Posted with permission of Ontbirds Coordinator:
There is a program to which you can post your first spring sightings of non-rare bird species: 17th Journey North (www.learner.org/jnorth). According to Joe Duff of Operation Migration, recently speaking in Toronto (Journey North follows the eastern Whooping Crane migrations), about 1.6 million students in Canada and U.S.A. now follow the arrival of spring across North America using data provided by generous contributors such as Ontbirders. Target species for which data would be appreciated include: American Robins– first sighting, first wave seen Barn Swallow – first sighting Frogs – first heard singing Hummingbirds– feeder up, first sighting Loon – first sighting Monarch Butterfly– first sighting, first egg, first larva Oriole – feeder up, first sighting, first nest building Red-winged Blackbird – first sighting Othersigns of spring (i.e. Eastern Comma and Mourning Cloak butterflies seen across Ontario in recent days) PLEASE DO NOT POST THESE SIGHTINGS TO ONTBIRDS. PLEASE REGISTER AND REPORT SIGHTINGS TO: www.learner.org/jnorth Also, for the Presqu’ile Waterfowl Festival being held this weekend, I have 3 documents available on PRIVATE request from donald_da...@yahoo.com: Waterfowl Weekend poster, Waterfowl Weekend press release, Sheet listing 16 Waterfowl Festival highlights/attractions (“What’s Happening Where”). Thank you Don Davis Toronto, Ontario, Canada _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
