Meetings Archive
2024 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
TOC Members |
"TOC Members' Night Bird Photography Show" |
November |
Patricia Homonylo, Conservation Photojournalist, Grand Prize Winner of the 2024 Bird Photographer of the Year and creator of the award-winning film "When Worlds Collide" |
"From Photographer to Conservation Photographer, What’s YOUR story?" |
October |
Maxwell Matchim, Filmmaker, Naturalist and Chair of the EDI Committee at the Ontario Field Ornithologists |
"The Sexual Diversity of Birds" |
September |
Gwendolyn Clark, Aerial Insectivore Field Biologist from Birds Canada |
"Operation Chimney Swift - Saving Toronto's Urban Acrobats" |
June |
John W. Sabean, PhD, OMC, a cultural historian with interests in natural history |
"Charles Fothergill: A Recreation of a Lecture Given by James L. Baillie, Jr. in 1948 with Additional Commentary and Images by John W. Sabean" |
May |
Mark Peck, Nancy Barrett & Livia Antony |
"Spring Migration Quiz - Learn how to identify spring migrants and resident birds of the Toronto region through this fun and interactive migration quiz journey." |
April |
Jean Iron - TOC member |
"Northbound Shorebird Migration in Toronto" |
March |
Steve Burrows - Author of the best-selling Birder Murder Mystery Series |
"From Birder to Birder Murder: The Mystery Deepens" |
February |
Anya Auerbach - Ph.D. candidate at the University of Minnesota |
"Virtual Presentation - Understanding evolution through Madagascar's spectacular radiations of birds" |
January |
Shae Turner - Master of Science student at Thompson Rivers University and Registered Professional Biologist in the province of British Columbia |
"Virtual Presentation - Canadian research in Jamaica: Understanding the winter lives of our migratory warblers through bird banding and the Motus Wildlife Tracking System" |
2023 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
John Carley, Justin Peter and Julia Zarankin |
"Members’ Night - In person at the High Park Nature Centre: John Carley - Birding the Grasslands and Cypress Hills; Justin Peter - Birds of South Georgia; Julia Zarankin - Birding in Kachemak Bay, Alaska " |
November |
Dr. Erica Nol. Professor, Trent University and OFO's Ornithologist of the Year. |
"Avian movement ecology: the new frontier. Please note this is an in-person meeting!" |
October |
Robert Bell, Author |
"Out of the Lyme Light and into the Sunlight" |
September |
Chris Earley - Interpretive Biologist and Education Coordinator, The Arboretum, University of Guelph |
"From the Pantanal to Penguins: Southern Birding at its Best!" |
June |
Rebecca Heisman - Author |
""Virtual meeting" - Flight Paths - How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration" |
May |
Bill Read - President, Ontario Eastern Bluebird Society |
"Bluebirds and Apple Orchards" |
April |
Brendon Samuels - PhD candidate in the Department of Biology at Western University |
"Helping Birds Through Community Science" |
March |
Brett Forsyth |
"My Big Green Year" |
February |
Paula and Michael Webster |
"Virtual Presentation - The Condor's Feather-Travelling Wild in South America" |
January |
Wayne Humphries - Masters in Environmental Science, York University |
"Virtual Presentation - The Importance of Public Engagement in Conservation Management - The Murre / Turr Hunt in Bonavista Bay, NL - A Case Study." |
2022 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
TOC Members Night |
"Music and Birds - Susan Spier, Altiplano Birding in Chile - John Carley, Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas-3 update - Mark Peck " |
November |
Jean Iron - our very own TOC member |
"The Nature of Arctic Birds" |
October |
Rob Porter, Director at Large, Hamilton Naturalist Club and Host of the Songbirding podcast. |
"In person - The Wide World of Birding. A look under the hood at the new Merlin app, Eastern Bluebird trails and discoveries from Hamilton's Christmas Bird Count data." |
September |
Merilyn Simonds |
"Louise de Kiriline Lawrence - The Making of an Amateur Ornithologist" |
