Annotated checklists of All Birds and Rare Birds in the OFNC study area are updated and now available

Thanks to the continuing efforts by Greg Zbitnew, excellent study documents were updated and are now available on the website.  The first is an annotated checklist of all birds in the OFNC study area and the second is an annotated checklist of rare birds in the same area.  Given the rarities that have been appearing [...]

2024-02-26T15:32:38-05:00February 26th, 2024|Birds, Research|

The Results of the Ottawa-Gatineau Christmas Bird Count are In

The 105th Ottawa-Gatineau CBC was held December 17, 2023. Temperatures ranged from minus 1.5 to plus 4.5 degrees Celsius, with cloudy skies throughout the day. Except for one cold snap, temperatures were mild leading up to the count; however, with the rivers being so open, water birds weren’t all forced into the count circle area [...]

2024-02-19T16:05:27-05:00February 16th, 2024|Birds|

An OFO Opportunity for Young Birders Aged 13 – 17

Ontario Field Ornithologists Dedicated to the study of birds in Ontario Registration is now open for OFO's 2024 Alan Wormington Memorial Camp, August 3rd - 11th We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2024 Alan Wormington Memorial Camp for Young Birders. This year's camp will be held from August 3rd [...]

2024-02-12T17:29:50-05:00February 12th, 2024|Birds|

Editor’s Synopsis of CFN 137(1-2) plus FREE feature article

Editor’s Synopsis of CFN 137(1-2) Free Online Access to Feature Article. The latest issue of The Canadian Field-Naturalist (CFN) will soon arrive in the physical mailboxes of those with printed copy subscriptions. The Canadian Field-Naturalist is the official journal and publication of record for the Ottawa Field Naturalists’ Club (OFNC). It is already available online. [...]

2024-02-15T14:14:24-05:00February 12th, 2024|Canadian Field-Naturalist, Publications|