Ontbirders, The LPBO Sightings Board is updated to September 25. Highlights this period include Swainson's Hawk, Franklin's Gull and Summer Tanager. Visit - http://www.bsc-eoc.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight&lang=EN for details. Do you want to spend a week at the Tip of Long Point during peak migration? Select this link to learn more. Real-time updates of the birds in the area can be viewed through E-bird on LPBO's main web-pagewww.birdscanada.org/lpbo . Help to contribute to sightings in the Long Point area by submitting your sightings to E-bird www.ebird.ca , or sharing them with us at lpbo@birdscanada.org. The Old Cut Research Station is open to the public every day until November 15. Owl banding will commence in the last week of September. For more information on the research, education, and training programs of LPBO visit us atwww.birdscanada.org/longpoint and check out the2011 LPBO Program Report. 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 Ridoutavailable here. 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. Office:(519)-586-3531 X 162, Fax:586-3532, Mobile:820-6040 smackenzie@birdscanada.org www.birdscanada.org/longpoint www.facebook.com/longpointbirdobservatory Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas Edison- ____________________