Greetings Fellow Birders, Please find the Ontario Rare Bird Report for the week of December 19, 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! *COMMENTARY: With the holiday season upon us, I have been enjoying time with friends and loved ones (and feathered ones as time has permitted!) as I hope all of you have as well. Please forgive the delay on this week's report. Next week's report will likely be delayed as well, as I will be out-of-town and participating in the Algonquin Park CBC... perhaps I will see some of you there. I hope that the holiday season has brought joy to you and yours and wish each of you a happy and healthy 2026!* Eurasian Green-winged Teal (Common Teal) 19-Dec-25; Hamilton - Windermere Basin Park; Mike Boyd *continuing bird; originally sighted by Richard Poort on 4-Dec-25 King Eider 18-Dec-25; Toronto - Tommy Thompson Park; Garth Riley *continuing bird; originally sighted by Brynn Murphy on 11-Dec-25 Barrow's Goldeneye 22-Dec-25; Grey - Owen Sound Harbour; A. Nicholson *continuing bird; originally sighted by A. Nicholson on 26-Nov-25 Virginia Rail 23-Dec-25; Waterloo - FWR Dickson Wilderness Area; Terry Buller *continuing bird; originally sighted by Joshua van der Meulen on 8-Dec-25 Black-legged Kittiwake 25-Dec-25; Lambton - Point Edward Lighthouse (Sarnia); Matt Parsons Western Grebe 24-Dec-25; Grey - Owen Sound (western shoreline); A. Nicholson Harris's Sparrow 20-Dec-25; Oxford - East-Zorra-Tavistock; Jeff Skevington *continuing bird; originally sighted by Richard Skevington on 3-Dec-25 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER 20-Dec-25; Niagara -- Morgan's Point CA (Wainfleet); Bobby Wu *continuing bird; originally sighted by Jean Farnan on 15-Nov-25 Dickcissel 19-Dec-25; Brant - Harrisburg (Burlington Street); Gis Segler *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.