Greetings Fellow Birders, Please find the Ontario Rare Bird Report for the week of February 7, 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 7-Feb-25; Toronto - Colonel Sam Smith Park/Twenty-Third Street Parkette; Jennifer Evans *continuing bird; originally sighted by Jessica Benavides on Jan. 4, 2025 COMMON EIDER 11-Feb-25; Peterborough - Katchewanooka Lake; Gerry Bird/Linda Sunderland *continuing bird; originally sighted by Xavier Tuson on Jan. 14, 2025 King Eider 10-Feb-25; Hamilton - Jones Road (Stoney Creek); Dave Archbell/Barry Coombs *continuing bird; originally sighted by Nancy E. McPherson & Garth V. Riley on Feb. 6, 2025 King Eider 11-Feb-25; Toronto - Toronto Islands/Tommy Thompson Park; Dominik Halas *continuing bird; originally sighted by Owen Strickland on Nov. 22, 2024 Harlequin Duck 9-Feb-25; Peel - Lakefront Promenade Park/R.K. McMillan Park/Colonel Sam Smith Park; Brian Bailey/Robert Johnson *continuing birds; likely the same pair seen in various locations on the Lake Ontario shoreline from Peel to west-end of Toronto regions Harlequin Duck 10-Feb-25; Toronto - The Beach; Raspberry Yow-Fairs *likely the same bird sighted in this area in the Fall of 2024 Barrow's Goldeneye 8-Feb-25; Durham - Lynde Creek/ Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health; Kylo Alari *continuing bird; originally sighted by Stu Hall/Sara Thompson-Hall on Dec. 21, 2024 WILLOW PTARMIGAN 9-Feb-25; Cochrane - Road 652; Ed Poropat/Tamara Poropat *continuing bird; originally sighted by Jeff Skevington on Jan. 5, 2025 Black Vulture 11-Feb-25; Niagara - Queenston Heights; Sid Wood *continuing bird; originally sighted by Willie D'Anna/Jean Iron/William Lamond/Declan Troy on Jan. 3, 2025 Varied Thrush 12-Feb-25; Ottawa - Stonecrest Road; Always An Adventure Inc. Team EURASIAN TREE SPARROW 8-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 7-Feb-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) 8-Feb-25; Waterloo - Bannister Lake; Georg Hentsch *continuing bird originally sighted by Georg Hentsch on Dec. 20, 2024 Harris's Sparrow 7-Feb-25; Durham - Scugog/Sunderland; Mark Patry *continuing bird originally sighted by Carol Apperson/Doug Apperson on Dec. 28, 2024 Yellow-headed Blackbird 12-Feb-25; Essex - Seacliff Park (Leamington); Fred Grenier Ovenbird 8-Feb-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.
