We and our neighbors to the north share a chain of islands that spans Lake Erie. For idiotic reasons, most maps of these islands are divided nationally, rather than biologically. These islands are uniquely attractive to birds--the most recent strange occurrence was of a crested caracara on a US site last year--and the Canadian peninsula that is part of the chain has a rich history of Lake Erie birds that is unique. Alan Wormington compiles yearly compiled reports from observers at Pt. Pelee each year, and they are very interesting. If nothing else, they show us the unknown potentials of the island chain for birds. Alan's announcement, with photos and other details, can be found via the following detailed report: "The POINT PELEE BIRD REPORT --- for 2014 --- is now available for viewing. The report is 14 pages long, and includes 26 photographs of various rarities seen during the year. Take note that most of the photographs are high resolution, thus they can be zoomed in for closer inspection. The report is hosted by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO), and can be seen here: http://www.ofo.ca/ofo-docs/PointPeleeBirds2014.pdf" * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Home Page for OFO can be found here: www.ofo.ca If anyone has corrections, updates or additions for the 2014 Annual Report, please send these to me in a private message. Previous Annual Reports for Point Pelee can be found here: 2013: http://tinyurl.com/pwxe3mm 2012: http://tinyurl.com/mtsrqhy 2011: http://tinyurl.com/l8ekbcw Alan Wormington Leamington, Ontario ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]