Latest 2012 Additions

May 2012

Tree Top American Bittern at Point Pelee on 7 May 2012

Lark Sparrow and Clay-colored Sparrow at Point Pelee on 6 May 2012

Blenheim Lagoons, Hillman Long-billed Dowitchers, Point Pelee on 4 & 5 May

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April 2012

Visit to Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown New York on 25 April 2012

Long-billed Dowitcher at Scanlon Creek CA, Simcoe County, 21 April 2012

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Demorestville in Prince Edward County on 16 April '12.

Hope the Whimbrel returns to Virginia's Eastern Shore on 5 April 2012

March 2012

Adult male Barrow's Goldeneye at Rice Lake near Peterborough on 31 March

Loggerhead Shrikes on the Carden Alvar. 25 March 2012

Red-necked Grebes at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto on 21 March 2012

More variation in Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 5 March 2012

Ross's Goose in Whitby on 4 March 2012

Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 1 March 2012

February 2012

Red Morph Eastern Screech-Owl at Woodland Cemetery, Burlington, 26 Feb

Carden Alvar Loggerhead Shrike wintering in Virginia. Link to note in OFO News

Oregon Junco wintering at Cranberry Marsh in Whitby on 22 Feb & 4 March

Aging two Greater White-fronted Geese at Whitby Harbour, 19 February 2012

First winter male King Eider at LaSalle Marina, Burlington on 17 February 2012

Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser hybrid, Burlington/Hamilton,17 Feb

Dark morph Red-tailed Hawks: calurus or abieticola? Link to 3 page article

Snowy Owls at Keswick north of Toronto on 18 January and 13 February 2012

Greater White-fronted Goose & Cackling Goose, Whitby Harbour, 12 Feb

Pileated Woodpecker - female - in Toronto on 7 February 2012

Band-tailed Pigeon near Bracebridge, Ontario on 5 February 2012.

Evening Grosbeaks and more at Algonquin Park on 4 February 2012

January 2012

Black-headed, Little Gull & Black-legged Kittiwake at Buffalo, NY, 11 & 31 Jan

Dark morph Red-tailed Hawk, Oakville, west of Toronto, 22 January 2012

Black Vultures Overwinter at Lewiston, New York. Photos on 11 January 2012

Snowy Owl: Look for tiny ear tufts on Snowies. Link to two page article

Snowy Owl with ear tufts at Ravenshoe, near Keswick, Ontario on 10 January

Smew and John Vanderpoel Big Year. Link to three page article

 November and December 2011

Hybrid Common x Barrow's Goldeneye at Oshawa Second Marsh on 29 Dec.

Smew at Whitby Harbour near Toronto on 27 and 28 December 2011.

Collared Plover on sandbar in Napo River in Ecuador on 21 November 2011

2011 Toronto Christmas Bird Count - Tommy Thompson Park (Spit) - 18 Dec

Variant female Redheads with white heads.

The Galapagos Islands 11 to 18 November. Nine pages of photos of birds, reptiles, tortoises, and more with Quest Nature Tours.

Adult Slaty-backed Gull at Niagara Falls, Ontario on 3 December 2011.

First winter Black-legged Kittiwake at Whirlpool 3 Dec found by Kyle Holloway.

Niagara's Purple Sandpipers - where to find them in winter

Pacific, Red-throated and Common Loons at Oshawa Harbour, 1 November

 September and October 2011

Cackling Geese at Reesor Pond in Markham on 27 October 2011

Hudsonian Godwits at Frenchman's Bay, Pickering near Toronto on 5 October

Shorebirds and shorebirders at Presquile Provincial Park on 4 October 2011

Winter Finch Forecast 2011-2012 by Ron Pittaway

Red Knot & Shorebirds at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on Lake Ontario, 22 Sept

Second Whimbrel, Goshen, shot in Guadeloupe on 12 September

Whimbrel Machi shot in Guadeloupe on 12 September

July and August 2011

James Bay Red Knot and Shorebird Surveys 16 July to 14 August 2011.

Alaska from 27 June to 12 July 2011

Bristle-thighed Curlew near Nome, Alaska on 3 July 2011

May and June 2011

Caurinus Short-billed Dowitchers at Anchorage, Alaska on 30 June 2011

Raising money to purchase Bluebird Ranch on the Carden Alvar at Wylie Road

Willow Ptarmigan at Darlington Nuclear Station east of Oshawa, 12 June 2011

Brewer's Blackbirds near Sauble Falls, Bruce Peninsula, on 3 June 2011.

Carden Alvar - Loggerhead Shrike, Bobolink, Golden-winged Warbler, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Virginia Rail and cattle 27 May 2011

Fox family in Brookbanks Ravine in Toronto on 26 May 2011

Whimbrel migrating at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto on 25 May 2011

Two Red-necked Phalaropes at Shoeless Joes in Leamington, 20 May 11

Common Nighthawk on Concession E near Point Pelee on 20 May 2011

Glossy Ibis at the mini golf on Bevel Line Road near Point Pelee, 19 May 2011

Gull with yellow legs at Point Pelee on 18 May 2011. Five photos.

Horned Grebe, Tufted Titmouse, Yellow-breasted Chat, Eastern Towhee, Point Pelee, 11, 13 & 17 May

Common Nighthawk, Summer Tanager, Barn Swallows and Yellow-billed Cuckoo at Point Pelee on 16 May 2011

Point Pelee Mammals: Beaver, Bat and Muskrat

Bell's Vireo at the Tip tram stop at Point Pelee on 13 May 2011

Dickcissel & Kentucky Warbler opposite Pelee Wings store on 11 May 2011

American Bittern and Pacific Loon at Point Pelee on 9 May 2011

Canada Warbler and Red-headed Woodpecker on 8 May 2011

Prothonotary Warbler, American Woodcock and More on 7 May 2011

Yellow-throated and Kirtland's Warblers on 6 May 2011