A Bird-finding Guide to Ontario

Clive E. Goodwin

University of Toronto Press, Jan 1, 1995 - Nature - 477 pages

A Bird-Finding Guide to Ontario has been the indispensable guide for Ontario birders since it was first published in 1982. With this completely revised and greatly expanded edition the reader will now have, in one volume, complete, up-to-date information on where and when to look for birds, and detailed information on the distribution of all species recorded in the province.

Ontario offers a host of opportunities for the bird watcher. More than 450 species of birds have been found in the province, and at least 285 have nested. From southern deciduous woodlands to Arctic coastline, this guide presents precise directions on where birds are found, emphasizing the most popular and productive localities, but also citing numerous little-known locales that will delight aficionado and novice alike. County maps show the locations of the areas covered. Additional, more detailed maps supplement the text.

Goodwin supplies valuable information on the province as a whole and the habitats contained within. He lists common breeding birds one can expect to encounter, and describes seasonal weather conditions and migration patterns and the most productive kinds of birding to be found. The book concludes with special information for visitors to the province. An extensive index provides easy access to the guide.

Contents

• Southern Ontario: 2
• Kent and Essex Counties: 36
• Essex and Kent Counties: 37
• Point Pelee and Pelee Island: 45
• Eastern Lake St Clair: 57
• Lambton County: 64
• Lambton County: 65
• Sarnia Bay and Point Edward: 67
• Huron and Southern Bruce Counties: 76
• Grey County and the Bruce Peninsula: 83
• Middlesex Elgin and Oxford Counties: 94
• Middlesex Elgin: 95
• HaldimandNorfolk Region: 106
• Long Point and Area: 110
• Waterloo Wellington Perth and Dufferin: 124
• The Cambridge loop: 127
• Luther Marsh: 133
• Niagara Region: 140
• Niagara Regional: 141
• HamiltonWentworth Region: 152
• Hamilton West: 157
• Hamilton East: 159
• Valens and Mountsberg: 164
• Halton Regional Forest: 168
• Halton Peel York and Durham: 172
• Metropolitan Toronto and the Regions: 173
• Metropolitan Toronto: 176
• Ajax and Pickering: 192
• Whitby and Oshawa: 196
• Southeastern Lake Simcoe: 201
• Peterborough Victoria and Northumberland Counties: 208
• Victoria Peterborough: 209
• Hastings Lennox and Addington Frontenac Leeds and Grenville and Prince Edward: 226
• The Counties: 227
• Amherst Island: 231
• Wolfe Island: 233
• Southern Prince Edward County: 236
• OttawaCarleton Lanark Prescott and Russell Stormont Dundas and Glengarry: 246
• The Regional Municipality: 247
• Ottawa along the Ottawa River: 250
• Muskoka Parry Sound Manitoulin and Southern Sudbury: 260
• Simcoe County: 264
• Manitoulin Island: 274
• Southern Nipissing Haliburton and Renfrew: 278
• Renfrew: 279
• Northern Ontario: 290
• Northern Ontario: 291
• Sault Ste Marie: 305
• Thunder Bay North: 315
• Thunder Bay South: 317
• Rainy River and Lake of the Woods: 336
• Rainy River and Lake of the Woods: 337
• For the Visitor: 345
• Systematic List: 355
• Scientific Names of Mammal Reptile: 449

About the author

Clive Goodwin is a prominent and experienced birder who was Ontario regional editor of American Birds for 17 years. A former director of the Civic Garden Centre in Toronto, and author of A Bird Finding Guide in the Toronto Region, Mr Goodwin is a freelance naturalist living in Weston, Ontario, with his wife, Joy, who is also an active birder.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Bird-finding Guide to Ontario; G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
• Author: Clive E. Goodwin
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1995
• ISBN: 0802069045, 9780802069047
• Length: 477 pages
• Subjects: Nature / Birdwatching Guides