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2017 INDEX |
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RARE first year female
Anna's Hummingbird at Carleton Place near Ottawa in Eastern Ontario
on 17 November 2017 |
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December 2017 |
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Snowy Owls in
Toronto Area from 11 November to 27 December 2017. Photo and video |
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Adult male
Harlequin Duck at Unwin Bridge in Toronto on 24 December 2017 |
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Tufted Duck and
Scaup photos and video on Lake Ontario on 20, 23 and 24 December
2017 |
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Carolina Wren
at our feeder in Toronto on 23 and 29 December 2017 - photos and video |
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Adult male
Cooper's Hawk watching birds at our feeders in Toronto. 22 December
2017 -
photos & video |
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Ashbridges Bay
Waste Water Treatment Plant on Toronto CBC 17 December 2017 |
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Long-tailed
Ducks diving in unison at Tommy Thompson Park in Toronto, 17
December 2017 video & photos |
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Tundra and
Trumpeter Swans at Tommy Thompson Park in Toronto on 17 December
2017 |
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Niagara
Gullwatchers, Snowy Owl and Tufted Titmouse, December 2017
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Snowy Owls get
together at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 3 December 2017. Photos
and video |
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November 2017 |
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First winter Dunlin
at Tommy Thompson Park on 28 November 2017 |
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90 Sandhill Cranes
migrate over Thickson Point, Whitby on 27 November 2017. Photos and
video |
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First winter
female King Eider in the Burlington Ship Canal on 24 November 2017 |
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Juvenile Northern
Gannet on Lake Ontario at Burlingon on 22 and 24 November 2017 - photos and
action videos |
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Feeding Frenzy
of Red-breasted Mergansers in Durham Region, east of Toronto on 20
November 2017 |
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First year Anna's
Hummingbird in Carleton Place near Ottawa, Ontario on 17 November
2017. Photos and video |
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First winter
male Black-throated Gray Warbler and Nashville Warbler in Ottawa on
17 November 2017. Photos and video |
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Tens of
thousands of Greater Snow Geese near Casselman in Eastern Ontario on
17 November 2017. Photos and two videos |
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First winter King
Eider on Lake Ontario at Rotary Park in Ajax on 14 November 2017 |
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Juvenile Cooper's
Hawk in Brookbanks Ravine, Toronto, on 13 November 2017 |
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Carolina Wren at
our birdfeeders on Brookbanks Ravine in Toronto, 10 November 2017 |
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MICHEL
GOSSELIN - Profile of a Canadian Museum of Nature Ornithologist by
Ron Pittaway OFO News October 2017 - PDF |
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Two Cattle
Egrets in Durham Region, east of Toronto on 2 November 2017 |
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October 2017 |
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Kinglet
Killer strikes again - Giant Burdock at Tommy Thompson Park in
Toronto on 14 |October 2017 |
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Nelson's
Sparrow at Tommy Thompson Park in Toronto on 1 October 2017 |
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September 2017 |
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Neotropic
Cormorant at Cranberry Marsh, Whitby, on 27 September 2017 |
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Fork-tailed
Flycatcher at Tommy Thompson Park on 24 September 2017 |
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WINTER
FINCH FORECAST 2017-2018 by Ron Pittaway |
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Presqu'ile Provincial Park 4 - Marbled
Godwit, Buff-breasted Sandpiper and video - 19 September 2017 |
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Presqu'ile Provincial Park
2 - Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Marbled Godwit
photos & videos. 16 Sept 2017 |
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Presqu'ile Provincial Park 3 - Sanderling and Dead Carp, and
More Shorebird photos and videos. 16
September 2017 |
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Presqu'ile Provincial Park 1 - Shorebirds with photos and
videos. 7 September 2017 |
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More Northwest Passage 2017 Wildlife |
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Polar Bears and Walruses on 27 August and 3 September 2017 -
photos and video |
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August |
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Thayer's & Glaucous Gulls in the Canadian Arctic on 25 & 29 August
2017 - photos and videos |
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James Bay
Shorebird Surveys at Longridge Point - 6 pages of photos and videos
- 30 July to 14 August 2017 |
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July |
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Tricolored Heron
at Tommy Thompson Park in Toronto on 21 July 2017 |
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Juvenile
Wilson's Phalarope at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto on 17 and 17 July
2017 - Video and Photos |
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Quest Nature
Tours Trip to Iceland 27 June to 7 July.2017 - 8 pages of
photo and videos |
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Nessus
Sphinx Moth in Janice and Art's garden in Niagara Falls, Ontario
on 15 July 2017 |
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Black-legged Kittiwake at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto on 13 July
2017 |
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Peregrine Falcon at
Ashbridges Bay in Toronto on 12 July 2017 - photos and video |
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Bonaparte's and Ring-billed Gulls at Ashbridges Bay in July in
Toronto |
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June |
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White-throated Dipper at Gliffaes Hotel, Powys, Wales on 23 and 24
June 2017 - photos and videos |
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Mediterranean Gulls photos and video at Llanelli Wetland Centre in
Wales on 21 June 2017 |
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Llanelli Wetland Centre highlights on 21 June 2017 -
Black-headed Gulls, Spoonbills and Black-tailed Godwits |
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The Couchiching
Conservancy's Passport to Nature outing on Wylie Road on the Carden
Alvar, morning of 10 June 2017 |
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More
exploring the Carden Alvar on the afternoon of 10 June 2017 |
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First summer Black-legged Kittiwake at Bronte Harbour on 7 June 2017 |
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Two
first summer Little Gulls at Bronte Harbour on 7 June 2017 |
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May |
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Two northbound White-rumped Sandpipers at Ashbridges Bay/Woodbine
