Ontbirders,
The Long Point sightings board is up and running and will be updated weekly throughout the migration seasons. Visit http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight <http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight&lang=EN> &lang=EN to read the latest summary. The highlight from this past week was a Fork-tailed Flycatcher first observed and later banded at the Tip of Long Point on April 17/18. Other goodies include American Golden Plover, Glaucous, Iceland, and Little Gull, White-eyed Vireo, Golden-winged Warbler, Grasshopper Sparrow, and a European Greenfinch (questionable origin). The Old Cut Research Station opened on March 27 and will run until June 10. The Tip Research Station opened on April 12 and Breakwater opened on April 20. For more information on the research, education, and training programs of LPBO visit us at www.birdscanada.org/longpoint and check out the 2011 LPBO Program Report <http://www.bsc-eoc.org/library/LPBOreport.pdf> . If you are birding in the neighbourhood, please send all your noteworthy sightings to l...@birdscanada.org or report them to E-bird www.ebird.ca . Your best source for information about the birds and birding sites around Long Point can be found in A Birding Guide to the Long Point Area by Ron Ridout available here <http://www.birdscanada.org/shopping/shop.jsp> . Good birding, Stu ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ Stuart A. Mackenzie LPBO Program Coordinator Long Point Bird Observatory - Bird Studies Canada/Etudes d'Oiseaux Canada PO Box 160, 115 Front Rd. Port Rowan, Ontario. N0E 1M0. Office:(519)-586-3531 X 162, Fax:586-3532, Old Cut:586-2885, Mobile:820-6040 smacken...@birdscanada.org <http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint> www.birdscanada.org/longpoint <http://www.facebook.com/longpointbirdobservatory> www.facebook.com/longpointbirdobservatory <https://www.gifttool.com/athon/OurTeamPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&TID=11231> Support LPBO by sponsoring us in the Baillie Birdathon!!! click here. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas Edison- _______________________________________________ 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/
