Latest 2014 Additions

April 2014

Wilson's Snipe on the Carden Alvar on 13 April 2014 - photo and video link

OFO's annual trip to Algonquin Park for boreal specialties on 12 April 2014.

Kumlien's Gulls still at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 7 April 2014

New: The Birds of Thickson's Woods: Annotated Checklist. Order your copy here.

March 2014

Belize and Guatemala 2014 with Ontario Nature, 11 - 22 March 2014.

Variation in Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 2 March 2014

Spring Shorebirds at Hillman Marsh - article with photos in OFO News Feb. 2014

February 2014

Oregon Junco near Port Perry in Durham Region on 15 February 2014

Loggerhead and Northern Shrike ID by Ron Pittaway and Michael King - updated February 2014

Loon ID in Fall and Winter  - updated February 2014

Lapland Longspur on Halls Road near Cranberry  Marsh, Whitby on 3 February 2014

Red-bellied Woodpecker at Lynde Shores Conservation Area, Whitby, 8 February

Brown Thrasher at Lynde Shores Conservation Area in Whitby on 3 and 8 February

Varied Thrush at Guelph, Ontario on 4 February 2014

January 2014

Subspecies of the Great Horned Owl by Ron Pittaway - updated January 2014

Great Gray Owl at Brooklin near Toronto, Ontario on 18 January 2014

Lapland Longspur on Courtice Road, near Oshawa, Ontario on 14 January 2014

Subspecies of the Horned Lark by Ron Pittaway - updated January 2014

Morphs of the Eastern Screech-Owl by Ron Pittaway updated January 2014

Great Horned Owl at Tommy Thompson Park on 5 January 2014

Rare leucistic Trumpeter Swan at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 4 January 2014

Thayer's and Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 4 January 2014

December 2013

Arctic Gulls in Toronto on 28 December 2013

Trumpeter Swans interact at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 26 December 2013

Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 18 December 2013

Purple Sandpiper on the Toronto Christmas Bird Count on 15 December 2013

Snowy Owls in Toronto, 15 December 2013

Do Snowy Owls Have Ear Tufts? Link to two page Article

Purple Sandpiper in Toronto on 10 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.

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