**The following message has been approved by the Ontbirds Moderator** The Fall reporting season for the journal North American Birds (NAB) is now over. This is a request for observers to submit their interesting / significant 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 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 and/or Annual Reports. LOCAL ONTARIO COMPILERS: Pelee Island: Graeme Gibson -- graeme.gibson at pibo.ca Chatham-Kent and Lambton County: Blake Mann -- boatmann at kent.net Middlesex County: Pete Read -- psread at xplornet.com Long Point Checklist 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 and Wellington County: Ken Burrell --kenneth.gd.burrell at gmail.com Hamilton Study Area: Rob Dobos -- rdobos at cogeco.ca Greater Toronto Area: Roy Smith -- rbhs at sympatico.ca Northumberland County: Clive Goodwin -- clivegoodwin at sympatico.ca Presqu'ile Provincial Park: Maureen Riggs -- mriggs at sympatico.ca Prince Edward County: Terry Sprague -- tsprague at kos.net Kingston Birding Area: Mark Read -- markdread at gmail.com 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 Peterborough County: Martin Parker -- mparker19 at cogeco.ca Grey and Bruce counties: James Turland -- jaturland at gmail.com Muskoka District: Barbara Taylor -- muskoka_birder at hotmail.com Algonquin Provincial Park: Ron Tozer -- rtozer at vianet.ca Manitoulin District: Chris Bell -- cbell at amtelecom.net Sudbury District: John Lemon -- hawk.owl at hotmail.com Sault Ste. Marie Area: 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 Bird Observatory: John Woodcock -- johnwoodcock at hotmail.com Point Pelee Birding Area and Southern James Bay (including Moosonee): Alan Wormington -- wormington at juno.com Ontario eBird: Mike Burrell -- mike.burrell.on at gmail.com NON-REPORTING AREAS: Essex County (excluding Point Pelee and Pelee Island) Elgin County Durham Region Renfrew County Haliburton County Simcoe County Huron County Nipissing District (excluding Algonquin Park) Parry Sound District Timiskaming District Cochrane District (excluding Moosonee Area and Southern James Bay) Hudson Bay Lowlands (excluding Southern James Bay) Kenora District (excluding Dryden Area) For Non-Reporting Areas, significant sightings can be sent directly to Mike Burrell, who will be compiling and writing the Fall Season Report for North American Birds: mike.burrell.on at gmail.com or entered into eBird by December 5 eBird Data: If you have already submitted your sightings to eBird then you are ahead of the curve since that means all of your records (not just those deemed "interesting") are permanently archived, backed-up and freely accessible to all researchers, local compilers, birders, and anyone else with an interest in bird records. Mike Burrell makes significant sightings from eBird available directly to any local compilers for NAB that is interested in direct access to this excellent resource. However, please note that some NAB compilers do not take full advantage of this so to ensure your sightings are included please send your significant observations to the local compiler. Additionally, contacting NAB compilers directly allows them to more easily request additional details from you. 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 bird life of our great province. More information about North American Birds, and how to subscribe, can be found here: http://www.aba.org/nab/ You can see a couple past issues at: http://nab.aba.org Many thanks to those who consistently contribute their sightings. Mike Burrell, NAB Ontario Regional Editor (Fall Season) mike.burrell...@gmail.com Bird-finding and trip planning: http://burrellbirding.ca/ Blog: http://mikeburrell.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
