One of naturalist activity is Birdwatching. Birdwatching or birding is the observation and study of birds with the naked eye or through a visual enhancement device like binoculars. Birding often involves a significant auditory component, as many bird species are more readily detected and identified by ear than by eye.
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Naturalist Birdwatching Info:
- Active birder and naturalist since 1979.
- Birding “World Life List” stands at approximately2450 species (birds successfully identified by sight).
- Breeding bird survey work done for the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas, Quebec Breeding Bird Atlas and Presqu’ile Provincial Park.
- Site observer for Canadian Wildlife Service Peregrine Falcon Release Program (1987, 1994, 2002 & 2005).
- Sector leader for the Ottawa Audubon Christmas Bird Count.
- Bird banding experience at Thunder Cape, Ontario (Sept. 2001) and Innes Point, Ontario (April/May 2003).
- Team Captain of “The Merlins” (sponsored by Focus Scientific, Ottawa), second place winners in the Taverner Cup, 24 hour birding competition, for 2001, 2002 and 2003, third place winners from 1997 to 2000.
- Chairperson for the Birds Committee of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club from 1991 to 1995.
- Bird watching field trip leader for schools, clubs and organizations like Ontario Field Ornithologists, Canadian Nature Federation, Presqu’ile Provincial Park, Canadian Wildlife Service, Algonquin College, Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club, etc.
- Most significant discovery: Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (Myiodynastes luteiventris), September 28, 1986 at Presqu’ile Provincial Park, Ontario (first record for Canada
