The winter birding season started on Thursday December 1. During the 2010/2011 winter birding season, a total of 198 species were observed by Ontario birders. Josh Vandermeulen has volunteered to compile the Ontario sightings this year and Blake Maybank will be hosting the results on his site.
I'm looking forward to the challenge of exceeding last year's personal total of 77 species. As with every year, the season concludes at the end of February, but this time, due to 2012 being a leap year, Jean and I will have an extra day to accomplish our goal of 78+ species. Wish us luck. Unfortunately, the pelican did not stick around for the upcoming weekend. That would have been a nice start for the list. Looks like Northern Cardinal will start things off this year.
2011/2012 Winter List
As of January 1, 71 species
January 1:
Tundra Swan
Red-winged Blackbird
December 27:
Mute Swan
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Wild Turkey
American Coot
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Carolina Wren
Eastern Towhee
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
December 19:
Northern Harrier
December 18:
Canada Goose
Ring-necked Pheasant
Cooper's Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Shrike
Brown Creeper
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
December 17:
American Robin
December 9:
Common Loon
Gray Jay
American Goldfinch
December 8:
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Common Raven
Red-breasted Nuthatch
American Tree Sparrow
Pine Siskin
Evening Grosbeak
December 7:
Double-crested Cormorant
American Kestrel
December 6:
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ring-billed Gull
White-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet
December 4:
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-Backed Gull
Pomarine Jaeger
Rock Pigeon
Black-capped Chickadee
Dark-eyed Junco
December 3:
American Crow
House Sparrow
December 1:
Northern Cardinal
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