Articles and Reviews

by

Jean Iron

 

My article in December 2018 issue of Ontario Birds: Double-crested Cormorant with aberrant pale plumage

 

Subspecies of Common and Hoary Redpolls - fully revised January 2015.

 

Toronto's Heermann's Gull 14 November 1999 to 16 September 2000.

 

Molts and Plumages of Ontario's Heermann's Gull - article in Ontario Birds Vol 19 (2) 65:78. August 2001.

 

Spring Shorebirds at Hillman Marsh - article with photos in OFO News February 2014.

 

Shorebirds and Climate Change - article in OFO News June 2013.

 

Dark morph Red-tailed Hawks: calurus or abieticola? TOC Newsletter No 222. February 2012.

 

Loggerhead Shrike from Carden Alvar wintering in Virginia OFO News February 2012.

 

Smew and John Vanderpoel Big Year. Three page article - TOC Newsletter No 221. January 2012.

 

Rosetta McClain Gardens Raptor Watch - TOC Newsletter No 219. November 2011.

 

Mystery Disappearance of House Sparrows TOC Newsletter No. 215. May 2011

 

Greater Snow Geese on the St. Lawrence River in Ontario. TOC Newsletter No 214 ppbgv 3-5. April 2011.

 

Leucistic Trumpeter Swan. Published in TOC Newsletter No. 213, pp 5-6. March 2011

 

Volunteering for Bird Conservation on James Bay - Article with photos in OFO News February 2011.

 

The Launch of Niagara Birds. TOC Newsletter No. 209 pp 5-6. November 2010.

 

Tagged Whimbrel. 2010. Toronto Ornithological Club Newsletter No. 207 p. 9. September 2010.

 

Who was Mrs. Gordon Mills? - Toronto Ornithological Club Newsletter No 201. January 2010.

 

Snyder's and Labrador Great Horned Owls in Toronto - 2009. Scroll down to page 18: Toronto Birds 3(1):18-22. January 2009.

 

Snyder's Great Horned Owl OFO News Vol 24 (3): 15 Oct 2006

 

Erythristic Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 2006. Ontario Birds 24(1): 2-5. April 2006.

 

James Bay Shorebird Survey OFO News Vol 23 (3):13 Oct 2005

 

Tree Top Bittern OFO News Vol 21(2): 14. June 2003

 

Kinglet Killer. 2002. OFO News 20(2): 8-9. June 2002.

 

Caspian Tern Night Roost on Roof. 2000. Ontario Birds 18(3):130-133. December 2000.

 

Thieving Wigeons - Short note in OFO News 17(1): 9. February 1999.

 

Brewer's Blackbirds: On Hold. OFO News 16(3): 10. October 1998.

 

Kestrels and Green Darners - article first published in OFO News. February 1998.

 

Grackles Catching Fish. 1997. Ontario Birds 15(2): 79-80. August 1997.

 

Hawk Herbalists. 1997. OFO News 15(1): 10. February 1997.

 

Double-Scratchers. 1996. OFO News 14(3): 8. October 1996.

 

Pileated Woodpecker Eating Dogwood Berries. 1995. Ontario Birds 13(1): 28-29. April 1995.

 

Reviews

 

Shorebirds of North America, Europe, and Asia by Richard Chandler

 

BirdsEye for Apple iPhone

 

Other Authors

 

pdf  Whip-poor-wills and Moonshine by Alex Mills. Illustration by Michael King OFO News Vol 16(1) 10-11. February 1998

 

web Whip-poor-wills and Moonshine by Alex Mills. Illustration by Michael King OFO News Vol 16(1) 10-11. February 1998

 

Marbled Godwits on the Go OFO News Vol 25(3): 6-7. Oct 2007

 

Record Roundup of Ross's Geese OFO News Vol 20(1):1. Oct 2002

 

Junco Diversification

 

Taxonomy of Greater White-fronted Geese

 

Common Eider Subspecies PDF

 

Bicknell's Thrush Sites in Quebec Page 1, and Page 2 - by the late Henri Ouellet. First published in OFO News February 1997, the year after the AOU spilt Bicknell's and Gray-cheeked Thrush into two species.