Greetings Fellow Birders, Please find the Ontario Rare Bird Report for the week of October 16, 2025 below. This weekly report provides information about bird sightings that are significant due to the species, the location and/or time of year of the sighting. Within these weekly reports, as much detail will be provided as possible regarding observations, including providing credit to the initial observer(s) and location details. Please use eBird to provide specific details as sightings are recorded. Note that species in all-caps are on the OBRC review list. Amendments/corrections may be sent to dbirkenbergs.birdreports@gmail.com. I thank each of you for your patience for any inadvertent oversights. As always, respectful feedback is welcome! Eurasian Wigeon 16-Oct-25; Frontenac - Marshlands Bay/Cataraqui Bay (Kingston); Gordon Sheard *continuing bird; originally sighted by Erwin Batallla on 5-Oct-25 PURPLE GALLINULE 16-Oct-25; Toronto - Tommy Thompson Park; Bob Cumming *continuing bird; originally sighted by Daysun Rao on 15-Oct-25 Hudsonian Godwit 21-Oct-25; Norfolk - Turkey Point Beach (Long Point); Alexandre Terrigeol *continuing bird; originally sighted by Richard Skevington on 6-Oct-25 Hudsonian Godwit 22-Oct-25; Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry - Ault Island Rd.; Meghan Grunwald *continuing bird; originally sighted by Darlene Kaddie/Dave Kaddie on 12-Oct-25 Parasitic Jaeger 20-Oct-25; Lambton - Ipperwash Beach/Grand Bend Beach; james holdsworth Pomarine Jaeger 22-Oct-25; Halton - Tannery Park (Oakville); Markus Legzdins Pomarine Jaeger 22-Oct-25; Northumberland - Presqu'ile PP (Point); Baxter Hady Black-legged Kittiwake 19-Oct-25; Halton - Sioux Lookout Park (Burlington); George Prieksaitis Black-legged Kittiwake 22-Oct-25; Niagara - Niagara River Breakwall (Fort Erie); CORVUS/Marcie Jacklin Western Grebe 22-Oct-25; Toronto - Colonel Samuel Smith Park; Martin Krajc Pacific Loon 22-Oct-25; Simcoe - Big Bay Point (Innisfil); Peter Burke *continuing bird; originally sighted by Liam Hood-Hanlan on 27-Sep-25 Pacific Loon 18-Oct-25; Simcoe - Dock Road Park/Minet's Point (Barrie); Anthony Glesnek *continuing bird; originally sighted by Bob Cumming on 6-Oct-25 Western Cattle-Egret 22-Oct-25; Chatham-Kent - Erieau Road; Josh Bauman CRESTED CARACARA 16-Oct-25; Sudbury - Foleyet; Kevin Seymour *continuing bird; originally sighted by Tyler Gervais on July 6; rediscovered by Jude Szabo on 10-Sep-25 SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER 18-Oct-25; Thunder Bay - Hurkett Hill Farms; Alba Tropea Cave Swallow 20-Oct-25; Durham - Cranberry Marsh (Whitby); Charmaine Anderson Harris's Sparrow 19-Oct-25; Thunder Bay - Hurkett Hill Farms; Nicholas Escott GRACE'S WARBLER 16-Oct-25; Nipissing - Algonquin PP (Old Airfield); Britta Runtz/Michael Runtz Good Birding, Dan -- Report compiled by Dan Birkenbergs from a variety of sources, primarily eBird; most other sources are listed here: http://ofo.ca/site/content/ontario-hotlines-and-news Ontbirds and Birdnews are moderated email Listservs provided by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) as a service to all birders in Ontario. Birdnews is reserved for announcements, location summaries, first of year reports, etc. To post a message on Birdnews, send an email to: birdnews@ontbirds.ca. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Birdnews Moderators by email at birdnews@ofo.ca. Please review posting rules and guidelines at http://ofo.ca/site/content/listserv-guidelines To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists.