This posting has been approved by the Ontbirds coordinator.
The fall reporting season for the journal North American Birds (NAB) is now over. This is a plea / request for observers to submit their interesting sightings to local compilers for the period of August 1 to November 30 inclusive. Below is a list of all current, local compilers for Ontario. Please take the time to send these compilers a short list of your significant sightings, for each area you may have visited this past fall. This exercise will place your observations into the permanent local archives. Short-term your sightings will be compiled for NAB. Longer-term they will be archived for additional purposes such as regional checklists or regional publications (examples of such include those recently published for Niagara and Hamilton). Also, many sightings are published in local newsletters or Annual Reports. LOCAL ONTARIO COMPILERS: Pelee Island ------------------ Graeme Gibson ---- graeme.gibson at pibo.ca Chatham-Kent Region; ---- Blake Mann ---------- boatmann at kent.net and Lambton County Middlesex County ----------- Pete Read ----------- psread at xplornet.com Long Point Area ------------- Stu Mackenzie ------ stu.a.mackenzie at gmail.com Haldimand County ---------- Ron Ridout ----------- rridout at bsc-eoc.org Niagara Region -------------- Marcie Jacklin ------- mjacklin at brocku.ca Stratford Area ---------------- Marilyn Ohler -------- mohler3 at sympatico.ca Oxford County --------------- James Holdsworth - jmholdsworth at rogers.com Waterloo Region; ----------- Ken Burrell ----------- kenard89 at hotmail.com and Wellington County Hamilton Study Area ------- Rob Dobos ----------- rdobos at cogeco.ca Greater Toronto Area ------ Roy Smith ------------ rbhs at sympatico.ca Northumberland Co. ------- Clive Goodwin ------- clivegoodwin at sympatico.ca Presqu'ile Park -------------- Maureen Riggs ----- mriggs at sympatico.ca Kingston Birding Area ------ Mark Conboy ------- mark.conboy at queensu.ca Eastern Ontario ------------- Brian Morin ---------- BrianLMorin at gmail.com Ottawa Birding Area ------- Christina Lewis ----- hagenius at primus.ca Kawartha Lakes ------------ Dan Bone ------------ dan.bone at xplornet.com Grey / Bruce counties ----- James Turland ------ jaturland at gmail.com Muskoka District ------------ Barbara Taylor ------ muskoka_birder at hotmail.com Algonquin Park -------------- Ron Tozer ----------- rtozer at vianet.ca North Bay Area; and ------- Martin Parker -------- mparker19 at cogeco.ca Parry Sound District (Highway #11 corridor only) Manitoulin District; ---------- Chris Bell ------------ cbell at amtelecom.net and Sudbury District Sault Ste. Marie ------------- Kirk Zufelt ------------ zufelt_k at shaw.ca Rainy River District --------- Dave Elder ---------- mdelder at shaw.ca Dryden Area ------------------ Carolle Eady -------- tceady at drytel.net Thunder Bay District ------- Brian Ratcliff -------- bratcliff at tbaytel.net Thunder Cape B.O. -------- John Woodcock ---- johnwoodcock at hotmail.com Hudson Bay Lowlands ----- Don Sutherland ---- donald.sutherland at ontario.ca (excluding Moosonee Area) Point Pelee; and ------------ Alan Wormington --- wormington at juno.com Southern James Bay (includes Moosonee Area) Ontario E-Bird --------------- Mike Burrell ---------- mike.burrell.on at gmail.com NON-REPORTING AREAS: Essex County (excluding Point Pelee and Pelee Island) Elgin County Durham Region Prince Edward County (excluding Prince Edward Point) Renfrew County Peterborough County Haliburton County Simcoe County Huron County Parry Sound District (excluding Highway # 11 corridor) Timiskaming District Cochrane District (excluding Moosonee Area and Southern James Bay) Kenora District (excluding Dryden and Hudson Bay Lowlands) For any Non-Reporting Area, significant sightings can be sent directly to Margaret Bain, who will be writing the Fall Season Report for North American Birds: mjcb...@sympatico.ca E-Bird Data: Please note that many local compilers do NOT glean data from E-Bird for a number of reason. First, it is extremely time-consuming. Also, entries often lack required information such as first and last observation dates, who found the bird, plumage details, and correct locations. This is precisely why local compilers need your direct input --- for clarity. North American Birds is published four times a year by the American Birding Association and contains seasonal sightings/summaries for all regions of North America. The Ontario section consists of a very detailed account, which presents a summary of sightings from across the entire province. Numerous photos of various rarities are also included. Ontario seasonal reports have been published continuously since 1947, and these contain a wealth of historical information on the birdlife of our great province. More information about North American Birds, and how to subscribe, can be found here: http://www.aba.org/nab/ Many thanks to those who consistently contribute their sightings. Alan Wormington, NAB Ontario Regional Editor (Spring Season) . ____________________________________________________________ Woman is 53 But Looks 25 Mom reveals 1 simple wrinkle trick that has angered doctors... http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/50bc08dc3a6c98dc4288st03duc _______________________________________________ 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/
