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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 February OFO News 30:1
- Snow Buntings–see how you can help save these charming birds.
- Hyphenation and Bird Names–learn the truth or ...
- Project Soar–Loggerhead Shrike Research and Shell Fuelling Change–a way to raise money for endangered species.
- Loggerhead Shrike from Carden Alvar in Virginia–Where do our birds go in winter?
- Help conserve Canada’s Boreal Birds: eBirding–a new, easy way for you to contribute.
- Bluebird Ranch: Gateway to the Carden Alvar Area–Take the Carden challenge.
- Big Day Birding at Rondeau–relive the excitement of the big day and then plan a visit to Rondeau.
- Snowy Owls–Pick up on this winter’s influx of these northern ghosts [a guess ‐‐ the article is not in yet!]
- Book Reviews–Two reviews, one for a good book and the other ..... well! Birds of Hawaii, New Zealand, and the Central and West Pacific, by Ber van Perlo and Birds of North America and Greenland, by Norman Arlott.
- OFO Biographies–meet the new Board members.
- Photo Quiz–try your skills on this month’s odd ball view.
Next Field Trips
February 25 (Saturday) Fisherville Area, Haldimand-Norfolk County
Leader: Dave Milsom.
March 10 (Saturday ) Long Point Area
Leaders: George Pond, Barry Jones, Jim Heslop, Bob Stamp. ... 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Please address all correspondence there; the old address is no longer in effect and letters will not be redirected from it.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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