Long Point Bird Observatory

10/16/2026

Pine Siskins are popping up at Long Point! 🌲
We were delighted to catch a Pine Siskin at both the Tip and Old Cut this week! These fascinating little finches can have irruptive years, when large numbers move beyond their usual range in search of food.

Pine Siskins have also benefited from spruce budworm outbreaks over the past decade, which have provided an abundant food source.

👀 Now for a little bird ID challenge! Can you tell us the age and s*x of this Pine Siskin from the photo? Let us know your answer in the comments!

Want to know what other finches might be heading our way this winter? Check out Tyler Hoar’s Winter Finch Forecast for 2026–2027.

🔗 https://finchnetwork.org/winter-finch-forecast-2026-2027

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10/15/2026

FREE Event!
Honouring Manmoomin (Wild Rice): Rediscover Long Point’s sacred food - October 29th 1-5pm

Join us for an afternoon of shared Indigenous knowledge, culture, and traditional cultural processing of Manoomin (wild rice). This event will be a unique and valuable opportunity to join Mark Sault, Knowledge Holder and teacher and member from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, for an engaging cultural learning experience at Birds Canada.

Link in bio
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/honouring-manoomin-wild-rice-rediscover-long-points-sacred-food-tickets-2003369942427

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10/13/2026

10/12/2026

🍂 Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! 🦃

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Long Point Bird Observatory! We hope you're enjoying a lovely day surrounded by friends and family.

This year we're especially grateful for everyone who contributed to LPBO and helped fill the pages of our 2025 Program Report. To all our supporters, near and far, thank you for being part of the LPBO community.

We hope you enjoy reading about everything we got up to last year, and the incredible work your support made possible.

https://view.publitas.com/birds-canada-gykxaz9yrrpp/lpbo-program-report/page/1

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10/11/2026

It’s Kinglet season! 👑

One of our smallest birds, but certainly one of the toughest! Golden-crowned Kinglets can survive incredibly cold winter nights, relying entirely on tiny insects for food. To keep their little bodies going, they need to eat around three times their body weight every day!
They stick around Long Point throughout the winter, so keep your ears open for their distinctive, high-pitched “C” note call as you explore the trails.

Small but mighty! 💪

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10/09/2026

🍂 What you do in your garden this fall can make a world of difference next spring.

Join us for A Celebration of Birds in the Garden and learn how your garden can be a live feeder for winter birds while harvesting seeds for next year's garden.

Make a day of it! Start your visit with bird banding at Long Point Bird Observatory in the morning, head to Birds Canada for the afternoon gardening event, and return in the evening for owl banding (weather permitting). It's the perfect opportunity to experience fall migration firsthand while finding inspiration for your own backyard.

🔗 Register for free: birdscanada.org/events

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10/08/2026

Wow, what an amazing find!! 🤩

On October 6, Ernest Gutschik discovered Long Point’s second-ever Gray Kingbird! And to make it even more exciting, it was Ernest’s first visit to Long Point. Talk about making an entrance!

Check out our latest Sightings Board update to see what other birds have been spotted around Long Point this week.

https://birdscanada.mediavalet.com/portals/LPBO%C2%A0

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10/08/2026

Thank you for visiting and your continued support! Birds Canada

10/06/2026

Warbler diversity is starting to drop, but don’t be fooled… there’s lots to see in October!

Our most abundant species in the nets right now are Yellow-rumped Warblers, kinglets and Hermit Thrushes, but there’s plenty of migration happening overhead too!
For the full spectacle, spend some time at our D**e Platform, where you can watch huge movements of blackbirds, American Robins and Blue Jays passing through. This morning, we were also treated to American Pipits and Pine Siskins calling overhead!

We’ll be banding throughout October, so come visit us from dawn until 1 p.m. to see banding in action. And if you’re here outside those hours, our trails are always open for birding!

There’s still plenty of migration to enjoy—come see it for yourself! 🍁

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10/04/2026

We can’t believe September is over already!! These past two weeks have been great to see the crossover of warblers leaving and late fall migrants like Juncos and White-throated Sparrows arriving. Follow the link in our bio to see the highlights.

https://birdscanada.mediavalet.com/portals/LPBO%C2%A0

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