The February Newsletter was emailed out to registered Atlassers last evening. If you're not yet registered, it will be posted online here shortly: https://www.birdsontario.org/newsletters/
Some of the highlights are: **Two ways to win binoculars this month!** We’re giving away TWO pairs of binoculars as part of the February challenge! Here’s how you can enter: *New Registrants: *Sign up for the Atlas and start submitting checklists with breeding evidence (any time from 2021 to the present). For every checklist with at least one species coded with breeding evidence, you’ll earn an entry to win a pair of binoculars! If you use eBird, you can easily import your eBird checklists, see: https://www.birdsontario.org/ebird/ *Current Atlassers: *Already registered? Awesome! Keep entering checklists and data. But if you inspire a new Atlasser to join, both you and the new registrant could win! If the new person wins, they get to pick the Atlasser who encouraged them to join, and both of you will receive a pair of binoculars! Our March challenge will run for two months: you can earn entries by completing owl surveys during the months of March and April. Watch https://www.birdsontario.org/challenge <https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.birdsontario.org%2Fchallenge%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.burrell%40ec.gc.ca%7Ca588fb4f433748d8d0e708dd4a1b891b%7C740c5fd36e8b41769cc9454dbe4e62c4%7C0%7C0%7C638748205038176762%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C60000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1MOmewj4A20ntiS0XCHVwHvy0ztlCeEK9o73MGgXXYU%3D&reserved=0> for more details. **Special presentation tonight** We’re very excited to get our Sappy Hour sessions back underway. We have four planned between now and the end of April (all begin at 7 pm eastern time): - February 11 – Summarizing and Celebrating Year 4 - February 25 – Early Results of Atlas-3 - March 11 – Filling Data Gaps - April 8 – Atlas-3 Trivia Register here: https://tinyurl.com/29hj96bd <https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2F29hj96bd&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.burrell%40ec.gc.ca%7Ca588fb4f433748d8d0e708dd4a1b891b%7C740c5fd36e8b41769cc9454dbe4e62c4%7C0%7C0%7C638748205038161407%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C60000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=n5AfqE40DYUU68Ajmguzbt7lMUk13ygdETCDaEDp2gg%3D&reserved=0>. The sessions will also be streamed on Facebook Live. Your data are crucial! We can’t wait to see all that you’ve observed. Don’t wait – this is your last chance to participate before the final field season of Atlas-3! Mike Burrell Atlas-3 Coordinator -- Ontbirds and Birdnews are moderated email Listservs provided by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) as a service to all birders in Ontario. Birdnews is reserved for announcements, location summaries, first of year reports, etc. To post a message on Birdnews, send an email to: birdnews@ontbirds.ca. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Birdnews Moderators by email at birdn...@ofo.ca. Please review posting rules and guidelines at http://ofo.ca/site/content/listserv-guidelines To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists.
