Welcome To the 2021 SPRINGSONG / PIBO Virtual Gala Live-Streamed Saturday May 8, 7:00 pm EST with Hosts Margaret Atwood & Paul Vasey A Fundraiser in support of the Pelee Island Heritage Centre and the Pelee Island Bird Observatory See the Live-stream video replay: YouTube Guest Author Louise Penny Author of sixteen award-winning mysteries […]
Our Virtual Gala Dinner was Self-Catered—choose your menu from 35 luscious recipes by authors, birders, and friends of PIBO. Link is HERE Watch Trevor Herriot’s new video on the grassland birds of Saskatchewan. Link is HERE
Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company, located in Vankleek Hill near Ottawa, and PIBO’s long-time supporter, Margaret Atwood, have teamed up to produce a superb organic craft beer, while at the same time pledging twenty-four cents from the sale of every “NooBroo” to PIBO’s research, education, and outreach programs. This wonderful support will go a long
MaddAddamites NooBroo Ale Now Available At LCBO stores! Read More »
Robin Lajoie from Hamilton, Ontario, has teamed up with Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company to pull off what is undoubtedly a first – a forty-hour marathon swim around Lake Erie’s Pelee Island, Essex County, Ontario. All in support of the Pelee Island Bird Observatory! If the weather cooperates, Robin will attempt his daunting task (to
Robin Lajoie Pursues Epic Swim Around Pelee Island In Support of Wild Birds! Read More »
PIBO is excited to announce that Windsor native Suzanne Friemann has joined the bird observatory as our full-time General Manager. Suzanne – a former-resident on Pelee Island – brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to the position and will help ensure PIBO’s programs and operations continue to prosper. Everyone at PIBO looks forward to
PIBO Hires New General Manager! Read More »
The Fourth Annual ‘Margaret Atwood Presents … ‘ Windsor fundraiser for The Pelee Island Bird Observatory was a great success. This year’s guest speaker was Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes and many other works. PIBO would like to extend its thanks and appreciation to its sponsors: Dr. Alan Wildeman, President of The
PIBO Windsor Dinner Fundraising Event May 2015 Read More »
Another season of avian migration monitoring got underway at Fish Point Provincial Nature Reserve (Ontario Parks) on April 2nd. It was another cold winter in Ontario and the island was still locked in ice at the end of March (as a result the island ferry didn’t operate until the 7th), but migration was well underway
PIBO Migration Summary (Apr 2 – 15, 2015) Read More »
Explore a retrospective summary of PIBO’s remarkable accomplishments from 2002 – 2014 on the new Timeline page.
Check out PIBO’s new Timeline! Read More »
PIBO’s extremely thorough annual report for 2014 is available for download as a 36-page PDF file. You can also browse previous annual reports.
PIBO 2014 Year-end Report Read More »
The Annual Bird Count was held on December 14, 2014. John Pogacnik is the compiler for the Lake Erie Islands Count Circle which includes the Bass Islands, Kelleys, and Pelee Island. It was the year of the owls! Five species of owls were recorded on the islands that day – great-horned, eastern screech (second highest
Erie Islands Audubon Christmas Bird Count 2014 Read More »
