Greetings Fellow Birders, Please find the Ontario Rare Bird Report for the week of February 20, 2026 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) 21-Feb-26; Hamilton - Windermere Basin; Benjamin Liang TUFTED DUCK 20-Feb-26; Northumberland - Cobourg Harbour; Iain Rayner *continuing bird; originally sighted by Kris Ito on 14-Feb-26 King Eider 21-Feb-26; Toronto - Tommy Thompson Park; Kate Furtney *continuing bird; originally sighted by Brynn Murphy on 11-Dec-25 Barrow's Goldeneye 24-Feb-26; Durham - Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health/Lynde Shores CA (Whitby); Karen Looby *continuing bird; originally sighted by Rick Lauzon on 3-Jan-26 Barrow's Goldeneye 23-Feb-26; Waterloo - Cambridge (Blair Lookout); Brian Barber/Cait Nishimura *continuing bird; originally sighted by Tim Kuntz on 15-Feb-26 Barrow's Goldeneye 21-Feb-26; Lambton - Cathcart Park; Mike Bouman *continuing bird; originally sighted by Mike Bouman on 18-Feb-26 Eurasian Collared-Dove 20-Feb-26; Bruce - Brockton (County Road 15); Amanda Plakholm Harris's Sparrow 20-Feb-26; Oxford - East-Zorra-Tavistock; Richard Skevington *continuing bird; originally sighted by Richard Skevington on 3-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.