Greetings Fellow Birders, Please find the Ontario Rare Bird Report for the week of December 12, 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) 12-Dec-25; Hamilton - Windermere Basin Park; Jude Szabo *continuing bird; originally sighted by Richard Poort on 4-Dec-25 King Eider 13-Dec-25; Toronto - Tommy Thompson Park; Herve Tremblay *continuing bird; originally sighted by Brynn Murphy on 11-Dec-25 Barrow's Goldeneye 13-Dec-25; Grey - Owen Sound Harbour; Eric Sickle *continuing bird; originally sighted by A. Nicholson on 26-Nov-25 Barrow's Goldeneye 15-Dec-25; Northumberland - Presqu'ile PP; Brian Tinker Virginia Rail 13-Dec-25; Waterloo - FWR Dickson Wilderness Area; Frank Pointner *continuing bird; originally sighted by Joshua van der Meulen on 8-Dec-25 Parasitic Jaeger 13-Dec-25; Halton - Coronation Park (Oakville); George Prieksaitis Black-legged Kittiwake 13-Dec-25; Niagara - Queenston (sand docks); Matt Iles GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL 15-Dec-25; Niagara - Control Gates; Tom Kerr (original observer in United States) & Joshua van der Meulen/Jude Szabo (initial observers in Canada) Western Grebe 13-Dec-25; Hamilton - Van Wagners Beach; Welo Iba/Ina Legzdins/Sarah Richer Pacific Loon 18-Dec-25; Hamilton - Bayfront Park; Anonymous eBirder Townsend's Solitaire 14-Dec-25; Thunder Bay - Mountain Road; Calvin Knorr Harris's Sparrow 13-Dec-25; Oxford - East-Zorra-Tavistock; Richard Skevington *continuing bird; originally sighted by Richard Skevington on 3-Dec-25 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER 14-Dec-25; Niagara -- Morgan's Point CA (Wainfleet); Liam McGuire *continuing bird; originally sighted by Jean Farnan on 15-Nov-25 Summer Tanager 13-Dec-25; Waterloo - Crestwood Drive; Peter Barr *continuing bird; originally sighted by Peter Barr on 7-Dec-25 Dickcissel 14-Dec-25; Brant - Harrisburg (Burlington Street); Rob Crawford 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.