The April issue of Ontario Birds is in the mail. Here are the contents of
this 52 page issue.
COVER
Photo of an erythristic (red) male Rose-breasted Grosbeak by Jean Iron.
ARTICLES
1. Erythristic Rose-breasted Grosbeak. By Ron Pittaway and Jean Iron.
2. The Black-billed Magpie in Ontario. By Dave H. Elder.
3. The Importance of Wetlands to Waterbirds in the Boreal Forest of
Ontario. By Fergus I. Nicoll and J. Ryan Zimmerling.
4. A Review of Rufous Hummingbird Records in Ontario. By Allen T. Chartier.
NOTES
1. The Ontario Great Gray Owl Irruption of 2004-2005: Additional Records.
By Colin D. Jones.
2. Herring Gull Takes Sparrow on the Wing. By Randy Horvath.
3. Brewer's Sparrow: First Record for Ontario. By John M. Woodcock.
4. An Impaled Mourning Dove. By Al Sandilands.
PHOTO QUIZ
A small passerine in juvenal plumage is analyzed by Glenn Coady.
ENCLOSURES
1. A pledge form to sponsor Dave Milsom, OFO's celebrity birder, in this
spring's 2006 Baillie Birdathon.
2. A brochure and registration form for the OFO 2006 Annual Convention and
Banquet in Ottawa on September 30 and October 1.
On behalf of Co-editors Ron Tozer and Bill Crins, we thank the authors,
photographers, reviewers and advertisers who contributed to the April issue
of Ontario Birds.
Ron Pittaway
Ontario Field Ornithologists
