Greetings Fellow Birders, Please find the Ontario Rare Bird Report for the week of February 21, 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 24-Feb-25; Toronto - Toronto Islands/Tommy Thompson Park; Raspberry Yow-Fairs *likely the same bird sighted by Owen Strickland in the Toronto Islands in the Fall of 2024 TUFTED DUCK 26-Feb-25; Niagara - Fort Erie; Sid Wood King Eider 23-Feb-25; Toronto - Toronto Islands/Tommy Thompson Park; Gihyun Yoo *continuing bird; originally sighted by Owen Strickland on Nov. 22, 2024 King Eider 26-Feb-25; Hamilton - Jones Road/Fifty Point Conservation Area (Stoney Creek); Robert Linfield *continuing bird; originally sighted by Nancy E. McPherson & Garth V. Riley on Feb. 6, 2025 Harlequin Duck 26-Feb-25; Toronto - The Beach/Ashbridges Bay; Yan Kit Michael Chiu *likely the same bird sighted in this area in the Fall of 2024 Harlequin Duck 26-Feb-25; Peel - Lakefront Promenade Park/R.K. McMillan Park/Toronto - Colonel Sam Smith Park; Dan Watts *continuing birds; likely the same pair seen in various locations on the Lake Ontario shoreline from Peel to west-end of Toronto regions Barrow's Goldeneye 23-Feb-25; Haldimand - Caledonia; Robert Baumander WILLOW PTARMIGAN 21-Feb-25; Cochrane - Road 652; Gordon Sheard/Donald A. Sutherland *continuing bird; originally sighted by Jeff Skevington on Jan. 5, 2025 Black Vulture 22-Feb-25; Niagara - Queenston Heights; Matt Iles *continuing bird; originally sighted by Willie D'Anna/Jean Iron/William Lamond/Declan Troy on Jan. 3, 2025 Varied Thrush 21-Feb-25; Ottawa - Stonecrest Road; Christine Cote *continuing bird; originally sighted by Always An Adventure Inc. Team on Feb. 12, 2025 GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCH 21-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) 21-Feb-25; Waterloo - Bannister Lake; Georg Hentsch *continuing bird originally sighted by Georg Hentsch on Dec. 20, 2024 Harris's Sparrow 22-Feb-25; Durham - Scugog/Sunderland; Doug Apperson *continuing bird originally sighted by Carol Apperson/Doug Apperson on Dec. 28, 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.
