Author: ivor
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2008 Certificates
Peter Middleton for his contribution to the Sauble Beach Piping Plovers in 2007. Pam and Chris Heil for their hospitality to visiting birders during the appearance of a Rufous Hummingbird at their feeder, 18 November to 1 December 2007. Hydro 1 Perth Area for their care in dealing with Pileated Woodpeckers on their hydro poles.…
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Ben and Cheryl Edgecombe
**Friday 18 May 2007. ** Ben and I were honoured to be named OFO celebrity birders in 2007. We decided to do our Baillie Birdathon in the Hamilton Study Area, an area we knew well and where we knew we could find a diverse number of birds in the diverse number of habitats that we…
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Mike Cadman
Mike Cadman has been a life-long student of birds. He received his Master of Science degree from the University of Toronto in 1980 based on studies of the American Oystercatcher. He is a Songbird Biologist with Ontario Region of the Canadian Wildlife Service. He is best known as the driving force behind the first and…
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2007 Certificates
Gwen and Milton Mowbray in recognition of their dedication to nature and especially for protecting wildlife at their pond. Mike and Nancy Furber for welcoming birders to their property to see the Western Kingbird which was there on 26 and 27 September 2006. John Zehethofer in recognition of his freely giving his time and expertise…
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Dave Milsom
24 May on a clear evening we left Toronto and headed west. Chris Escott was driving. Chester Gryski, Bob Falconer and I were the passengers. All four are members of the OFO Board of Directors. Our first of several anxious moments came when we were detoured around Caledonia because of a blockade but we were…
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Ken Abraham
Ken Abraham is respected worldwide for his knowledge of waterbirds, particularly Canada Geese, Cackling Geese, Brant, Snow Geese, Black Scoters and Marbled Godwits. He is the Ontario government’s representative on international committees overseeing the management and conservation of waterfowl and shorebirds. Ken obtained his doctorate in 1980 from Queen’s University on the Ecology and Evolutionary…
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2006 Certificates
William “Bill” McNair for making his farm available for the Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Program near Dyers Bay on the Bruce Peninsula and for working with Lee Redford and Rina, from the University of Guelph, to look after the 20 cages on the farm. Linda Henebury for bringing the Yellow-headed Blackbird (among other interesting birds)…
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George and Mark Peck
Preamble: It was one of those offers too good to refuse. When Chris Escott, President of the Ontario Field Ornithologists, first approached us to see if we would be interested in being the OFO Celebrity Birders for 2005 we were a little concerned that we possessed the proper qualifications required. Although we had both been…
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Ron Pittaway
Ron Pittaway’s passion for birds began during the 1950s in Ottawa, where his mentor was the late Earl Godfrey, then Curator of Ornithology at the National Museum. Godfrey influenced Ron’s interest in identification, taxonomy, subspecies, morphs, molts and plumages. Ron is a founding life member of OFO, a co-editor of Ontario Birds from 1991 to…
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2005 Certificates
Gloria Braithwaite for hosting the large numbers of visitors who came to see the Varied Thrush that visited her feeder in the winter of 2005. Allen Chartier for the identification work he did to confirm the identity of the Rufous Hummingbird in Niagara Falls in the autumn of 2004 and his prompt and thorough reporting…