*Sunday, January 5, 2020* *OFO Member's Survey - Please give us your input (before January 11th)* Please take a few minutes to complete a short, 16-question survey about OFO and birding in Ontario. Your answers will help the OFO Board determine the 2020 priorities for OFO at the Board Retreat on Saturday, January 11th. The survey will be available until Friday, January 11th at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PRT9Y3W Thank you in advance! *Field Trips and Workshops - Registration is open* All field trips, workshops and young birder events are now up on our web site (ofo.ca) under Field Trips and Workshop or http://www.ofo.ca/site/Tripsupcoming and registration is open. The trip brochure will be arriving with Ontario Birds soon. We have over 70 trips and workshops this year, plus an exciting lineup of events for young birders. We have added two trips since our brochure went to press: September 12: Hamilton, Burlington and Vicinity and November 1: Snow Geese in Eastern Ontario. *2020 Young Birder Events* The Young Birders events are listed on the field trip page. In summary, this is what we have planned. These events are open to all young birders. January 19 (Sunday) Young Birders - A Day at the Royal Ontario Museum. Leader: Mark Peck February 1 (Saturday) – Young Birders - Winter Bird Behaviour Workshop at the Guelph Arboretum. Leader: Chris Earley. April 3 (Friday Evening) - Young Birders - Canada Jay and Winter Birding Weekend at Algonquin Park. Leader: Matthew Fuirst. April 25 (Saturday) – Young Birders - Sparrow and Warbler ID Workshop. Leader: Dan Chronowic. May 9 (Saturday) -Young Birders Big Weekend at Point Pelee June 13 (Saturday) – Young Birders - Summer Birding at Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto. Leader: Lynne Freeman. August 15 (Saturday) - Alan Wormington Memorial Camp for Young Birders. Leaders: Jeff and Angela Skevington, Ian Shanahan, Lynne Freeman. September 25 (Friday) - Young Birders Hikes at the OFO Convention in Peterborough, September 25 – 27th November 7 (Saturday) – Young Birders Choice *Feedback about the Northern Hawk Owl and Reporting* Many of you took the time to write heartfelt, thoughtful messages about the owl, reporting and the pros and cons of sharing locations of sought-after birds. I haven't had the time to respond to each of you personally, but I did want to thank all of you for contributing to the conversation. The OFO Board will be reviewing reporting policies and guidelines at our retreat this Saturday and will take into account all of the input we've received. Thank you and Good Birding, Lynne Freeman OFO President -- Lynne Freeman lynnef.to@gmail.com "Be bold, be brave, be amazing...." Simon de Pury, Work of Art