Author: ivor
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Bruce and Ben Di Labio
Hi Everyone Over the decades I’ve done many “big days” starting in the mid 1970s on my bicycle and into the 1990s and early 2000s on competitive big days at the World Series of Birding, Texas Birding Classic and Taverner Cup. I thought I had seen all the possible weather conditions. Not so. I’ve dealt…
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Jean Iron
The Ontario Field Ornithologists’ (OFO) 2016 Distinguished Ornithologist Award was presented to Jean Iron. Jean has been a constant presence and leading figure in OFO for almost 25 years. She’s been at the head of the line when something needed doing and she seems to always have been present when things were happening. From her…
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2016 Certificates
Thames Talbot Land Trust For their commitment to bird conservation in the acquisition of the Hawk Cliff Woods property and Mosa Forest. Durham Region Works and Finance Department For their ongoing efforts for accommodating and allowing birders to use the Nonquon Lagoons. Plover Lovers Committee For their commitment to public education and to citizen science…
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Young Birders
Report Celebrity Birders 2016
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D.V. (Chip) Weseloh
This year’s recipient of the Distinguished Ornithologist Award is D.V. (Chip) Weseloh. Chip is well known to many Ontario birders but some highlights of his background will be important to those who may not know him or know why he was given this award. His contributions include: outstanding scientific research, long-term service to Ontario Field…
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2015 Certificates
George Arevalo (Director of Golf) and the Carruther’s Creek Golf and Country Club For hosting birders on their property over several days while a/the Cattle Egret visited in November 2014. Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall For allowing birders to park in their parking lot, gaining access to Sedgewick Park in the winter of 2014-15. Kathryn and…
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Doug McRae
Thank you very much for sponsoring me in the Baillie Birdathon this year. It is a great honour and pleasure to have been asked by OFO to be the guest birder for 2014. While there are lots of potential routes to try and generate a big list, I stayed with my heart and focused my…
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Clive Goodwin
We both take great pleasure in being able to nominate Clive Goodwin for the 2014 OFO Distinguished Ornithologist Award. Clive has been a leader in Ontario field ornithology and conservation for nearly our entire lifetime and his selection as a recipient of this award is certainly well deserved. Clive was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England,…
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2014 Certificates
Maris Apse for his many years of fundraising for the Baillie Birdathon on behalf of OFO. Patrick Baichoo for cordially hosting many people to view the Lark Sparrow in Fort Erie. Michel Gagnier and Countryside Canners Co. Limited for their hospitality to birders coming to view shorebirds on the wet field at the back of…
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Jeff and Richard Skevington, James Holdsworth and Frank Pinilla
2 June 2013 James Holdsworth, Frank Pinilla, Richard Skevington and I were honoured to be the Ontario Field Ornithologists’ celebrity birders in this year’s birdathon. With your help, about $3000 was raised. Twenty-five percent of this goes to support the OFO and the rest goes to Bird Studies Canada to support their programs. We decided…