Good afternoon, The final spring installment of the Long Point Bird Observatory sightings board is updated to June 6.
https://www.bsc-eoc.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight Highlights for this last week include White-winged Dove, Laughing Gull, Mississippi Kite, Summr Tanager, Dickcissel. If you enjoyed getting these summaries this spring, please consider showing your support for LPBO by sponsoring any of the Cygnus Crusaders in the Great Canadian Birdathon! https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/bird-studies-canada/p2p/birdathon19/team/lpbo-cygnus-crusaders/#members Visitors should be aware that the New Long Point Provincial Park is closed due to flooding, but there are many other places to bird at Long Point. Explore the Long Point Birding Trail. 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 at the LPBO Shoppe and BSC headquarters. Follow LPBO . @LongPointBirdOb on Twitter, @LPBObs on Facebook, or @longpointbirds on Instagram. LPBO's Old Cut Research Station and Visitor Centre is open to the public during spring and fall migration (from April to mid-June, and early August to mid-November) from 9 a.m. until Noon. LPBO Bird Alert - Contact me off-list if you'd like to join the Long Point Bird Alert Group (requires a mobile phone and WhatsApp) which is the front-line communication tool for birds of interest in the Long Point area. Birds of provincial significance will also be posted to Ontbirds. Good Birding, Stu Director, Migration Ecology Bird Studies Canada PO Box 160, 115 Front Rd. Port Rowan, ON. N0E 1M0 Office: 519-586-3531 x 162 | Mobile: 820-6040 [email protected] ____________________ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
