This is it - the final season of the third Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas! And with it, your last chance to help make it a success.
Here are a few news items about how you can get involved: **Mini square bashes at Long Point and Rondeau!** We have some atlas gaps to fill around Long Point and Rondeau. We need people willing to spend one or more mornings in the area targeting specific gaps. Please register with your availability and willingness to help and we'll set you up with instructions to help! Rondeau: anytime during June 12-16. Camping available at the park. Register: https://forms.gle/V5LWPiT1MxcM85vc6 Long Point: anytime during June 14-22. Register: https://forms.gle/QkLTng4JZEeqv77h6 **Last minute Atlassers needed** We are entering the fifth and final season of data collection for Atlas-3. We would like to have a team of volunteers ready to be called upon to fill last-minute coverage gaps as they arise (for a variety of reasons). If you're available to be called upon for last minute Atlassing coverage any time during the second half of the peak season (June 20-July 10), please complete the form so we can include you on last minute requests: https://forms.gle/SLNDHJoZXaWjuy5K8 **June and July Challenges** The June and July challenges are now posted online at birdsontario.org/challenge/. We'll pick a winner each month who will win a pair of Vortex Diamondback binoculars! Happy Atlassing, Mike Burrell -- 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: [email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Birdnews Moderators by email at [email protected]. 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.
