Greetings Fellow Birders, Please find the Ontario Rare Bird Report for the week of January 31, 2025 below.
This weekly report provides information about bird sightings that are significant due to the species, the location and/or time of year of the sighting. Within these weekly reports, as much detail will be provided as possible regarding observations, including providing credit to the initial observer(s) and location details. Please use eBird to provide specific details as sightings are recorded. Note that species in all-caps are on the ORBC review list. Amendments/corrections may be sent to dbirkenbergs.birdrepo...@gmail.com. I thank each of you for your patience for any inadvertent oversights. TUFTED DUCK 2-Feb-25; Toronto - Colonel Sam Smith Park/Twenty-Third Street Parkette; Jasmin Morgan * continuing bird; originally sighted by Jessica Benavides on Jan. 4, 2025 King Eider 6-Feb-25; Toronto - Toronto Islands/Tommy Thompson Park; Leo Weskittel/Raspberry Yow-Fairs *continuing bird; originally sighted by Owen Strickland on Nov. 22, 2024 King Eider 6-Feb-25; Hamilton - Jones Road (Stoney Creek); Nancy E. McPherson/Garth V. Riley Harlequin Duck 4-Feb-25; Toronto - The Beach; Chad Berry *likely the same bird sighted in this area in the Fall of 2024 Harlequin Duck 5-Feb-25; Peel - Lakefront Promenade Park/R.K. McMillan Park; Boomer Sooner *continuing bird Harlequin Duck 5-Feb-25; Toronto - Kew Beach; Angela Eady/Michael Root Harlequin Duck 5-Feb-25; Toronto - Martin Goodman Trail; Gis Sigler Barrow's Goldeneye 31-Jan-25; Grey - Owen Sound Harbour; A. Nicholson *continuing bird; originally sighted by an anoymous eBirder on Jan. 30, 2025 Barrow's Goldeneye 3-Feb-25; Durham - Lynde Creek/ Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health; Dave Worthington *continuing bird; originally sighted by Stu Hall/Sara Thompson-Hall on Dec. 21, 2024 WILLOW PTARMIGAN 2-Feb-25; Cochrane - Road 652; Eric Baldo/Michelle Martin/Jeff Skevington *continuing bird; originally sighted by Jeff Skevington on Jan. 5, 2025 Black Vulture 2-Feb-25; Niagara - Queenston Heights; Margaret Hough *continuing bird; originally sighted by Willie D'Anna/Jean Iron/William Lamond/Declan Troy on Jan. 3, 2025 Black Vulture 2-Feb-25; Hamilton - Dundas Valley CA; Adam Chambers Black-billed Magpie 2-Feb-25; Kenora - Sioux Lookout; Rose Pogoda Wood Thrush 2-Feb-25; Hamilton - Royal Botanical Gardens; Mark Lee EURASIAN TREE SPARROW 1-Feb-25; Frontenac - Button Bay Road (Wolfe Island); Mark D. Read *continuing bird; originally sighted by Mark D. Read at Wolfe Island on Dec. 31, 2024 GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCH 31-Jan-25; Timiskaming - Georgina Street (Matachewan); Kari Dalziel/Jared Taman *continuing bird; originally sighted by Kari Dalziel/Jared Taman at Matachewan on Dec. 27, 2024 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 4-Feb-25; Waterloo - Bannister Lake; Georg Hentsch *continuing bird originally sighted by Georg Hentsch on Dec. 20, 2024 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 6-Feb-25; Brant - Winter Way (Brantford); Kathleen Gardiner/Sarah Lamond Harris's Sparrow 31-Jan-25; Durham - Scugog/Sunderland; Murray Shield *continuing bird originally sighted by Carol Apperson/Doug Apperson on Dec. 28, 2024 Ovenbird 31-Jan-2025; London - Bruce Street; Suzanne Frank *continuing bird originally sighted by Suzanne Frank on Dec. 11, 2024 Good Birding, Dan -- Ontbirds and Birdnews are moderated email Listservs provided by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) as a service to all birders in Ontario. Birdnews is reserved for announcements, location summaries, first of year reports, etc. To post a message on Birdnews, send an email to: birdnews@ontbirds.ca. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Birdnews Moderators by email at birdn...@ofo.ca. Please review posting rules and guidelines at http://ofo.ca/site/content/listserv-guidelines To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists.