Beach in Toronto on 29 May 2017 - Video and Photos |
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First summer
Franklin's Gull in Toronto on Woodbine Beach/Ashbridges Bay |
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Fallout of rufa Red Knots at Ashbridges/Woodbine Beach in
Toronto on 25 May 2017 - Video and Photos |
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Common Loon
vocalizing & doing rolling preens on Canal Lake, Carden Alvar,
26 May 2017 - Video & Photos |
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Piping Plover at Ashbridges Bay/Woodbine Beach in Toronto on 24
May 2017 |
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Whimbrel and more at Wheatley Harbour on 22 May 2017 |
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Point Pelee
Favourites 2017 page 1 - Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Eastern Towhee, Eared
Grebe & more |
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Point Pelee
Favourites 2017 page 2 - Fox Snake, Blanding's Turtle, Common Terns
Feeding at Tip photos and video & more |
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White-rumped Sandpiper at Wheatley Harbour on 17 May 2017 |
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Variation in Sanderlings at Wheatley Harbour on 17 and 18 May 2017 |
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Point Pelee and Hillman Area Spring Shorebirds from 30 April to 22
May 2017 |
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Two subspecies of Short-billed Dowitcher, hendersoni and
griseus, feeding and griseus preening. Photos and videos at
Hillman Marsh on 18 May 2017 |
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Female Blue
Grosbeak at Point Pelee on 15 and 16 May 2017 |
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Prothonotary
Warbler on Woodland Trail at Point Pelee on 10 May 2017 |
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Black-bellied Plovers reel around the Tip of Point Pelee trying to
land. 3 May 2017.- Video and Photos |
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April |
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Willets, Marbled Godwits and American Avocets at Hillman Marsh,
photos and videos. 28-30 April 2017 |
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Adult male Ruff feeding on flooded field in Simcoe County north
of Toronto on 24 April 2017 - photos and video |
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Videos and photos of the Iceland - Kumlien's - Thayer's Gull complex
at Ashbridge's Bay in Toronto |
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Adult nominate glaucoides Iceland Gull at Ashbridge's Bay in
Toronto on 15 and 16 April 2017 |
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Rare Eastern
"Yellow" Palm Warbler in Toronto on 16 April 2017 |
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Kumlien's Gulls at Ashbridge's Bay in Toronto on 15 April 2017 |
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Adult Thayer's Gulls at Ashbridge's Bay in Toronto on 15 and 16 April
2017 |
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Dekay's
Brownsnake rescued from our house in Toronto on 11 April 2017 |
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Great Horned Owl at
Keswick Heronry but nest blew down on 10 April 2017 |
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Loggerhead Shrike
on the Carden Alvar on 10 April 2017 |
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Algonquin Park
for the OFO trip on 9 April 2017 - a selection of photos |
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Canada Jay for
National Bird - listen to this great recording |
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First winter male
Barrow's Goldeneye in Toronto on 1 April 2017 |
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Northbound Shorebird Workshops at Point Pelee - 8 and 14 May -
included with free park admission |
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OFO Shorebird Viewing Celebration at Hillman Marsh - join OFO
experts to enjoy spring migration 1-22 May 2017 |
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Early Killdeer checking out territories at the Outer Harbour Marina
in Toronto on 1 April 2017 |
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March |
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Canada-Honduras Trade Mission to promote birding eco-tourism in
Honduras, 11-18 March 2017 |
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February |
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Crimson-fronted Parakeets Roost at hotel in San Jose, Costa Rica
- 25 February 2017 |
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Afternoon trip to the cloud forest around Volcan Poas near San Jose,
Costa Rica - 25 February 2017 |
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Quest Nature Tours trip to Costa Rica and Panama 15-25 February
2017 |
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Southern Lapwings at Gamboa Lodge in Panama on 18 February 2017 |
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First year Great Gray Owl east of the
Greater Toronto Area |
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Juvenile/first cycle Thayer's Gull at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto
on 6 February 2017 |
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Kumlien's Gulls at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto - page 1 on 5
February 2017 |
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Thayer's Gulls and more Kumlien's Gulls at Ashbridges Bay - page 2
in Toronto on 5 February 2017 |
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More on
Adult Ring-billed Gull with Pink Flush at Oshawa Harbour on
3 February 2017 |
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Richly-pigmented abieticola adult Red-tailed Hawk in Brookbanks Ravine,
Toronto, on 1 February 2017 |
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Adult Ring-billed Gull with Pink Flush at Oshawa Harbour on 1
February 2017 - photos and video |
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Kumlien's Gull on Lake Ontario at Oshawa Harbour on 1 February
2017 - photos and video |
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January |
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Pine Warblers and
More at Niagara Falls Ontario - photos and video on 21 January
2017
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Northern
Mockingbird and Northern Shrike at Humber Bay West in Toronto on
18 January 2017 |
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Leucistic American
Robin at Humber Bay West in Toronto on 18 January 2017 |
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Eared Grebe
at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto - photos and video on 16
January 2017 |
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First year
male King Eider at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto - photos and
video on 16 January 2017 |
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Slaty-backed Gull on the Niagara River - photos and video on 15
January 2017 |
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Interesting Kumlien's Gull at Thorold on 11 January 2017 |
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Barred Owl near Toronto on 7 January 2017
- photos and video |
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Glaucous Gull,
and gulls and ducks in Durham on 7 January 2016 |
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Common Goldeneyes
at Frenchmans Bay on 7 January 2017 |
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Female
Smith's Longspur at Long Point on 2 January 2017 - photos
and video |
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Tricolored Heron at Tommy Thompson Park on 23 July 2017, found by Paul Prior on 20
July 2017 |
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