2017 INDEX
May is Shorebird Month. Whimbrels on the beach at Wheatley Harbour near Point Pelee on 22 May 2017
May
Fallout of rufa Red Knots at Ashbridges/Woodbine Beach in Toronto on 25 May 2017 - Video and Photos
Common Loon vocalizing & doing rolling preens on Canal Lake, Carden Alvar, 26 May 2017 - Video & Photos
Piping Plover at Ashbridges Bay/Woodbine Beach in Toronto on 24 May 2017
Black-bellied Plovers reel around the Tip of Point Pelee trying to land. 3 May 2017.- Video and Photos
April
Adult male Ruff feeding on flooded field in Simcoe County north of Toronto on 24 April 2017 - photos and video
Videos and photos of the Iceland - Kumlien's - Thayer's Gull complex at Ashbridge's Bay in Toronto
Adult nominate glaucoides Iceland Gull at Ashbridge's Bay in Toronto on 15 and 16 April 2017
Rare Eastern "Yellow" Palm Warbler in Toronto on 16 April 2017
Kumlien's Gulls at Ashbridge's Bay in Toronto on 15 April 2017
Adult Thayer's Gulls at Ashbridge's Bay in Toronto on 15 and 16 April 2017
Dekay's Brownsnake rescued from our house in Toronto on 11 April 2017
Great Horned Owl at Keswick Heronry but nest blew down on 10 April 2017
Loggerhead Shrike on the Carden Alvar on 10 April 2017
Algonquin Park for the OFO trip on 9 April 2017 - a selection of photos
Canada Jay for National Bird - listen to this great recording
First winter male Barrow's Goldeneye in Toronto on 1 April 2017
Northbound Shorebird Workshops at Point Pelee - 8 and 14 May - included with free park admission
OFO Shorebird Viewing Celebration at Hillman Marsh - join OFO experts to enjoy spring migration 1-22 May 2017
Early Killdeer checking out territories at the Outer Harbour Marina in Toronto on 1 April 2017
March
Canada-Honduras Trade Mission to promote birding eco-tourism in Honduras, 11-18 March 2017
February
Quest Nature Tours trip to Costa Rica and Panama 15-25 February 2017
Southern Lapwings at Gamboa Lodge in Panama on 18 February 2017
First year Great Gray Owl east of the Greater Toronto Area
Juvenile/first cycle Thayer's Gull at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto on 6 February 2017
Kumlien's Gulls at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto - page 1 on 5 February 2017
Thayer's Gulls and more Kumlien's Gulls at Ashbridges Bay - page 2 in Toronto on 5 February 2017
More on Adult Ring-billed Gull with Pink Flush at Oshawa Harbour on 3 February 2017
Richly-pigmented abieticola adult Red-tailed Hawk in Brookbanks Ravine, Toronto, on 1 February 2017
Adult Ring-billed Gull with Pink Flush at Oshawa Harbour on 1 February 2017 - photos and video
Kumlien's Gull on Lake Ontario at Oshawa Harbour on 1 February 2017 - photos and video
Distinguished Ornithologist article in the December 2016 Ontario Birds by Ken Abraham - Thank you Ken
January
Pine Warblers and More at Niagara Falls Ontario - photos and video on 21 January 2017
Northern Mockingbird and Northern Shrike at Humber Bay West in Toronto on 18 January 2017
Leucistic American Robin at Humber Bay West in Toronto on 18 January 2017
Eared Grebe at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto - photos and video on 16 January 2017
First year male King Eider at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto - photos and video on 16 January 2017
Slaty-backed Gull on the Niagara River - photos and video on 15 January 2017
Interesting Kumlien's Gull at Thorold on 11 January 2017
Barred Owl near Toronto on 7 January 2017 - photos and video
Glaucous Gull, and gulls and ducks in Durham on 7 January 2016
Common Goldeneyes at Frenchmans Bay on 7 January 2017
Female Smith's Longspur at Long Point on 2 January 2017 - photos and video