June |
Ellen Schwartzel, President of the Toronto Field Naturalists, Ontario's Deputy Environmental Commissioner (retired 2018) |
"Adding Nature to Toronto's Urban Fabric" |
May |
Dr. Madhur Anand, Director Guelph Institute for Environmental Research |
"Parasitic Oscillations. A stunning new collection of poems that examine various aspects of living and practicing as both a poet and scientist in the Anthropocene during a time of unravelling." |
April |
Dr. Daniel Klem - Sarkis Acopian Professor of Ornithology and Conservation Biology in the Department of Biology at Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania |
"Solid Air - Invisible Killer: Saving Billions of Birds from Windows" |
March |
Erik Wing |
""Birds on the brain: exploring the cognitive neuroscience of birding."" |
February |
Michael Runtz, Naturalist, Author and Storyteller |
"Algonquin Wild - new date, please be aware." |
January |
Tyler Hoar, Freelance Ornithologist/Consultant and Winter Finch Forecaster |
"The Hoar Winter Finch Forecast" |
2021 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Emily Rondel, President TOC |
"The TOC Holiday Workshop - Virtual" |
November |
Kaelyn Bumelis, Birds Canada |
"Aerial Insectivore Conservation" |
October |
Gregor Beck, Kevin Kavanagh, Natasha Barlow - Birds Canada |
"Toronto’s Hidden Conservation Opportunity - Gardening for Birds" |
September |
Bridget Butler - Bird Diva |
"The Her-Story of Birding" |
June |
Dr. Allie Anderson, Post Doctoral Fellow with Birds Canada and Trent University |
"Shorebird stopover and migration ecology along the southwestern coast of James Bay" |
May |
Melina Damian, Professor of Energy, Environment & Sustainable Development, International Development Program, Centennial College |
" “Latest Research on Cormorants and Anthropogenic Debris They Bring to their Nests.”" |
April |
Jon Pleizier, SNC Lavalin and Charlie Hess, Tropical Birding |
"An Introduction to Birding in Ecuador: How Ecotourism Promotes Conservation" |
March |
Alex Israel - MSc Student, York University |
"Can nest concealment in Wood Thrushes predict nest success?" |
February |
Jonathan Slaght - Wildlife Biologist and author |
"Owls of the Eastern Ice - New York Times Notable Book 2020,A talk on the Blakiston’s Fish Owl in eastern Russia" |
January |
Amanda Guercio, Emily Rondel, Mark Peck -TOC |
"The 3rd Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas. Yay!!" |
2020 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Jean Iron - Toronto Ornithological Club |
"Are there penguins in the Arctic? To answer this question, we will explore the connection between modern penguins and the family of seabirds called Auks.This presentation will take us north, south, and back in time." |
November |
Talia Lowi-Merri, University of Toronto and Royal Ontario Museum |
"The Avian Sternum and the Origin of Flight the evolution of flight in bird-like dinosaurs, and the functional significance of the avian skeleton." |
October |
Dr. Julia Zarankin |
"Fieldnotes from an Unintentional Birder" |
September |
George Prieksaitis |
"50th Anniversary of the Hawk Cliff Raptor Banders" |
June |
Ashley Bramwell, U of T Scarborough |
"Shades of greenish-grey: Revealing the evolutionary history of Willow and Alder flycatchers" |
May |
Sonya Richmond and Sean Morton |
"Come Walk With Us On The Great Trail - Virtual meeting. Very exciting! Additional information shortly." |
April |
TBA |
"Cancelled due to Corvid Oubreak. Crows Jays and Ravens everywhere! Good birding. Stay safe." |
March |
Dr. Allie Anderson, Trent University |
"Shorebird stopover and migration ecology along the southwestern coast of James Bay" |
February |
Peter Burke - Artist and Senior Ecologist, Savanta. |
"Kirtland's Warblers in Ontario: Past and Future Considerations." |
January |
Robert Spaul |
"Golden Eagles: Migration monitoring in the Yukon" |
2019 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Mark Peck, Ian Maione, Jack Alvo, Glenn and Susan Barry |
