.ca/ and join us on Facebook www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists/ Lynne Freeman Bob Cermak OFO President OFO Vice President _______________________________________________ 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
