Ontbirds subscribers,
With the passing of Douglas S. Miller at age 100, Ontario loses its birder with
the longest tenure in our province.
With his first birding in the 1920s, by the mid-1930s, 1940s and 1950s Doug's
fingerprints were all over the birding and ornithology scene in the Toronto
Greetings fellow birders:
Just a note that an adult unknown sex Fox sparrow was observed feeding on the
edge of North Road about 300 m north of Beach Line earlier today around 11 am.
Good birding & Happy New Year
Dave at EARTHQUEST
Tel: 226-926-1470
Not surprisingly, birds, and especially birders, have been keeping a low
profile at Presqu'ile Provincial Park this week, most sightings taking
place from inside heated buildings.
Despite extremely cold weather, favourable winds have periodically moved
some of the ice out of the outer parts
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> To: ontbi...@ontbirds.ca
> Subject: Doug Miller
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> Doug Miller passed away at 2 am today in Petrolia, Ontario. Doug was an avid
> birder who will be remembered for his skill and quirky sense of humour.
> During his 100 years, he rarely
Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club
Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec
Compiler: Gregory Zbitnew at sighti...@ofnc.ca
December 28, 2017
There were no real highlights this week, as Ottawa fully settled into
winter. There were 3 local Christmas Bird Counts,
I found a Purple Sandpiper at Colonel Samuel Smith Park late this
afternoon. It was feeding along the south shore, about 100 metres west of
Whimbrel Point. There is heavy ice cover on the shoreline, so there aren't
a lot of exposed rocks.
No luck with the Tufted Duck, but I could see a large
The Pakenham-Arnprior CBC, which took place on December 26, has been held
under that name since 1970 but is actually a continuation of the Pakenham
CBC, which started in 1925, and the Arnprior CBC, which started in 1913.
Thus, coverage of the count area has been ongoing for 104 years. This
year¹s
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