Latest 2013 Additions

December 2013

King Eider on Lake Ontario on 8 December 2013

Northern Common Eider (borealis) on Lake Ontario on 6 December 2013

Thick-billed Murre at Kingston, Ontario, on 4 December 2013, and more

Pale-winged Thayer's Gulls in the Canadian High Arctic - posted 3 December 2013

November 2013

Red Phalarope molting into first winter plumage at Niagara Falls, Ontario, 30 Nov

Interesting Gull with Yellow Legs at Niagara Falls Ontario on 28 November 2013

Variation in Belcher's Gulls at Paracas & Ballestras Islands, Peru. 31 Oct & 1 Nov

Elegant Tern at Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, on 24 November 2013

Peru with Quest Nature Tours. 29 October to 13 November 2013

Franklin's Gulls and Elegant Terns on the coast of Peru. 31 Oct and 12 Nov 2013.

October 2013

Juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull at Hamilton, Ontario, on 12 October 2013

Rusty Blackbirds at Cranberry Marsh on 1 October 2013

September 2013

First winter Little Gull at Wheatley Harbour near Point Pelee on 26 September 2013

Marbled Godwit and Long-billed Dowitcher at Mitchell's Bay, Lake St. Clair, 30 Sept

Brown Pelican at Point Pelee on 29 September 2013

Laughing Gull  at Hillman Marsh, near Point Pelee, on 28 September 2013

WINTER FINCH FORECAST 2013-2014 by Ron Pittaway

Canada's Northwest Passage and Greenland Expedition Cruise with Worldwide Quest and Canadian Universities Alumni, 25 August to 6 September 2013

August 2013

Olive-sided Flycatcher in the backyard in Toronto on 18 August 2013

Solitary Sandpiper in worn breeding plumage on the Carden Alvar 14 August 2013

July 2013

James Bay Shorebird Surveys at Hannah Bay 16 to 30 July 2013

Iceland with Quest Nature Tours, 25 June to 5 July 2013

June 2013

Carden Alvar Wildlife on 14 June 2013

Shorebirds and Climate Change - article in June 2013 OFO News

Carden Alvar birds and flowers on 5 June 2013

May 2013

Whimbrel resting between storms at Col. Sam Smith Park Toronto, 29 May 2013

Whimbrel Migration Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto, page 2, on 27 May 2013

Whimbrel Migration at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto, page 1, on 23 May

Gray Treefrog singing to another treefrog on the Carden Alvar, 26 May 2013

Carden Alvar Birds on 20 May 2013 - Prairie Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Upland Sandpiper and Bluebird Box 10

Shorebirds at Hillman Marsh and Wheatley Harbour near Point Pelee in May 2013

Hillman Marsh Shorebird Cell near Point Pelee - new shorebird shelter May 2013

Black-bellied Plovers at Hillman Marsh on 15 May 2013 - video

Short-billed Dowitchers at Hillman Marsh on 15 May 2013 - video

First summer Piping Plover at the Tip of Point Pelee on 12 May 2013

Young Killdeer and American Robins at Point Pelee on 17 and 18 May 2013

Female Kirtland's Warbler at Point Pelee on 18 May 2013

Gulls at the Tip of Point Pelee from 4 to 18 May: Laughing, Little, Glaucous & more

Blackburnian, Hooded, Worm-eating, Kirtland's Warblers & more at Point Pelee

Red and Grey morph Eastern Screech-Owl at Point Pelee 10 & 11 May 2013

Video of Loggerhead Shrike eating an Eastern Fox Snake at Point Pelee. 8 May.

Red-headed Woodpeckers, Swallow-tailed Kite, & Loggerhead Shrike, Point Pelee

April 2013

Eastern Wolves and Moose Carcass in Algonquin Park - 20 and 21 April 2013

Algonquin Park Sightings on the OFO trip and more - 20 and 21 April 2013

Loggerhead and Northern Shrikes on the Carden Alvar on 9 April 2013

Yellow-rumped Warbler competes with American Robin at suet feeder, 4 Apr 2013

Wonderful news - establishment of Carden Alvar Provincial Park is posted on the Ontario Government's Environmental Registry

March 2013

Yellow-rumped Warbler in Toronto molting into first breeding plumage. 31 Mar 2013

First year Northern Shrike on the Carden Alvar on 29 March 2013

How to age Bohemian Waxwings - photos taken in Toronto on 22 March 2013

Bohemian Waxwings eating crab apples in Toronto, Ontario, on 22 March 2013

Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary in Belize - 3 pages of photos. 12-14 March 2013

Jaguar search in Belize with Ernesto Saqui, 9-12 March 2013

Belize and Guatemala 2013 with Quest Nature Nature Tours. 25 Feb to 8 Mar 2013

Bohemian Waxwings eating crab apples in Markham, Ontario on 17 March 2013

First year Red-headed Woodpecker at Whitevale near Pickering, 17 March 2013

Western Grebe at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto, Ontario on 17 March 2013

February 2013

Barred Owl at Cranberry Marsh, Halls Road, Whitby, on 10 February 2013

Yellow-rumped Warbler survives record snowstorm in Toronto, 7, 8, 9 Feb 2013

Hoary Redpoll still in Toronto on 5 February 2013

More Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 3 February 2013

January 2013

Tundra Swans on the Niagara River between Chippawa and Fort Erie. 27 Jan 2013

Hoary and Common Redpolls in Toronto on 20, 23 and 25 January 2013

Juvenile Glaucous Gull at Niagara Falls on 8 January 2013

Adult Male Snowy Owl at St. Catharines, Ontario, 2 January 2013

Barred Owl at Thicksons Wood in Whitby,,Ontario at sunset on 1 January - finally.

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