Graeme Gibson, 1934-2019. On September 18th our long time chairperson and champion of birds passed away peacefully at the University College Hospital in London England. Since its inception in 2002, Graeme was a pivotal part of PIBO’s work. His passion and advocacy for birds everywhere, especially on Pelee Island matched with his kindness, humour and […]
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I’d like you to join me in wishing the very best to the departing Managing Director, Chief Bander, and Founder to the Pelee Island Bird Observatory, Graeme Gibson the Younger. It was Graeme’s idea – could it be thirteen years ago? — to establish a bird banding station – using ethical protocols that put the
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We are excited to announce that once again, Margaret Atwood will host the PIBO Windsor fundraiser, bringing as her guest Lawrence Hill. Lawrence Hill is the author of nine books, including The Book of Negroes, an international bestseller and winner of various awards including The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the English and French Canadian versions
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PIBO’s third annual Windsor Fundraiser Dinner, “Margaret Atwood and the Pelee Island Bird Observatory Present: An Evening with Wayne Grady”, was held on May 7, 2014, at Beach Grove Golf and Country Club. It was a fantastic evening, with great food and wine, and of course great company. It was particularly nice to catch up
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For the third year in a row, Margaret Atwood returns for the PIBO Windsor fundraiser. This year she brings as her guest Windsor-born author Wayne Grady, whose novel Emancipation Day was longlisted for the 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The novel, much of it set in Windsor, deals with the marriage, during the Second World War,
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PIBO’s 11th autumn migration monitoring season wrapped up on November 15th after 107 mornings of consecutive coverage from August 1st. Two full-time staff and nine interns/volunteers logged 1016 field-hours at Fish Point and documented 171 species and forms (ten-year average 173). A total of 2027 birds of 62 species was captured in 2900 net-hours, for
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Since 2010, as part of our education mandate, PIBO has delivered in-class presentations to schools in Southern Ontario thanks to funding support from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resource’s Species at Risk Stewardship Fund and TD Friends of the Environment. Even with this generous support, however, travel costs have made it difficult to reach schools
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In March of this year PIBO organized the first of what we expect will become an annual birding and nature trip to Cuba. It is an intriguing and generous country, the birds are marvellouse and largely accessible. Our guide, Arturo Kirkconnell, is a curator in the Cuban National Museum of Natural History and —
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Essex County Nature will celebrate their 28th Annual Dinner on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at the Fogolar Furlan Club in Windsor. The guest speaker this year is Graeme Gibson! Graeme is an acclaimed author and chair of the Pelee Island Bird Observatory. He is past president of PEN Canada and the recipient of both the
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