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Bird of the Year – Submissions
Alessandra Kite’s rendition of a flying male Bobolink gained the most votes from members, making it our first Bird of the Year logo! You can purchase it on a variety of items at the OFO Redbubble store –https://www.redbubble.com/people/OFOmerch/shop Here are the other submissions.
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Bird of the Year – Artwork Contest (closed)
Submit your artwork displaying the Bird of the Year as the OFO logo for the chance to have it featured as the logo for a year, a $500 prize and publicized in OFO News and on the website. Submission rules:
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2023 Certificates
Aaron Hywarren, nominated by Quinten Wiegersma For his dedication to the OFO Ambassador Program in regards to the Manitoulin Island Lewis’s Woodpecker for the viewing date of January 17, 2023. Phyllis and Bob Cacciotti, nominated by Quinten Wiegersma For graciously hosting birders to view the Manitoulin Island Lewis’s Woodpecker in January 2023. Tony Barrett, nominated…
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OFO Birding Buddies
We are excited to introduce OFO Birding Buddies! Do you ever travel to parts of the province that you are not familiar with and wish that you could talk to local birders to get their advice on how to bird the area? Or even better, find someone local to go birding with? OFO Birding Buddies…
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Cheat Sheets for Birding I.D.
After taking a 101 Birding course in 2019 with Anthony Kaduck, newbie bird nerd Jenny Newton initially had difficulty identifying small birds because she just didn’t know the differences between sparrows, warblers and others. So she decided to create a Perch Bird Cheat Sheet for Ontario birds sorted by colour and size. It worked for…
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Enabled Birding
Help make birding for EveryBody! Ontario Field Ornithologists and Birds Canada, with the help of Toronto Ornithological Club, and have teamed up to create an interactive map featuring the accessibility details of nine great Ontario birding sites. Click here for more detail and the latest update.
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OFO’s Rare Bird Ambassadors
OFO’s Rare Bird Ambassador plan is about empowering Ontario birders with the tools and resources needed so that they can coordinate with property owners to ensure the best outcomes for all parties. When a rare bird appears on private property or public property where access and/or crowd control may become an issue, careful planning is…
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Annual General Meeting
As a charitable organization, OFO holds an Annual General Meeting (AGM) to report to members on the state of the club. Information provided to members includes the financial reports, and reports from the board on the club’s activities in the past year. At the AGM. members review, then vote to approve the minutes from the…
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Bruce Di Labio
In 1997, OFO’s first distinguished ornithologist was the legendary Earl Godfrey. It was stated that his “enthusiastic encouragement of young birders launched the careers of many natural science specialists throughout Canada.” Bruce Di Labio, the recipient of the 2023 OFO Distinguished Ornithologist Award personifies such a lifelong contribution to bird study. Like many, Bruce’s passion…