POINT PELEE NATURAL HISTORY NEWS Volume 2, Number 4 (Winter 2002) is now at the printer and will be available early next week.
Information on subscribing is at the bottom of this posting. This new issue (16 pages) contains the following: ARTICLES: ANOTHER CAVE SWALLOW INVASION: THE FALL OF 2002 Alan Wormington [Details are presented on the ten birds that occurred in Ontario during November; also included is a summary of the 200+ birds recorded along the Atlantic Coast from Connecticut to Florida, and a comparison of the 1999 and 2002 invasions] NOTEWORTHY BIRD RECORDS: SEPTEMBER to NOVEMBER 2002 Alan Wormington [a total of 4 ½ pages detailing such species as Eared Grebe, Brown Pelican, Cattle Egret, King Eider, King Rail, Red Phalarope, Pomarine Jaeger and Cave Swallow.] VERMILION FLYCATCHER: NEW TO POINT PELEE David R. Don [An account on the discovery of a Vermilion Flycatcher at Point Pelee on May 7, 2002, only the fourth to be recorded in Ontario.] MID-WINTER BIRDING AT POINT PELEE: IN SEARCH OF WATER Alan Wormington [Birds associated with water can be difficult to find at Point Pelee in mid-winter; this article describes 11 locations in addition to Lake Erie where areas of unfrozen water can be found] POINT PELEE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT: DECEMBER 16, 2002 Sarah Rupert [51 observers found 83 species and 32,799 individuals; no new species were recorded, but new record-high counts were tallied for Bald Eagle, Sharp-shinned Hawk and American Crow.] IN THE FIELD: Tropical Kingbird at Erieau: New to Ontario Massive American Pipit Migration: November 5, 2002 A Late Silver-haired Bat at Point Pelee ILLUSTRATIONS: Included with the articles as described above are a total of eight photographs, two maps and two drawings. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ALAN WORMINGTON, Editor POINT PELEE NATURAL HISTORY NEWS e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB PAGE: http://www.wincom.net/~fopp/Natural_History_News.htm [includes an index for past issues] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada: CAN $20 (one year) or $40 (two years) International: US $20 (one year) or $40 (two years) BACK ISSUES (postage paid): Volume 1 (2001) $15 Volume 2 (2002) $15 Send payment and e-mail address (optional) to: The Friends of Point Pelee 1118 Point Pelee Drive Leamington, Ontario Canada N8H 3V4 Friends of Point Pelee e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com Alan Wormington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
