John Cartwright
With great spring weather promised over the long week-end, I looked forward to doing my Birdathon where I had started birding in the late 1940s, in the Kingston area as a member of one of the teams that take part…
Ivor Williams
Jim Richards
Jim was born and raised in Oshawa, and he first took an interest in nature at age 7. At age 10, he took up the hobby of collecting birds’ eggs. By his early teens, Jim was hooked on birding and…
2012 Certificates
Diane Henderson for her many years of meticulous maintenance of the OFO archives. Kevin and Sharon Hockley for the construction and donation of two Pileated Woodpecker heads for the raffle people to wear at the annual convention. Peter Mladen for…
Mike Cadman
Saturday, 20 May, 2011 The 2011 OFO Birdathon team (myself, Chris Earley, Paul Grant, Larry Staniforth, and Bryan Wyatt) did our Birdathon in Wellington County on May 20. Our plan was to make an assault on the 147 species Big…
David Brewer
David Brewer began birding about the age of 12 in England. He obtained his first bird banding permit from the British Trust for Ornithology at age 17 and has held a Canadian banding permit since 1971. He became an authority…
2011 Certificates
Mark Cranford for his many years of careful attention to the OFO listserv ONTBIRDS and his recent transfer of the site to a new host. The Staff of Darlington Nuclear Generating Station for organizing the successful viewing of the Willow…
Margaret Bain
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 It started off well – brilliant stars and a nearly full moon, a warm, clear night, and a northbound flight of thrushes as I waited in my driveway at 2.30am for the others (no, we didn’t…
Erica Dunn and David Hussell
David Hussell and Erica Dunn, husband and wife, began their academic careers in ornithology as graduate students at the University of Michigan in the 1960s. David founded Long Point Bird Observatory in 1960 and Thunder Cape Bird Observatory in 1991.…
2010 Certificates
Dian Bogie for helping birders see the Phainopepla that was present in Brampton from 9 November 2009 to 9 February 2010. The Cameron Family for helping birders see the Phainopepla that was present in Brampton from 9 November 2009 to…
John and Victoria Carley
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 Rather than driving 300 kilometers and chasing half-way across Ontario, we declared that we would do our Birdathon, as “Celebrity Birders” for the Ontario Field Ornithologists, entirely within the deep dark depths of urban Toronto. When…