Dear Ontario Birders, The Long Point Bird Observatory sightings board is updated to November 6 featuring an exciting migration the past couple of weeks and many interesting species including: Brant, all three jaegers, Purple Sandpiper, Red Phalarope, Black-legged Kittiwake, Cave Swallows, a mammoth influx of chickadees, Bohemian Waxwings, and virtually every species of finch in eastern North America. Visit -http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight&lang=EN . A live-stream of birds in the area submitted through E-bird can be viewed on LPBO's main web-page www.birdscanada.org/lpbo . Help to contribute to sightings in the Long Point area by submitting your sightings to E-bird www.ebird.ca , or sharing them with us [email protected].
The Old Cut Research Station is open to the public every day until November 15. For more information on the research, education, and training programs of LPBO visit us atwww.birdscanada.org/lpbo and check out the2011 LPBO Program Report. 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. Directions to Long Point can be found here -http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbovisit&lang=EN 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. (519)-586-3531 X 162(office), X 200 or X 201 (Old Cut Research Station), Fax:586-3532, Mobile:820-6040 [email protected] www.birdscanada.org/longpoint www.facebook.com/longpointbirdobservatory ____________________ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
