[Ontbirds] American White Pelican - Iroquois Falls

2019-07-04 Thread Roxane Filion via ONTBIRDS
There is 1 American White Pelican currently on Abitibi River in Iroquois Falls (Cochrane District) in Northern Ontario. It was found by Dwayne Hill this morning and we were just able to relocate it late afternoon. It is on the rocks on the shore of Abitibi River with a group of Double-crested

Re: [Ontbirds] Fw: [GeneseeBirds-L] Survey comparison of bird watchers and duck hunters

2019-07-04 Thread Dean Ware via ONTBIRDS
Kayo- Many Birders may not know this but if they go to their local Canada Post office and purchase a "Duck Stamp" these monies go directly to Marsh habitat. Best investment for only $20 bucks and you get a collector's stamp which we have seen increases in value. Win win! Cheers, Dean J Ware

[Ontbirds] Ottawa/ Gatineau: recent sightings to July 4, 2019

2019-07-04 Thread Gregory Zbitnew via ONTBIRDS
Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler: Gregory Zbitnew at sighti...@ofnc.ca July 4, 2019 There were no real highlights this week. Like last week, the summer doldrums continue. That is, bird activity has been static,

Re: [Ontbirds] Fw: [GeneseeBirds-L] Survey comparison of bird watchers and duck hunters

2019-07-04 Thread Dean Ware via ONTBIRDS
Hi Kayo, Was there not a study done years ago by the Sierra club international which suggests if Birders, Environmentalists, Hunters and Anglers joined forces that this make up 60 % of the voting population? Cheers, Dean J Ware deanwa...@gmail.com On Thu., Jul. 4, 2019, 1:10 p.m. Kayo Roy

Re: [Ontbirds] Fw: [GeneseeBirds-L] Survey comparison of bird watchers and duck hunters

2019-07-04 Thread ROBERT FORSTER via ONTBIRDS
Duck and other wildfowl hunters fund almost 100% (probably 99.5%) of the conservation efforts in North America and are almost the only effective lobbyists as well, so there's another difference or two there. R On Thursday, July 4, 2019, 01:10:10 p.m. EDT, Kayo Roy via ONTBIRDS wrote:

[Ontbirds] Fw: [GeneseeBirds-L] Survey comparison of bird watchers and duck hunters

2019-07-04 Thread Kayo Roy via ONTBIRDS
As a subscriber to GeneseeBirds I received this message posted by Lynn Braband of Cornell University that may be of interest to Ontbird members. The message contains a link to a survey comparing birders and hunters. The survey contains a fair bit of detail about Canadian birders. Here is the