Hello Ontario Birders: Sorry for taking so long to update all of you on the Ontario Winter List for 2010/11. Birds with names like Canestero and Cinclode were calling me and I just had to go see them.
The current winter list stands at 173 species. That is slightly behind the 182 species recorded up until Christmas during the 2009/10 Ontario Winter List, but it could be because you consider them to be a regular bird in your area and you have not posted it to ONTBIRDS in accordance with ONTBIRD guidelines. The complete Ontario Winter List, with sighting up to Christmas Eve, will be posted at the following website in the next couple days: http://tinyurl.com/onwinter. Please review the list and report any missing species to me personally at [email protected]. There has been one new species added to the historical Ontario Winter List with the Wilson's Phalarope found at the Blenheim Sewage Lagoons on December 1, 2010. Other good species for the Winter List so far include: Great Egret; Lesser Yellowlegs; Spotted Sandpiper; Wood Thrush; Summer Tanager; and, Scarlet Tanager. These are species that have been recorded in previous winters, but not on an annual basis. Some missing species that might have been seen by Northern or Eastern birders, but not reported yet include: Gray Partridge; Sharp-tailed Grouse; Eared Grebe; Gryfalcon; Boreal Owl; American 3-toed Woodpecker; Black-backed Woodpecker; Boreal Chickadee and Brewer's Blackbird. Again, if you have a sighting of any of these species since December 1, 2010 please let me know at [email protected] Hope everyone is having a Merry Christmas. Todd Pepper Leamington, Ontario [email protected] "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin" William Shakespeare _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
