Ontario Birders: The Ontario Winter List has been updated for the 3rd week of Winter. The updated list will be available at the website http://tinyurl.com/onwinter in a day or so.
Nine new species were observed during the last week. Highlights include: a Broad-winged Hawk from the Hanover/Walkerton CBC; Townsend's Solitaire from the Parry Sound CBC; and, a backyard birder in Cochenour (near Red Lake) is going to great effort to assist a female Baltimore Oriole stay alive in the -40 temperatures in that part of the Province. Some additional reports of species seen in Weeks 1 and 2 also came in bringing the 2008/09 Ontario Winter List to 185 species (and 2 races) or 95% of the way towards the 2007/08 total of 195 species. Usual species not reported so far include: Spruce Grouse, American Three-toed Woodpecker, Pine Warbler, Yellow-headed Blackbird and Brewer's Blackbird. The North-western CBC's are scheduled for this coming weekend so hopefully some of these species will be seen. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and good birding to all. Todd Pepper Leamington, Ontario [email protected] _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
