Good afternoon, The Long Point Bird Observatory sightings board is updated to August 30. https://www.bsc-eoc.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight
Highlights this week include: Long Point’s second Prairie Falcon observed on August 24, and a massive swallow roost exceeding 100,000 individuals at Big Creek National Wildlife Area. 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 smacken...@birdscanada.org ____________________ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
