[Ontbirds] Ontario Winter List 2019-2020- Early Feb. Update

2020-02-02 Thread Todd Hagedorn via ONTBIRDS
Hello Ontario Birders, Hope everyone is enjoying the winter listing season. I wanted to update people about how the Ontario Winter List is shaping out for 2019-2020. The current list total sits at a cool 200. To give some perspective the final 2018-2019 List was 203, and the final 2017-2018 list

[Ontbirds] Probable Gyrfalcon - Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary, Essex County

2020-02-02 Thread Jeremy Hatt via ONTBIRDS
Getting the word out that I had a probable Gyrfalcon at Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary north of Kingsville. It has made two passes hunting the waterfowl here but I haven’t seen it again since. Hoping it makes another pass. I got video w/ my phone and I’ve sent screenshots around for comment and

[Ontbirds] Happy Word Wetlands Day

2020-02-02 Thread Kathy Jones via ONTBIRDS
Happy World Wetlands Day! [posted with permission from the Ontbirds Coordinator] Today we are celebrating World Wetlands Day. This year's theme is WETLAND BIODIVERSITY: WHY IT MATTERS. The goal is to share and raise awareness of the importance of wetlands to biodiversity. Wetlands support a