Author: ivor
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Bruce Falls
Bruce Falls had a long career as a professional ornithologist. He also is a mammalogist, having done his doctoral studies on the White-footed Mouse at Long Point on Lake Erie, which continues to be one of his favourite birding areas. As professor of zoology at the University of Toronto, Bruce supervised many graduate students at…
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2002 Certificates
Geoff Carpentier for his tireless work to obtain access on behalf of all Ontario birders to the Port Perry Sewage Lagoons. He received asecond award for generously donating his time and raising funds during the Baillie Birdathon on behalf of OFO for the past 10 consecutiv Homer and Jean Leavitt for their outstanding hospitality to…
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George Peck
George Peck has been a prominent ornithologist in Ontario for over 50 years. He is recognized for his work at the Royal Ontario Museum with the Ontario Nest Records Scheme, which he built into a major monitoring system of the breeding biology of Ontario birds. George has contributed much to the scientific knowledge of Ontario…
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2001 Certificates
Maris Apse for completing 10 consecutive years of Baillie Birdathon and raising over $9,000, of which $3,000 came back to OFO. Rod Barr Stella, Ontario for maintaining habitat for wintering owls in The Owl Woods, Amherst Island, and for providing access to visiting birders to see the owls. Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority for maintaining habitat…
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Murray Speirs
Murray Speirs was a leading ornithologist in Ontario for over 65 years. He is known for his meticulous recording of ornithological information. His primary interests were bird censusing and studies of American Robins, Black-capped Chickadees, Lincoln’s Sparrows and Evening Grosbeaks. Murray wrote the Lincoln’s Sparrow account in Bent’s Life Histories in 1968. He compiled Birds…
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2000 Certificates
Stephen Davis of Fishers Glen near Long Point for welcoming birders to his home to see the male Mountain Bluebird, November, 1999 to March, 2000. The bird may have been present as early as the summer of 1999. The Delaware Sportsmen’s Conservation-Association for their support, accommodation and for delaying the start of hunting at the…
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1999 Certificates
Edge and Betty Pegg, Claremont for welcoming birders on the occasion of the Harris’s Sparrow December 1998 to May 1999. Algonquin Provincial Park Visitor Centre Staff for their contribution to our knowledge of birds and their hospitality to the Ontario birding community. Lea Martell and Friends of Point Pelee for providing staff and programs to…
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Ross James
Ross James was Associate Curator of Ornithology at the Royal Ontario Museum before retiring in 1997. He continues to make significant contributions to the scientific study of birds and bird conservation in Ontario. Ross is the author of numerous scientific and popular publications, including the Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Ontario (1991), which is…
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1998 Certificates
Jack & Dawn Christilaw, Kilbride Varied Thrush Magnus & Isobel Huber, Harmony Spotted Towhee. John Carley For his Efforts to Protect the Leslie Street Spit in Toronto. Harry Kerr, Toronto Keeping the Phone Lines Open to Inform Birders about Rare Birds. Michael King, Toronto For His Maps and Illustrations in OFO News and Ontario Birds.…
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Earl Godfrey
Earl Godfrey, dean of Canadian ornithologists, was the first recipient of OFO’s Distinguished Ornithologist Award in 1997. In his early years, Earl studied under Robie Tufts in his home province of Nova Scotia and then with noted taxonomist Harry Oberholser in the United States. In 1947, he became Curator of Ornithology at the National Museum…