[Ontbirds] My 2017 Big Year - summary and one more thank you

Happy New Year, Ontario birding community! Somehow I made it through the whole year without posting a single email specifically about my Big Year to Ontbirds... So here goes! I am not posting about a specific current bird sighting, but rather more of a wrap-up of a birding event, so to speak.

[Ontbirds] Winter finches

Today on the Joly Strong boundary road I came across a large group of finches picking at the sand/ salt on the road. This group was made up largely of Pine Siskins 60, Am Goldfinch 40 and Purple Finch 15 but also some 20 odd White-winged Crossbills and 8 Red Crossbill. White-winged

[Ontbirds] OFO Outing Saturday Jan. 6, 2018 - Leslie St. Spit (aka Tommy Thompson Park)

Hello everyone, As you are aware we are experiencing a period of extreme cold with temperatures Saturday morning forecast to be -23C feeling like -32C. As such Dan and I have decided that we will not venture out onto the Leslie Street Spit out of concern for participants safety. Instead we will