"Member's Night Jack Farley and Mark Peck-Toronto Birding: The Year in Review, Ian Maione-A Red-tailed Hawk in the Park, Jack Alvo-Costa Rica: 9 days in Birding Paradise, Susan and Glenn Barry-Birding in Panama " |
November |
Mark Peck - Royal Ontario Museum |
"Change due to snowstorm/ The Art and Ethics of Wildlife Photography" |
October |
Maryam Astaneh |
"Birdwatchers - A documentary by Maryam Astaneh featuring members of the TOC" |
September |
Charlotte Chaffey, ROM Archivist |
"The Art and Legacy of Terry Shortt at the Royal Ontario Museum" |
June |
Taylor Brown - York University |
""Risky business: Effects of human settlement on predation risk and nest survival of sub-arctic nesting shorebirds"" |
May |
Mike Burell, Ontario birder and really good guy. |
"The Best Places to Bird in Ontario" |
April |
Dr. Alex Mills, Professor, York University |
"Working with Whip-poor-wills" |
March |
Stuart MacKenzie, Bird Studies Canada |
"Wingtips at our Fingertips: Understanding the complex lives of migratory animals" |
February |
Andrea Chreston, Project Manager, Tommy Thompson Park |
"Tommy Thompson Park - additional information coming" |
January |
Jean Iron, Garth Riley, Nancy McPherson and Barb Charlton |
"eBirding British Columbia" |
2018 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
John Carley, Carole Giagrande and Brian Gibson |
"Member's Night -- Refugia: Birding in New Zealand - John Carley, Seabirds of the Gaspe Penninsula - Carole Giagrande and Brian Gibson" |
November |
Hannah Shinton and Haya Aldoori. Environmental Visual Communications, ROM/Fleming College |
"The Moose Cree and the James Bay Shorebird Surveys" |
October |
Andrea Gress - Ontario Piping Plover Conservation Program Coordinator, Bird Studies Canada |
"Piping Plover Conservation in Ontario-the strategies, challenges, and what the future holds" |
September |
Ian Maione, Tim McCarthy and WILD ONTARIO |
"High Park Hawkwatch - Join Ian and Tim to learn more about Broad-winged Hawks and the value of the Hawkwatch. SPECIAL GUESTS - Wild Ontario and 4 live raptors starting at 7:00" |
June |
Kristyn Ferguson, NCC |
"The Nature Conservancy of Canada in the Carden Alvar and Beyond" |
May |
Stacey Lee Kerr - Bird Studies Canada and Royal Ontario Museum |
""Celebrating GTA Biodiversity with BioBlitzes and the Toronto Bird Festival"" |
April |
Jeremy Bensette - Point Pelee area birder and naturalist |
"Breaking Birding Boundaries: My 2017 Ontario Big Year " |
March |
Jacqueline L. Scott is a Ph.D. student in Social Justice Education, OISE, University of Toronto |
"Birding while Black: Race in the Canadian Outdoors" |
February |
Dr. Gail Fraser - York University |
"Double-crested Cormorants at Tommy Thompson Park" |
January |
Jean Iron |
"Gulls and Shorebirds - Ashbridges Bay Flood. The flooding of Woodbine Beach in 2017 produced the finest shorebird and gull watching in Toronto in many years. " |
2017 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Justin Peter, John Crawford, Eric Baldo, Ian Maione. |
"Justin Peter-"Birds of Gambia", John Crawford-"In search of Galapagos Finches", Eric Baldo-"A Birder's Guide to Becoming An Environmentalist" , Ian Maione-Hawkwatching. Book Sale-hosted by our very own Jim and Petra Grass." |
November |
Dr. Santiago Claramunt - Associate Curator, Ornithology, Royal Ontario Museum. |
""Origin and evolution of modern birds"" |
October |
Soren Bondrup-Nielsen |
"Pukaskwa - A Naturalist's Year Surveying Birds in the Lake Superior Wilderness, 1976-1977" |
September |
Diana Teal - Director High Park Nature Centre; Tim McCarthy - High Park Hawk Watch; Leslie Gooding - Conservation Initiatives in High Park |
"Welcome back to High Park - We haved moved to the High Park Nature Centre and couldn't be more excited! A TOC re-introduction to the Park. There are lots of things to do so lets get involved! Meeting starts as usual - 7:30" |
June |
Daniel Riley - Environment Canada, Emily Rondel - Bird Studies Canada, Mark Peck - Royal Ontario Museum |
"Checklists - Old and New! eBird, the TOC and the New Taxonomy." |
May |
Caroline Schultz - Executive Director, Ontario Nature |
