Greetings Fellow Birders & Happy New Year! Please find the Ontario Rare Bird Report for the week of December 26, 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 (http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/obrc.guidelines). 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 Green-winged Teal (Common Teal) 26-Dec-25; Hamilton - Windermere Basin Park; Margaret Hough *continuing bird; originally sighted by Richard Poort on 4-Dec-25 King Eider 27-Dec-25; Toronto - Tommy Thompson Park; Andrew Lai *continuing bird; originally sighted by Brynn Murphy on 11-Dec-25 Virginia Rail 30-Dec-25; Waterloo - FWR Dickson Wilderness Area; Eric Baldo *continuing bird; originally sighted by Joshua van der Meulen on 8-Dec-25 Black-legged Kittiwake 27-Dec-25; Lambton - Ipperwash Beach; james holdsworth Western Grebe 26-Dec-25; Grey - Owen Sound (western shoreline); A. Nicholson *continuing bird; originally sighted by A. Nicholson on 24-Dec-25 Townsend's Solitaire 27-Dec-25; Halton - Rattlesnake Point CA (Milton); Sarah Lamond/Jakub Vidimlic Harris's Sparrow 27-Dec-25; Oxford - East-Zorra-Tavistock; Eric Baldo *continuing bird; originally sighted by Richard Skevington on 3-Dec-25 Harris's Sparrow 1-Jan-26; Prince Edward - PEC (Long Point Road); Paul Jones Yellow-headed Blackbird 28-Dec-25; Ottawa - Holland's Marsh (Arnprior); Britta Runtz BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER 27-Dec-25; Niagara -- Morgan's Point CA (Wainfleet); Mourad Jabra *continuing bird; originally sighted by Jean Farnan on 15-Nov-25 Dickcissel 26-Dec-25; Brant - Harrisburg (Burlington Street); Emma M. *continuing bird; originally sighted by Rob Crawford on 14-Dec-25 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.