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Canada Wide PublicationsBirders Journal
Address : 8 Midtown Drive, Suite 289, Oshawa, Ontario, L1J 8L2 Contact : Sue Holder Number of Issues : 6 per year Subscription : $34 Canadian, $38US United States, $49 Overseas Website : Birders Journal
Listers' Corner
Address: 119 Holland Road Saskatoon, Sask. Canada S7H 4Z5 (306) 374-4085 Contact : B. Korol burkekorol@yahoo.com Number of Issues : 1 - yearly Subscription : $6.00 This is an annual newsletter of Birder's Lists called Listers' Corner. It is published once a year and costs 6$. It comes out in February and I mail out registration forms in December. Results must be submitted to me by the end of January. I have over 100 subscribers and it is usually about 30 pages long.
Bird Trends:
A report on results of national ornithological surveys in Canada
Address: Migratory Birds Conservation Division, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, K1A 0H3 Contact: Judith Kennedy (above address) tel (819) 953-4390 fax (819) 994-4445 judith.kennedy@ec.gc.ca Membership: Free! Details: Published once a year or so (moving towards the "or so" end of things given cutbacks. Each issue focuses on a different group of species (songbirds, seabirds, shorebirds, raptors, waterbirds). Just published the "return to songbirds" issue (6 issues in all). Articles include analysis of population trends across the country, and some info. on monitoring programs. Includes a menu of volunteer surveys that people can participate in. Audience is the knowledgeable birder. Back issues are available, though some are photocopies. Also, check out our website (in the process of being updated to include current taxonomy and more recent trend data): http://www1.ec.gc.ca/~cws/
Publication name: Talon Tales Address: Canadian Peregrine Foundation, 112 Merton Street Suite 300, Toronto ON, M4S 2Z8 Contact: Marcel Gahbauer, (416) 481-1233, e-mail: talons@yesic.com Number of issues: 4 (Feb, May, Aug, Nov) Subscription: $25 Contents: Talon Tales examines the biology and status of the peregrine falcon, profiles local peregrine recovery projects, and provides updates on the activities of the Canadian Peregrine Foundation.
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British Columbia Birds
Address : British Columbia Birds BCFO P.O. Box 8059 Victoria, B.C. V8W 3R7 Membership : $25 per year, $10 if you are 11-18 years old.Address : Contact : Number of Issues : Subscription :
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Nova Scotia Birds
Address : c/o Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3A6 Contact : Membership Secretary Subscription : $15(single), $18(family), $25(institutional), $375(life). Number of Issues : three times per year.Blomidon Naturalists Society Newsletter
This is the newsletter of the BNS, a general natural history society based in Wolfville. It's a very active group, with monthly meetings and numerous field trips, and birding always constitutes a prominent part of both.Address : RR#2 Wolfville NS, B0P 1X0 Contact : Harold Forsyth, Subscription : Individual membership is $12 p.a.
Birds of Nunavut
Nunavut Wildlife Management Board and the Baffin Divisional Board of Education Available from Artic Ventures Phone : (867)979-5992 Fax : (867)979-4207
Birders Journal
Address : 8 Midtown Drive, Suite 289, Oshawa, Ontario, L1J 8L2 Contact : Sue Holder Number of Issues : 6 per year Subscription : $34 Canadian, $38US United States, $49 Overseas Website : Birders Journal
Long Point Bird Observatory
Ontario Bird Banding
Ontario Birds
Address : Ontario Field Ornithologists , 455, Station R, Toronto, Ontario M4G 4E1 Contact : Jean Iron, President Ontario Field Ornithologists. E-mail: jeaniron@globedirect.com Telephone: 416 445-9297 Number of Issues : three times a year, in April, August and December Subscription : OFO membership. Contents : Material published includes notes and articles concerning the status, distribution, identification and behaviour of Ontario's birds, as well as site guides, book reviews, letters and the Annual Report of the Ontario Bird Records Committee (OBRC).
OFO News
Address : Ontario Field Ornithologists , 455, Station R, Toronto, Ontario M4G 4E1 Contact : Jean Iron, President Ontario Field Ornithologists. E-mail: jeaniron@globedirect.com Telephone: 416 445-9297 Number of Issues : three times a year, in February, June and October. Subscription : OFO membership. Contents : features short articles about Ontario's birds and birding, announcements, site guides, bird artists, field trip reports and OBRC updates.
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Quebec Oiseaux
Address : C.P. 514, Drummondville, (Qc) J2B 6W4 Contact : ? Number of Issues : ? Subscription : $10 for members of birding club affiliate with the AQGO; $16 for others.
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Nature Saskatchewan (a.k.a. Saskatchewan Natural History Society) publishes one guide dedicated to bird-finding in the Regina area (100 km radius). In addition, their publication "Birds of the Elbow" has a large portion dedicated to bird-finding in a large area of southwestern Saskatchewan. The society also publishes another dozen detailed annotated check-lists to other areas of the province. These can also be mined for bird-finding information. See the society bookshop's web-page:http://www.unibase.com/~naturesk/bookshop.html
The University of Saskatchewan Extension Service and Saskatoon Natural History Society publish a guide to nature viewing to the Saskatoon area that has excellent bird-finding information. It's also available through the Nature Saskatchewan bookshop.
All of these books are a great way to get prairie specialties like Clark's Grebe, Eared Grebe, Swainson's Hawk, Ferruginous Hawk, Marbled Godwit, Wilson's Phalarope, American Avocet, Black Tern, Rock Wren, Sprague's Pipit, McCown's and Chestnut-collared Longspurs, Clay-colored Sparrow, Baird's Sparrow, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Le Conte's Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, Lark Bunting, Yellow-headed Blackbird, etc. Big Days there can range over 130 species. The area has very high diversity of breeding grebes, shorebirds and Emberizines.
Saskatchewan Naturally Magazine http://www.sasknaturally.com, Saskatchewan's first geographic magazine to present the province in beautiful photography and in-depth stories. Maps, travel tips, resources. Feature on the avian photography of Garfield MacGillivray in Spring 2000 issue.Address : Contact : Number of Issues : Subscription :
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