"Protecting life on earth: why we need more parks and protected areas." |
April |
Zoé Lebrun-Southcott, Executive Director, Bird Ecology and Conservation Ontario |
"Bobolinks - Grassland birds at risk in agricultural landscapes." |
March |
Sheryl Santos, Partnering and Engagement Officer, Rouge National Urban Park |
"Rouge National Urban Park" |
February |
Ms. Hazel Wheeler, Lead Biologist - Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recovery |
"Loggerhead Shrike Recovery in Ontario" |
January |
Dr Kevin Kerr, Curator of Birds & Invertebrates, Toronto Zoo |
"The Role of Zoos in Conservation" |
2016 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Member's night |
"Justin Peter - Cranes of India, Eric Baldo - Birding in Piedmont Italy, John Carley - Two Birds, Two Habitats, Jean Iron - Birds of Iceland, Silent Auction Book Sale" |
November |
Dr. Alfredo Barerra-Guzman, U of T Scarborough. |
"Hybrid zones and hybrid speciation in Amazonian birds". " |
October |
Dr. Keith Hobson, University of Western Ontario |
""From Birds to Butterflies: making connections with stable isotopes". " |
September |
Dr. Andrew Peregrine, OVC, University of Guelph |
"Lyme disease: is the risk of infection increasing in Ontario? (If you like birding in the woods and fields this is a speaker you don't want to miss)" |
June |
Tianna Burke - Trent University |
"Bank Swallow productivity and occupancy: a look at aggregate sites vs. natural sites" |
May |
Mark Field and Mark Peck |
"The Spring Citizen Science Workshop- 1. eBird for rare birds, 2. eBird basic entry, 3. Project NestWatch basic entry " |
April |
Emily Rondel |
"Golden-winged Warblers in Southern Ontario" |
March |
Jean Bedard and Jean Francois Giroux |
"Common Eiders in Quebec" |
February |
Dan Strickland |
"Gray Jays" |
January |
Jody Allair |
"Birds of Hawaii" |
2015 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Members' Night. Book Sale-Silent and Live Auction |
" John Carley - A Virginia Rail Went for a Walk, Mark Field - Shorebird Banding in Australia, Carol Giagrande and Brian Gibson - Birds of the Western Arctic, Mark Peck - Birding Peru with the TOC." |
November |
Steve Burrows - Author of "A Siege of Bitterns" |
"Birding for Non-birders - As a birder, and now as a writer, I have occasional interactions with non-birders. The talk will share some responses, perceptions and stories and look at some of the ways birds have impacted the lives of non-birders. " |
October |
Eric Davies, University of Toronto |
"Birds, Biodiversity and the Urban Tree" |
September |
TOC Member- Justin Peter |
"Birds of the Galapagos" |
June |
Pat Hodgson, TOC |
"Birds of Colombia" |
May |
Jason Weir – University of Toronto Scarborough |
"Why are there so many bird species in the tropics?" |
April |
TOC Program Workshop |
"Getting Involved in the TOC and Citizen Science" |
March |
Doug Tozer, Bird Studies Canada |
"Marsh Birds - Species at Risk" |
February |
Joanne Jackson, Director - Songbird SOS |
"A discussion and screening of a new documentary" |
January |
Stu MacKenzie, Bird Studies Canada |
"The MOTUS Wildlife Tracking System" |
2014 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Caroline Biel, Mark Brubacher, Amanda Guercio, Ange Brooks |
"CB - Bird Banding at the Doug Tarry Young Ornithologists Workshop (and Other Summer Adventures); MB - Birds of Las Grutus, Argentina; AG - Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas; AB - Species at Risk" |
November |
Chris Sharpe |
"Urban Canada Geese" |
October |
Bronwyn Dalziel |
"South African Bird Banding" |
September |
Geoff Carpentier |
"Birds of India and Nepal" |
June |
Michael Mesure |
"(FLAP) - Fatal Light Awareness Program" |
May |
Mark Peck, ROM |
"AOU update and the results of the James Bay Shorebird Surveys" |
April |
Ken Burrell |
"Spring reorientation flights of landbirds in the Pelee region" |
March |
Mike Burrell, Bird Studies Canada |
"Ontario's Important Bird Areas" |
February |
Kevin Seymour, ROM |
"Why Birds are Dinosaurs" |
January |
Jody Allair, Bird Studies Canada |
"Forest Birds at Risk" |
2013 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Amanda Guercio,Pat Hodgson,Abra Malaga, John Crawford,Skip Shand,Mark Field |
"Member's Night" |
November |
Oliver Haddrath, ROM |
"CSI ROM – The DNA Workshop" |
October |
Jean Iron - TOC |
"Arctic Birds of Iceland, Greenland and Canada" |
September |
Geoff Carpentier |
"South Georgia and its rat eradication project" |
June |
Nigel Shaw |
"Migration Monitoring at the Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station" |
May |
Various |
"Did you hear that? - Migration Warmup Workshop" |
April |
Alex Mills |
"Studying Whip-poor-wills" |
March |
Doug Tozer |
"Marsh Bird and Frog Abundance over the past 17 years in the Great Lakes: What Is It Telling Us" |
February |
Dana Kleniewski |
"Nature Conservancy Update" |
January |
Josh Vandermeulen |
"The Big Year, Ontario Style" |
2012 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Member's Night |
"Five Member Presentations" |
November |
Tyler Hoar |
"Botulism in the Great Lakes" |
October |
Ron Tozer |
"Birds of Algonquin Park." |
September |
Jim Rising |
"Speciation and Geographic Variation in Sparrows." |
June |
Hugh Peacock, Friends of Second Marsh |
"Saving Oshawa Second Marsh AGAIN!" |
May |
Mark Brubacher, TOC |
"Birds of Argentina." |
April |
Elisabeth van Stam, Bird Studies Canada |
"A Swift Decline? Investigating reasons for the decline of Chimney Swifts in Ontario." |
March |
Daniel Hanley, University of Guelph |
"The Evolution of Eggs." |
February |
Ben Walters, Trent University |
"Habitat use in the Ganaraska Forest." |
January |
Kevin Kerr, Royal Ontario Museum |
"Bar coding and the Northern Fulmar." |
2011 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Member's Night |
"Jeremy Hatt - "Twitching a Bell's Vireo" |
November |
Margaret Kelch |
"Memories of Panama Birding" |
October |
Jean Iron |
"The Ontario Gull Workshop" |
September |
Dr. Gail Fraser, York University |
"Manx Shearwaters in Newfoundland" |
June |
Geoff Carpentier |
"Birds of Taiwan" |
May |
Trevor Herriot |
"A Reading from "Grass, Sky, Song"" |
April |
Jean Iron |
"Summer Birds of James Bay" |
March |
Jessica Lockhart |
"Roseate Terns" |
February |
Chris Maher - Nature Conservancy |
"Conservation lands and wildlife viewing opportunites in Haldimand - Norfolk" |
January |
Hayley Shephard |
"Saving the Albatross" |
2010 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Various |
"TOC Members Night" |
November |
John Black |
"The Evolution of Niagara Birds" |
October |
Alec Dobson |
"A Rockjumper's Tour of Ghanaand" |
September |
Mark Peck |
"The Great TOC Warbler Workshop" |
June |
George Bryant |
"Sixty Years of Birding in Toronto and - The Changes We Have Seen" |
May |
Karen McDonald |
"Colonial Bird Species Management on Tommy Thompson Park" |
April |
Yvonne Verkuil |
"Why is the Eurasian Ruff immigrating into North America: The story of flexible flyways." |
March |
Geoff Carpentier |
"Building the Perfect Polar Bird" |
February |
Fletcher Smith |
"Whimbrel Migration Ecology" |
January |
Doug Tozer |
"The Ecology and Management of breeding Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers in Algonquin Provincial Park" |
2009 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Various |
"Member's Night and Silent Book Auction" |
November |
Scott MacDougall-Shackleton and Chris Guglielmo |
"Avian Research at the University of Western Ontario" |
October |
Brandon Holden |
"20 Days of Florida" |
September |
Jody Allair of Bird Studies Canada |
"e-Bird: Birding technology for the 21st Century" |
June |
Ghost Bird |
"Ivory-billed Woodpecker documentary" |
May |
Bill Kilburn |
"Urban Wildlife" |
April |
Mark Peck and Jean Iron |
"Shorebird Symposium" |
March |
Dave Milsom |
"African Wildlife" |
February |
Carol Horner and Kevin Seymour |
"Birds of Ecuador" |
January |
Various |
"TOC 75th Anniversary Celebration and Book Auction" |
2008 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Jean Iron |
"Akimiski Island Shorebirds and Natural History" |
November |
Peter Money |
"Wildlife of the Galapagos" |
October |
