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Probably not quite what is intended for this thread but an interesting article with some nice photos.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/real ... ckers.html

Georgian Bay, Lake Huron today.The only interesting bird amongst hundreds of waterfowl.

European Robin in Montreal! First record for Canada!

https://ebird.org/checklist/S293131095


A link to an article today in The Guardian about this vagrant.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/10/european-robin-canada-birdwatchers-montreal-rare-sighting-bird-aoe

The Robin is ...

My favorite flycatcher. Not my best photo but a bird that I used to see daily when walking my dog - taken in 2016, long before I got more interested in birding, with my trusty Nikon D7200.

Another vote for abieticola - not quite as distinctly marked as the ones I usually see but dense belly band getting wider at the flanks, dark patagials, dark head and throat with some dribbling.
Only a dozen or so reports in my Ontario county but tagged as rare so almost certainly very under ...

I just checked again and the WhatBird forums are appearing as active but not working because of errors. I do think that it might be (probably is?) possible to recover the information but in all honesty I wouldn't hold my breath. The site owner has considered shutting down the forums repeatedly ...

I was hoping others might chime in on this thread.
I think the last photo is a Lesser or a /, the previous two look good for Greater (at least to me, although the more experience I get the less confidence with some birds - still convinced they hybridize).

I would say 1st winter male but happy to be corrected.
Great photo.

Great to see that AveryF is back, bringing membership to 29 (although I notice that some of the posts get more than 400 views).

Does anyone know if all the data from Whatbird is completely lost? I'm not looking for anything specific, just wondering what happens when sites are discontinued as I ...

Went from a daytime high of -3C (27F) yesterday to -15C (5F) today and back up to a forecasted -1C (30F) on Tuesday.

Appear to be lots of Pine Grosbeaks and Snow Buntings, a few Lapland Longspurs and very few Snowy Owls in the county.

'Listers" - the movie. Two brothers, novice birders, live in their van for a year doing a big year.

I suspect most birders have seen this by now, it's at 2.9M views and has generated a lot of buzz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-wAqplQAo

Aidan B wrote: Wed Feb 04, 2026 10:59 pm Pretty sure it's a Herring

Can Iceland (Thayer's) be discounted?

There are also some Greater plus a Redhead and a Merganser.

Agree with Greater, for sure.

I'm out - the first and only county report was November, 2025.

Scientists just mapped the family tree of all 11,000 bird species—and you can explore it https://share.google/kH197VMrWju4PiCZx


Impressive, so much information including a time scale.. I noticed that it tags the species on your eBird life list.

The Phyologeny Explorer is free for a month ...

Could not fit these in the prior post.

Snowing again so added a few more - the second last one has a drake plumaged hen, a Mallard x Black Duck hybrid (MBDH) and a hen.
The first three were about 2.5MB each and reached the post limit so I will use smaller files in future.
Mallard 1m if HVT 10x8 7511606.jpg
Mallard 1m if HVT 6x4-615086 ...

Every morning I have my breakfast on my roof terrace and do an e-Bird list. I have noticed that every day a group of about 6 or 8 all-white pigeons/doves fly up as a group and take off in a specific direction, the same every day. I've been counting them as Rock Doves because of the behavior ...

A really tough choice (we may need the Overload thread) so I went with one to reflect current weather conditions (much milder today at -15C or 5f).

Another vote for House Finch.

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I'm guessing you feel the same way about being at Huntington in your pre-birding days as I feel about Sierra Vista in SE Arizona. :( Anytime you want another shot at it, I'll make space in the guest room.
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For sure - I've been all over the US but all before I got more into birding. I ...

Excluding UK and Canada as home territory this is a November 2009 (pre-birding) photo from a visit to Huntington Beach SP, SC. I think there is Wood Stork, White Ibis, Snowy Egret and D-c Cormorant. Not sure about the one on far right.

It was -20C (-4F) this morning. Two weeks ago we had a January thaw (not uncommon) and most of the snow disappeared. Attached photo shows current situation.

I am no longer lost (or no more than usual) and would like to thank Greyhawk and Charlie for their work setting up this new home.