Greetings Fellow Birders, Please find the Ontario Rare Bird Report for the week of January 23, 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! King Eider 24-Jan-26; Toronto - Tommy Thompson Park; Grant Wignall *continuing bird; originally sighted by Brynn Murphy on 11-Dec-25 Barrow's Goldeneye 24-Jan-26; Durham - Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health/Lynde Shores CA (Whitby); Griffin Lepage *continuing bird; originally sighted by Rick Lauzon on 3-Jan-26 WILLOW PTARMIGAN 28-Jan-26; Cochrane - Road 652; Michael Arthurs *continuing bird; originally sighted by Michael Arthurs on 22-Jan-26 Virginia Rail 24-Jan-26; Waterloo - FWR Dickson Wilderness Area; Hayden Epp *continuing bird; originally sighted by Joshua van der Meulen on 8-Dec-25 Townsend's Solitaire 23-Jan-26; Thunder Bay - Montrose Place; Susan Craig/Greg Stroud *continuing bird; originally sighted by Brian Ratcliff on 2-Jan-26 Harris's Sparrow 24-Jan-26; Oxford - East-Zorra-Tavistock; Markus Legzdins/Alexander Skevington *continuing bird; originally sighted by Richard Skevington on 3-Dec-25 SPOTTED TOWHEE 23-Jan-26; Peel - Loafer's Lake Park (Brampton); Pat Hare *continuing bird; originally sighted by Galina Szlapetis on 18-Jan-26 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.