Hugh Currie |
"Birding in Northern Peru" |
September |
Don Barnett, Doug Woods, Mark Peck |
" Ontario Hawkwatching" |
June |
Steve Pike |
"Birding Argentina - land of spectacular beauty, contrasts and diversity" |
May |
George Prieksaitis |
"Hawk Migration at Hawk Cliff" |
April |
Kevin Seymour |
"Birds of Spain" |
March |
David Tomlinson |
"Changes in Birdlife Caused by Humans" |
February |
Gene Denzel |
"Birds of South Africa" |
January |
Cindy Cartwright |
"Ontario Hummingbirds" |
2007 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Jean Iron and Mark Peck |
"Fall Shorebirding in the Quebec Islands" |
November |
Oksana Borowik |
"Guatemala Birds" |
October |
Alvaro Jaramillo |
"Island Birds" |
September |
Bridget Stutchbury |
"Silence of the Songbirds" |
June |
Richard Cannings |
"Birds of British Columbia" |
May |
Pat Hodgson |
"Worm-eating Warbler Habitat Modelling" |
April |
Mark Peck |
"Meeting at the ROM. The current Status of Red Knots in North America" |
March |
Sandra Eadie |
"Birds of Namibia" |
February |
Sandra and Bob Hawkins |
"Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley" |
January |
Jean Iron |
"Identifying Shore Birds" |
2006 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
John Tyacke |
"Birding in England" |
November |
Graeme Gibson |
"The Bedside Book of Birds" |
October |
Jack Hanna |
"Birding Uganda (a movie)" |
September |
Bob Curry |
"150 years of change" |
June |
Alec Dobson |
"China: the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and the Beidaihe Coastline" |
May |
Bruce Hunter |
"The West Nile Virus and its effect on our birds" |
April |
Rina Nichols |
"The Ontario Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Program" |
March |
Richard Joos |
"Banding at TBO and searching for the Ivory-bill" |
February |
Jean Iron |
"Shorebirds in James Bay / Ivory Gulls and Polar Bears" |
January |
Bruce Falls |
"Birding in India" |
2005 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Gene Morton |
"What are our neotropic migrants doing during our winter?" |
November |
Dan Strickland |
"Gray Jays" |
October |
Bob Carswell |
"Birding in Argentina (a movie)" |
September |
Rayfield Pye |
"Thickson's Woods Nature Reserve" |
June |
Bob Carswell |
"Birds in Argentina" |
May |
Joe Duff |
"to be announced" |
April |
Joan Chivers |
"Hooded Warblers: female mate choice" |
March |
Joan Winearls, Glenn Coady |
"Meeting at ROM - study skins/specimens, TOC archives, etc." |
February |
Peter Money |
"Wildlife in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa" |
January |
Paul Grant |
"Atlassing in Northern Ontario" |
2004 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Jean Iron |
"A tour of the Carden Alvar" |
November |
Luc Fazio |
"Birds of the Philippines" |
October |
Paul Summerskill |
"Why Hawk Numbers Vary" |
September |
Hugh Currie |
"The birds of the Cameroon" |
June |
Tom Nudds |
"Waterfowl" |
May |
Jo Ann MacKenzie, Simon Liao |
"Birding in Taiwan" |
April |
Bruce Falls |
"New research findings about the White-throated Sparrow" |
March |
Bonnie Woolfenden |
"Conservation of the Acadian Flycatcher in Ontario" |
February |
Melissa Evans |
"Wood Thrushes and American Redstarts" |
January |
Bob Jefferies |
"Impact of Snow Geese at Churchill, Manitoba" |
2003 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Mark Adams |
"Sharing the skies with both metal and feather" |
November |
Mark Peck, Glenn Coady, Karl Konze |
"Atlassing along the shores of James Bay, 06 2003" |
October |
Peter Kappes |
"The Birds of Buldir" |
September |
Don Shanahan |
"The birds of Presqu'ile Provincial Park" |
June |
Dave Milsom |
"Raptor migration in Veracruz, Mexico" |
May |
Kerrith McKay |
"The making of a field season...life on the eastern arctic's largest common eider colony" |
April |
Scott Rush |
"Post-breeding dispersal of Hooded Warblers" |
March |
Theo Hofmann, Glenn Coady, Bill Edmunds |
"Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas" |
February |
Ameen Ahmed |
"Birds of India" |
January |
Jean Iron |
"Blue Geese and other birds of Polar Bear Provincial Park" |
