Point Pelee Natural History News -- Volume 3, Number 3 (Fall 2003) This new issue (16 pages) is currently at the printer and will be available next week. Information on subscribing is at the bottom of this posting.
This issue contains the following: ARTICLES: POINT PELEE MEMORIES: 1956 to 1999 William A. Martin [Bill provides insights, viewpoints, anecdotes, short stories, etc., covering his annual birding pilgrimages to Point Pelee over the past 40+ years] NOTEWORTHY BIRD RECORDS: JUNE to AUGUST 2003 -- Alan Wormington [A total of 4 pages detailing three months of observations, including such rarities as Black Vulture, Piping Plover, Franklins Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Sabines Gull, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Chuck-wills-widow and Eurasian Tree Sparrow] POINT PELEE BUTTERFLY COUNT: AUGUST 9, 2003 Sarah E. Rupert [28 counters found 43 species and 6229 individuals; new species for the count were Pipevine Swallowtail, Wild Indigo Dusky-Wing and Long Dash] RECORD-LATE WARBLERS AT POINT PELEE: SPRING 2003 Alan Wormington [Nashville, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Palm and Wilsons warblers were all found on record-late dates during the spring of 2003, details of which are included; an overview of previous late occurrences is also provided.] IN THE FIELD: Lake Chubsucker: Still Present in Pelee Marsh Bull Frog: Still Present in Pelee Marsh More Black Witches at Point Pelee: Summer 2003 Eurasian Tree Sparrow: Second Record for Point Pelee Record-Late Carolina Wren Nest for Point Pelee NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS: W.E. Saunders Birding Odyssey: September 6, 2003 OFO Annual Meeting (2003) held at Leamington New Publication on Pelee Island UPCOMING EVENTS and OUTINGS: November 2003 December 2003 ILLUSTRATIONS: Included with the articles and notes described above is a total of 15 photographs. 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] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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] ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Alan Wormington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
