Hello Ontario Birders, Hope everyone is enjoying the winter listing season. I wanted to update people about how the Ontario Winter List is shaping out for 2019-2020. The current list total sits at a cool 200. To give some perspective the final 2018-2019 List was 203, and the final 2017-2018 list was 200. The average number of species for the last 12 years is 204. Given there is almost another month left a few more species could be added.
Some of the additions since my last update on Dec. 29 2019, are Vesper Sparrow (near Rondeau), Fish Crow (Niagara), Hoary Redpoll (Smooth Rock Falls CBC), Eared Grebe (Bruce Peninsula), Swainson's Thrush (Toronto CBC), Brant (Smith Falls), Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Sioux Lookout) and Palm Warbler (Kingston). By this time in the year most of the common winter birds have been observed, but we are missing some of the uncommon winter birds seen in previous years. Some of these uncommon birds missing from the list right now include Indigo Bunting (seen 7/12 last winters), Lincoln's Sparrow (8/12), Yellow Warbler (8/12), Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (9/12), and Eurasian Wigeon (8/12). The list can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/myyulvs . I try to update the spreadsheet every couple of days or whenever I hear of a new addition. Please let me know if you hear of a new addition or any other correction to the spreadsheet. Thank you to everyone who has notified me of omissions. Good birding, Todd Hagedorn _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
