Dear Ontario Birders, Last night the Long Point Bird Observatory Tip Research Station banded a Boreal Owl along with 5 Long-eared, and 80 Northern Saw-whet Owls. The Boreal Owl is Long Point's second record with the first being November 1, 2008. There has been a very strong migration of Northern Saw-whet Owls through Ontario this fall and a fair number of Boreal's monitored through Hilliardton Marsh Bird & Wetland Research & Education Centre in Temiskaming and Tadoussac Bird Observatory in Quebec. It is very likely that there are others lurking in southern Ontario. The Old Cut Research Station is open to the public every day until November 15. Northern Saw-whet Owl monitoring will occur on fair weather nights throughout November usually running by one hour after sunset. For more information on the research, education, and training programs of LPBO visit us at www.birdscanada.org/lpbo and check out the 2011 LPBO Program Report <http://www.bsc-eoc.org/library/LPBOreport.pdf> . Explore summary statistics and populations trends of over 200 species well monitored by LPBO at http://www.birdscanada.org/birdmon//default/popindices.jsp <http://www.birdscanada.org/birdmon/default/popindices.jsp> Your best source for information about the birds and birding sites around Long Point can be found in A Birding Guide to the Long Point Area by Ron Ridout available here <http://www.birdscanada.org/shopping/shop.jsp> . Directions to Long Point can be found here - http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbovisit <http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbovisit&lang=EN> &lang=EN Good birding, Stu ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ Stuart A. Mackenzie LPBO Program Coordinator Long Point Bird Observatory - Bird Studies Canada/Etudes d'Oiseaux Canada PO Box 160, 115 Front Rd. Port Rowan, Ontario. N0E 1M0. (519)-586-3531 X 162(office), X 200 or X 201 (Old Cut Research Station), Fax:586-3532, Mobile:820-6040 smackenzie@birdscanada.org <http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint> www.birdscanada.org/longpoint <http://www.facebook.com/longpointbirdobservatory> www.facebook.com/longpointbirdobservatory <https://www.gifttool.com/athon/OurTeamPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&TID=11231> Support LPBO by sponsoring us in the Baillie Birdathon!!! click here. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas Edison-