Latest 2012 Additions

Dark morph Red-tailed Hawk, Oakville west of Toronto, 22 Jan

Smew and John Vanderpoel Big Year. Link to three page article

Snowy Owl: Look for tiny ear tufts on Snowies. Link to 2 page article

Black Vultures Overwinter at Lewiston, New York. Photos on 11 January 2012

Snowy Owl with ear tufts at Ravenshoe, near Keswick, Ontario on 10 January

 November and December 2011

Hybrid Common x Barrow's Goldeneye at Oshawa Second Marsh on 29 Dec.

Smew at Whitby Harbour near Toronto on 27 and 28 December 2011.

2011 Toronto Christmas Bird Count - Tommy Thompson Park (Spit)  Route - 18 Dec 2011.

Variant female Redheads with white heads.

The Galapagos Islands 11 to 18 November. Nine pages of photos of birds, reptiles, tortoises, and more with Quest Nature Tours.

Adult Slaty-backed Gull at Niagara Falls, Ontario on 3 December 2011.

First winter Black-legged Kittiwake at Whirlpool 3 Dec found by Kyle Holloway.

Niagara's Purple Sandpipers - where to find them in winter

Pacific, Red-throated and Common Loons at Oshawa Harbour, 1 November

 September and October 2011

Cackling Geese at Reesor Pond in Markham on 27 October 2011

Hudsonian Godwits at Frenchman's Bay, Pickering near Toronto on 5 October

Shorebirds and shorebirders at Presquile Provincial Park on 4 October 2011

Winter Finch Forecast 2011-2012 by Ron Pittaway

Red Knot & Shorebirds at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on Lake Ontario

Second Whimbrel, Goshen, shot in Guadeloupe on 12 September

Whimbrel Machi shot in Guadeloupe on 12 September

July and August 2011

James Bay Red Knot and Shorebird Surveys 16 July to 14 August 2011.

Alaska from 27 June to 12 July 2011

Bristle-thighed Curlew near Nome, Alaska on 3 July 2011

May and June 2011

Caurinus Short-billed Dowitchers at Anchorage, Alaska on 30 June 2011

Raising money to purchase Bluebird Ranch on the Carden Alvar at Wylie Road

Willow Ptarmigan at Darlington Nuclear Station east of Oshawa, 12 June 2011

Brewer's Blackbirds near Sauble Falls, Bruce Peninsula, on 3 June 2011.

Carden Alvar - Loggerhead Shrike, Bobolink, Golden-winged Warbler, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Virginia Rail and cattle 27 May 2011

Fox family in Brookbanks Ravine in Toronto on 26 May 2011

Whimbrel migrating at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto on 25 May 2011

Two Red-necked Phalaropes at Shoeless Joes in Leamington, 20 May 11

Common Nighthawk on Concession E near Point Pelee on 20 May 2011

Glossy Ibis at the mini golf on Bevel Line Road near Point Pelee, 19 May 2011

Gull with yellow legs at Point Pelee on 18 May 2011. Five photos.

Horned Grebe, Tufted Titmouse, Yellow-breasted Chat, Eastern Towhee, Point Pelee, 11, 13 & 17 May

Common Nighthawk, Summer Tanager, Barn Swallows and Yellow-billed Cuckoo at Point Pelee on 16 May 2011

Point Pelee Mammals: Beaver, Bat and Muskrat

Bell's Vireo at the Tip tram stop at Point Pelee on 13 May 2011

Dickcissel & Kentucky Warbler opposite Pelee Wings store on 11 May 2011

American Bittern and Pacific Loon at Point Pelee on 9 May 2011

Canada Warbler and Red-headed Woodpecker on 8 May 2011

Prothonotary Warbler, American Woodcock and More on 7 May 2011

Yellow-throated and Kirtland's Warblers on 6 May 2011

March and April 2011

Mystery Disappearance of House Sparrows

Jean's Spring Garden - a natural garden in Toronto - two pages of photos

Carden Alvar - Least Bittern, Ospreys and More on 30 April 2011

Greater Snow Geese with neck collars near Lancaster ON, 28 & 29 Mar 2011

Greater Snow Geese near Lancaster, Ontario, on 28 and 29 March 2011

Adult Common Gull Larus canus canus at Cobourg Harbour on 23 March 2011

Cory's Least Bittern at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, 22 March 2011

Yellow-nosed Albatross & Northern Gannet specimens at ROM, 22 Mar 2011

Mountain Bluebird at Ridge Road Winery in Stoney Creek on 20 March 2011

January and February 2011

Quest Nature Tours trip to Belize and Guatemala 21 February to 4 March 2011. Eight pages of photos of birds, mammals. flowers, caves and more

Black-legged Kittiwake at Cobourg Harbour on 14 February 2011

Varied Thrush and feeder birds at Weimar Line, Wellesley on 10 Feb 2011

Spotted and Eastern Towhees at Monarch's Landing, Port Burwell, 9 Feb 2011

Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk at Whitby on 5 February 2011

Barred Owl at Cranberry Marsh on 5 February 2011

Variation in Kumlien's Iceland Gulls at Bluffers Park, Toronto, Jan 2011

Glaucous Gulls in Toronto on 25 and 30 January 2011

First winter male Harlequin Duck and Gulls at Whitby Harbour, 26 Jan 2011

Bohemian Waxwings at Balsam near Toronto on 23 January 2011.

Tundra or Trumpeter Swan? Six photos of a swan, Niagara River, 17 Jan 2011

First year female Snowy Owl with ear tufts at Holland Marsh north of Toronto on 21 January 2011

Northern Saw-whet Owl and Eastern Screech-Owl in Toronto, January 2011

Evening Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls and Pileated Woodpecker at Uphill, Carden Alvar, on 10 January 2011.

Gray Jay, Canada Jay, Whisky-Jack, Camp Robber - 8 photos and text about our favourite bird of the north woods. 5 January 2011.

Northern Hawk Owl & Common Redpolls - Carden Alvar, 3 and 5 January 2011