2002 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Richard Joos |
"Little Gulls of Churchill, Manitoba" |
November |
Roy Smith |
"The birds of Southeast Australia" |
October |
Scott Connop |
"Tips for Birding in the Tropics" |
September |
Eva Bednarczuk |
"Southern Flying Squirrels of Point Pelee and Hamilton Valley" |
June |
Video presentation |
"Twitchers; Albert Lyrebird - Prince of the rain forest" |
May |
Jim Quinn |
"Social Systems of the Scrub Jay, Guira Cuckoo, Smooth-billed Ani, and Pukeko" |
April |
Pam Martin |
"Presence and Effects of Lead in the Raptors of Ontario" |
March |
Peter Money |
"Penguin Quest" |
February |
Ralph Morris |
"The Biology and Conservation of Common Terns" |
January |
Eric Machell |
"The Birds of Cuba" |
January |
Gunnar Engblom |
"Conservation of Threatened Birds of Peru" |
2001 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
John Miles |
"Bird Banding in Selkirk Provincial Park" |
November |
Jim Richards |
"Birds of the Arctic" |
October |
Jean Iron |
"Toronto's Heermann's Gull" |
September |
Dave Milsom |
"The Birds of Spain and Tunisia" |
June |
Richard Joos |
"Latitudinal Gradients, Forest Structure, and Avian Diversity" |
May |
Ken Abraham |
"Hudson Bay Lowlands - A Distinctive Wetland Legacy" |
April |
Kenn Kaufman |
"Why and How to Write a Field Guide" |
March |
Allan Baker |
"Red Knots: Migratory Shorebirds and Horseshoe Crabs" |
February |
Mike Cadman |
"The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds of Ontario" |
January |
Scott Connop |
"Birding Around the World" |
2000 MeetingsTop | ||
December |
Chip Weseloh |
"Trends in Black Tern and Gull Populations in Ontario" |
November |
George Bryant |
"The Seabirds of the World" |
October |
Mark Peck |
"Black-capped Vireos in Big Bend National Park, Texas" |
September |
Roy Smith |
"The Shorebirds of Eighty Mile Beach, Australia" |
June |
Sam Barone |
"Photographing the Birds of Ontario" |
May |
Ted Cheskey |
"The Important Bird Areas Program" |
April |
John Black |
"Passerine Migration on Weather Radar" |
March |
Michael Mesure |
"Fatal Light Awareness Program" |
February |
Jason Jones |
"The Cerulean Warbler in Eastern Ontario" |
January |
Vernon Thomas |
"Lesser Snow Geese in the Hudson Bay Lowlands" |
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December |
Ron Scovell |
"Birding in Peru" |
November |
Jim Rising |
"Defining subspecies" |
October |
George Peck and Mark Peck |
"Identification challenges" |
September |
Roger Pocklington |
"Ornithology in Bermuda" |
June |
Oliver Haddrath |
"The Evolution of the Ratites" |
May |
Erica Nol |
"Birds in Fragmented Forests" |
April |
Toni Salvadori |
"Birding in Hell, Searching for Paradise" |
March |
Oksana Borowik |
"A profile of Phoebe Snetsinger" |
February |
Jon McCracken |
"Ontario's Birds at Risk" |
January |
Scott Connop |
"The Birds of Peru" |
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December |
Bruce Falls |
"The Birds of South Africa" |
November |
Bob Curry |
"The Brown Thrushes of North America" |
October |
Barry Kent Mackay |
"Wildlife Illustration and the Difficulties Wildlife Artists Face" |
September |
Jim Bendell |
"The Grouse of Canada" |
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November |
Rob Porter - Director at Large, Hamilton Naturalist Club and Host of the Songbirding Podcast |
"In person - The Wide World of Birding - A look under the hood at the new Merlin app, Eastern Bluebird Trails and a look at Hamilton's Christmas Bird Count data." |
November |
Shae Turner MSc student Thompson Rivers University, British Columbia |
"Canadian research in Jamaica: understanding the winter lives of our migratory warblers through bird banding and the Motus Wildlife Tracking System" |
November |
Shae Turner, Master of Science student at Thompson Rivers University and Registered Professional Biologist in the province of British Columbia |
"Canadian research in Jamaica: Understanding the winter lives of our migratory warblers through bird banding and the Motus Wildlife Tracking System" |