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February 2019

Carolina Wren at our feeders December 2018 to 8 February 2019 - photos and 3 videos

Crow Combat: Two American Crows fight on Halls Road, Cranberry Marsh on 3 February 2019 - photo and video

City-living Red-tailed Hawk in Toronto on 3 February 2019: photo and video

Golden-winged Warbler in Carden by Ron Pittaway

January 2019

Ruff at Boundary Bay Regional Park, British Columbia photos and video on 29 January 2019 with comments by Killian Mullarney, co-author of the classic Collins Bird Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe

Black Brant and Gray-bellied Brant at Boundary Bay, British Columbia on 29 January 2019.

First winter male Barrow's Goldeneye in Ottawa, Ontario on 31 January 2019

Snowy Owls on Amherst Island on 2 and 3 January 2019 - photos and 2 videos

Red Fox at our bird feeders in Toronto on 21 January 2019 - photos and video

Kumlien's Iceland Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 17 January 2019

Barred Owl at our feeders in Toronto on 14 January 2019 - photos and video

Great Horned Owl in Toronto on 6 January 2019

Amherst Island Redpolls on 3 January 2019 - photos and video

Pine Grosbeaks in Toronto on 1 January 2019 - photos and video

Eastern Whip-poor-will in Carden by Ron Pittaway

December 2018

My article in December 2018 Ontario Birds: Double-crested Cormorant with aberrant pale plumage

Winter Gulls in Barrie, Ontario on 24 December 2018

Kumlien's Iceland Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 15 December 2018

Slaty-backed Gulls and more at Brantford Landfill on 13 December 2018 - video and photos

Vesper Sparrow in Carden by Ron Pittaway

November 2018

Common Redpolls on Ravenshoe near Keswick, Ontario on 22 November 2018 - video and photos

Calliope Hummingbird in Goderich, Ontario on 20 November 2018 - video and photos

Pine Grosbeaks in Huntsville on 17 November 2018 - video and photos

Barred Owl near Toronto on 14 November 2018 - video and photos

Evening Grosbeak at Cranberry Marsh on 14 November 2018 - video and photos

Coyote in our garden on Brookbanks Ravine in Toronto on 7 November 2018 - video and photo

Bonaparte's Gulls Feeding Frenzy on Lake Simcoe, Ontario on 6 November 2018 - video and photo

Northern Mockingbird feeds on bittersweet berries near Toronto on 3 November 2018 - video and photos

Least Bittern in Carden by Ron Pittaway

October 2018

Kinglet Killer - Giant Burdock - strikes again at Ashbridges Bay Park on 26 and 27 October 2018

Juvenile Hudsonian Godwit at Whitby, Ontario on 20 October 2018 - video and photos

Rondeau Great Kiskadee Refound on 18 October 2018 - video and photos

Double-crested Cormorant with aberrant pale plumage in Barrie, Ontario on 7 & 9 Oct. 2018 - photos & 2 videos

Red-headed Woodpecker in Carden by Ron Pittaway

Arctic Geese on Halls Road North in Durham Region on 3 October 2018 - video and photos

Bull Moose in Algonquin Provincial Park on 2 October 2018 - video and photos

September 2018

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Rotary Park in Ajax on 22 & 23 September 2018 - videos and photos

Long-billed Curlew at Blackie Spit on Boundary Bay BC on 19 Sept 2018 - video and photos

California Scrub-Jays in Maple Ridge BC on 19 September 2018 - video and photos

Surfbirds feeding at Bowker Avenue, Oak Bay, Victoria BC on 18 September 2018 - video and photos

American Dipper at Goldstream Provincial Park BC on 17 September 2018 - video and photos

Black Turnstones at Whiffin Spit Park in Sooke, Vancouver Island on 17 September 2018

Chukars at Lillooet BC on 11 September 2018 - video and photos

Salmon Arm Shorebirds on 9 September 2018 - videos and photos

Sabine's Gull at Penticton BC on 8 September 2018 - video and photos

California Quails and more near Osoyos on 6 September 2018 - video and photos

Buff-breasted Sandpipers at Boundary Bay on 5 September 2018

WINTER FINCH FORECAST 2018-2019 by Ron Pittaway

Another juvenile Olive-sided Flycatcher in Brookbanks Park in  Toronto on 3 September 2018 - video and photos

Sedge Wren in Carden by Ron Pittaway

August 2018

Swallow-tailed Kite near Wasaga Beach on 27 August 2018 - video and photos

Western Sandpiper at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 26 August 2018

Olive-sided Flycatcher in Brookbanks Park in Toronto on 26 August 2018 - video and photos

Presqu'ile Shorebirds at Owen Point on 25 August 2018

James Bay Shorebird Project 31 July to 13 August 2018 - 10 pages of videos and photos

Reddish Egret on Bruce Peninsula on 22 August 2018 - video and photos

Purple Gallinule in southwestern Ontario on 20 August 2018 - video and photos

July 2018

Map of Southern James Bay Shorebird Camps in 2018

Water spout sweeps across London Wetland Centre lake on 16 July 2017 - photos and videos

Dippers on the River Usk at Gliffaes Hotel in Brecon Beacons National Park on 15 July 2018 - photos and video

Black-tailed Godwits at Llanelli Wetland Centre in Wales on 12 July 2018 - photos and video

Mediterranean Gull at Llanelli Wetland Centre in Wales on 12 July 2018 - photos and video

Red-headed Woodpecker Juveniles Fledge at Sibbald Point Provincial Park, Ontario, on 6 July 2018

Canada Jay Name Change Proposal by Ron Pittaway OFO News June 2018 - PDF

Young Groundhog in our Toronto Garden on 1 July 2018 - photo and video

June 2018

Young Common Loons on Lake Dalrymple, Carden Alvar on 26 June 2018 - photos and video

Juvenile Loggerhead Shrikes on the Carden Alvar on 26 June 2018 - photos and video

Snowshoe Hares and Ticks - Carden Alvar on 26 June 2018

Family of Six Virginia Rails at Cranberry Marsh in Whitby on 24 June 2018

Red-headed Woodpeckers at Sibbald Point Provincial Park on 16 June 2018 - video and photos

Upland Sandpipers on the Carden Alvar on 10 June 2018 - video and photos

Female Ruff at Cranberry Marsh, Whitby, Ontario on 7 June 2018

My Huron Fringe Birding Festival Highlights on 2 and 3 June 2018 - videos & photos - 2 Snowy Owls, Sandhill Cranes, Clay-colored Sparrows and more

Upland Sandpiper in Carden by Ron Pittaway

Penguins, Krill and Sheathbills - Antarctica with Quest Nature Tours and Universities Alumni February 2018 - videos and photos

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