Ontario Rare Bird Report

Rare Bird Report for the week of January 10, 2025

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.birdreports@gmail.com.  I thank each of you for your patience
for any inadvertent oversights.

Eurasian Green-winged Teal (Common Teal)
10-Jan-25; Hamilton – Windermere Basin – J.H.
*continuing bird; originally sighted by Luc Fazio on Jan. 6, 2025

TUFTED DUCK
10-Jan-25; Toronto – Colonel Sam Smith Park/Lake Crescent Park; Barry Coombs
*continuing bird; originally sighted by Jessica Benavides on Jan. 4, 2025

COMMON EIDER
14-Jan-25; Peterborough – Wilson Lane (Selwyn); Xavier Tuson

King Eider
12-Jan-25; Toronto – Toronto Islands/Tommy Thompson Park; James Boccia
*continuing bird; originally sighted by Owen Strickland on Nov. 22, 2024

Harlequin Duck
14-Jan-25; Algoma – Bellevue Marina (Sault Ste. Marie); Stan Phippen

Harlequin Duck
15-Jan-25; Chatham-Kent – Erieau Townsite; Steve Charbonneau

Barrow’s Goldeneye
14-Jan-25; Durham – Lynde Creek/Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health
Sciences; Nancy E. McPherson
*continuing bird; originally sighted by Sara Thompson-Hall & Stu Hall on
Dec. 21, 2024

Barrow’s Goldeneye
15-Jan-25; Grey – Kelso Beach/Owen Sound harbour; A. Nicholson
*continuing bird; originally sighted by A. Nicholson on Jan. 7, 2025

Willow Ptarmigan
12-Jan-25; Cochrane – Road 652; Eric Lamond/Sarah Lamond/Henrique
Pacheco/Peter Simons
*continuing bird; originally sighted by Jeff Skevington on Jan. 5, 2025

Gray Partridge
11-Jan-25; Renfrew – Snake River Line; Anonymous
*continuing bird; originally sighted by Logan Baldwin/Trevor Baldwin on
Dec. 31, 2024

SLATY-BACKED GULL
10-Jan-25; Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry – Guindon Park; Robert Scranton
*continuing bird; originally sighted by Giovanni Pari on Dec. 28, 2024

Pacific Loon
10-Jan-25; Hamilton – Pier 4 Park; Richard Poort

Black Vulture
10-Jan-25; Niagara – Queenston Heights; Kenneth G.D. Burrell
*continuing bird; originally sighted by Willie D’Anna/Jean Iron/William
Lamond/Declan Troy on Jan. 3, 2025

Osprey
12-Jan-25; Middlesex – James Street (Thames); Jennifer Wilson

Belted Kingfisher
13-Jan-25; Ottawa – Richmond CA/Stittsville; Anonymous
*continuing bird; originally sighted by Marcel Gahbauer on Jan. 3, 2025

Belted Kingfisher
16-Jan-25; Nipissing – Bonfield; Lucas Beaver

Eastern Phoebe
10-Jan-25; Lambton – Suncor Nature Way; Allanah Vokes

Marsh Wren
15-Jan-25; Lambton – Forest Sewage Lagoons; James Holdsworth

Eastern Bluebird
13-Jan-25; Wellington – University of Guelph Arboretum; Jeff DeRuyter

Eastern Bluebird
13-Jan-25; Simcoe – Personal location; Jennifer Emmerton

Eastern Bluebird
14-Jan-25; Lennox & Addington – Amherst Island; Barbara O’Neill/James
Thompson
*continuing bird; originally sighted by Steve Coates on Jan. 5, 2025

Townsend’s Solitaire
14-Jan-25; Thunder Bay – Vickers Park; Janet Clark

Varied Thrush
11-Jan-25; Thunder Bay – Red Rock Landfill; Allan Harris
*continuing bird; originally sighted during CBC on December 14

EURASIAN TREE SPARROW
10-Jan-25; Frontenac – Button Bay Road (Wolfe Island); James Thompson
*continuing bird; originally sighted by Mark D. Read at Wolfe Island on
Jan. 2, 2025

GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCH
11-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

White-winged Crossbill
12-Jan-25; Toronto – Colonel Sam Smith Park; Shirley Chambers/Iain
Fleming/Gina Turone

Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
13-Jan-25; Waterloo – Bannister Lake; Georg Hentsch
*continuing bird originally sighted by Georg Hentsch on Dec. 20, 2024

Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided)
10-Jan-25; Waterloo – HVT Side Trail; Virgil Martin
*continuing bird originally sighted by Virgil Martin on Jan. 6, 2025

Harris’s Sparrow
10-Jan-25; Durham – Scugog/Sunderland; Douglas Appersonm
*continuing bird originally sighted by Kylo Alari on Dec. 28, 2024

Harris’s Sparrow
10-Jan-25; Chatham-Kent – Stefina Line (Blenheim); Bill Lindley
*continuing bird originally sighted by Steve Charbonneau on Jan. 5, 2025

Vesper Sparrow
10-Jan-25; Middlesex – Westminster Landfill Site; Laure Wilson Neish

Vesper Sparrow
12-Jan-25; Chatham-Kent – Gore Road; Steve Charbonneau

Baltimore Oriole
11-Jan-25; Ottawa – Personal location; Li-Shien Lee
*continuing bird; originally sighted by Li-Shien Lee (yard bird)

Ovenbird
10-Jan-2025; London – Bruce Street; Suzanne Frank

Orange-crowned Warbler
14-Jan-25; Haldimand – Rock Point PP; Joshua Vandermeulen

Common Yellowthroat
03-Jan-25; Chatham-Kent – Erieau Marsh Trail/Rondeau PP; Mike Cowlard/Nancy
Douglas
*continuing bird; originally sighted by Steve Charbonneau/Kenneth G.D.
Burrell on Jan. 3, 2025

Common Yellowthroat
11-Jan-25; Norfolk – Long Point PP; Samreen Munim
*continuing bird; originally sighted by Stuart Mackenzie on Jan. 3, 2025

American Redstart
10-Jan-25; Halton – Joshua’s Valley Treatment Plant; Frank Pointner
*continuing bird; originally sighted by Jim Watt on Dec. 20, 2024

Northern Parula
11-Jan-25; Halton – Sedgewick Forest Park (Oakville); Mike Waldhuber/Robert
Waldhuber
*continuing bird

Pine Warbler
11-Jan-25; Hamilton – Mount Albion CA; Colleen Reilly

Pine Warbler
15-Jan-25; Halton – Bronte Creek PP; Mark Jennings

Yellow-rumped Warbler
11-Jan-25; Norfolk – Birds Canada Headquarters (Port Rowan); Emma
Buck/Callum Gibsonm

Yellow-rumped Warbler
13-Jan-25; Toronto – Downsview Park; Jean Chatigny

Yellow-rumped Warbler
14-Jan-25; Middlesex – Strathroy Sewage Lagoons; Mark Bakelaar/Maria Cohoon

Report compiled by Dan Birkenbergs from a variety of sources, primarily
eBird; most other sources are listed here:
http://ofo.ca/site/content/ontario-hotlines-and-news

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