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Winter is a time to travel to Algonquin Provincial Park to see winter finches and other northern specialties such as Gray Jay, Boreal Chickadee, American Three‐toed Woodpecker and Black‐backed Woodpecker.
Contents of the August Ontario Birds 29:2
- Yellow-nosed Albatross: New to Ontario by Paul R. Martin and Bruce M. Di Labio
- Eastern Gartersnake as a nest predator of American Redstart by Michael Patrikeev
- Nest site characteristics of Hooded Warblers at the northern edge of their breeding range by Benjamin J. Walters and Erica Nol
Next Field Trip
February 25 (Saturday) Fisherville Area, Haldimand-Norfolk County
Leader: Dave Milsom. ... more info.
News and Updates
Toronto Islands Birding and Site Guide
Norm Murr has written a definitive guide to birding the Toronto Islands. Click here to view this enormous and invaluable guide.
Young Birders Workshop
Young birders aged 13–17 years, click here to find out about the Young Ornithologists’ Workshop at Long Point in August!
New Menus on the site
You will note that the menu system is changed from click-down style to flyout style. This is easier to use and faster in execution. We now support the Goodle Chrome browser as well as Safari, Firefox and Internet Exporer.
Winter Finch Forecast 2011-2012
Ron Pittaway has written a Winter Finch Forecast for the coming year in the Articles and Reports section here.
Address Change
The new OFO mailing address is
Ontario Field OrnithologistsPO Box 116 Station F
Toronto ON M4Y 2L4
Please address all correspondence there; the old address is no longer in effect and letters will not be redirected from it.
iONTBIRDS App Available
OFO member Ivor Williams has written a free app for the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad called iONTBIRDS that interfaces with the ONTBIRDS ListServ. It is available now. Check here to find out more.
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