Shorebird Enthusiasts,
The Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) of Environment Canada has just
re-issued the Ontario Shorebird Conservation Plan. The 48 page plan
includes 27 maps and 14 photographs. The executive summary states that
"Ontario provides vitally important staging and breeding habitat for
Western Hemisphere shorebirds. Of 29 shorebird species commonly occurring
in Ontario, major staging concentrations of 14 species amass in the
hundreds of thousands. Of 40 species of shorebirds that breed routinely in
Canada, 22 regularly breed in Ontario, including significant proportions of
the populations of seven species."
The plan gives the occurrence, status, habitats, population estimates and
trends of the breeding and migrant shorebirds in the province. Did you know
that Ontario has an isolated breeding population of Marbled Godwits in
James Bay and that Hudsonian Godwits in the Hudson Bay Lowlands may
represent 50% of the Canadian breeding population, much of that in Ontario?
Key staging sites used by migrating shorebirds, such as Presqu'ile
Provincial Park, are identified.
This is an important government document. It outlines the steps needed to
conserve shorebirds and their habitats in Ontario. Senior author is Ken
Ross of the Canadian Wildlife Service. Partners with CWS in the plan are
the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Field Ornithologists,
Bird Studies Canada, Ducks Unlimited Canada, and Gateways Centre.
Ross, K., K. Abraham, R. Clay, B. Collins, J. Iron, R. James, D. McLachlin,
and R. Weeber. 2003. Ontario Shorebird Conservation Plan. Canadian Wildlife
Service, Environment Canada. Cat No. 0-662-33933-9. ISBN CW66-222/2003E.
Hard copies of the shorebird plan are available in person or by e-mail,
phone and fax from:
Canadian Wildlife Service
4905 Dufferin Street
Downsview, ON M3H 5T4
E-mail: Wildlife.Ontario@ec.gc.ca
Phone: 416-739-5830
Fax: 416-739-5845
or view the plan online
http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/plans/shorebirdplan-e.html
Ron Pittaway
Ontario Field Ornithologists
E-mail: jeaniron@sympatico.ca
Shorebird Enthusiasts,
The Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) of Environment Canada has just
re-issued the Ontario Shorebird Conservation Plan. The 48 page plan
includes 27 maps and 14 photographs. The executive summary states that
"Ontario provides vitally important staging and breeding habitat for
Western Hemisphere shorebirds. Of 29 shorebird species commonly occurring
in Ontario, major staging concentrations of 14 species amass in the
hundreds of thousands. Of 40 species of shorebirds that breed routinely in
Canada, 22 regularly breed in Ontario, including significant proportions of
the populations of seven species."
The plan gives the occurrence, status, habitats, population estimates and
trends of the breeding and migrant shorebirds in the province. Did you know
that Ontario has an isolated breeding population of Marbled Godwits in
James Bay and that Hudsonian Godwits in the Hudson Bay Lowlands may
represent 50% of the Canadian breeding population, much of that in Ontario?
Key staging sites used by migrating shorebirds, such as Presqu'ile
Provincial Park, are identified.
This is an important government document. It outlines the steps needed to
conserve shorebirds and their habitats in Ontario. Senior author is Ken
Ross of the Canadian Wildlife Service. Partners with CWS in the plan are
the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Field Ornithologists,
Bird Studies Canada, Ducks Unlimited Canada, and Gateways Centre.
Ross, K., K. Abraham, R. Clay, B. Collins, J. Iron, R. James, D. McLachlin,
and R. Weeber. 2003. Ontario Shorebird Conservation Plan. Canadian Wildlife
Service, Environment Canada. Cat No. 0-662-33933-9. ISBN CW66-222/2003E.
Hard copies of the shorebird plan are available in person or by e-mail,
phone and fax from:
Canadian Wildlife Service
4905 Dufferin Street
Downsview, ON M3H 5T4
E-mail: Wildlife.Ontario@ec.gc.ca
Phone: 416-739-5830
Fax: 416-739-5845
or view the plan online
http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/plans/shorebirdplan-e.html
Ron Pittaway
Ontario Field Ornithologists
E-mail: jeaniron@sympatico.ca
