Greetings Fellow Birders, Please find the Ontario Rare Bird Report for the week of October 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! Eurasian Wigeon 23-Oct-26; Northumberland - Presqu'ile PP; Alice Hodges *continuing bird; originally sighted by Tevia Newman on 12-Oct-26 COMMON EIDER 24-Oct-26; Niagara - Fort Erie; Liam Hood-Hanlan *continuing bird; originally sighted by Isma Giralt on 16-Oct-26 COMMON EIDER 23-Oct-26; Hamilton - Van Wagners Beach; Rob Dobos Harlequin Duck 28-Oct-26; Durham - Darlington PP/McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Area; Griffin Lepage *continuing bird; originally sighted by Jeremy Logan on 12-Oct-26 Barrow's Goldeneye 29-Oct-26; Ottawa - Dow's Lake; Shelley Pelkey PURPLE GALLINULE 23-Oct-26; Lennox & Addington - Amherstview Sewage Lagoons (restricted access); Kurt Hennige *continuing bird; originally sighted by Kathy Webb on 19-Oct-26 PURPLE GALLINULE 24-Oct-26; Frontenac - Little Cataraqui Creek (Kingston); JC Cowden Yellow Rail 25-Oct-26; Parry Sound - Sundridge; Stephen O'Donnell Hudsonian Godwit 29-Oct-26; Lanark; Highway 7 Storm Ponds (Carleton Place); Mary L Red Knot 25-Oct-26; Bruce - Oliphant Fen NR; Gordon Payne/James Turland/Simon Turland Purple Sandpiper 27-Oct-26; Niagara - Port Dalhousie; Laurence Blight White-rumped Sandpiper 24-Oct-26; Bruce - Oliphant Fen NR; Andrew Keaveney *continuing bird; originally sighted by Erik Sein on 11-Oct-26 Parasitic Jaeger 25-Oct-26; Huron - Port Blake CA; james holdsworth Parasitic Jaeger 26-Oct-26; Essex - Point Pelee NP; Cameron Chevalier Parasitic Jaeger 28-Oct-26; Lambton - Kettle Point; james holdsworth Pomarine Jaeger 24-Oct-26; Hamilton - Van Wagners Beach; Grant Stone Black-legged Kittiwake 24-Oct-26; Hamilton - Van Wagners Beach; Nehan Fernandez Black-legged Kittiwake 29-Oct-26; Frontenac - Wolfe Island; Eric Lamond Franklin's Gull 24-Oct-26; Niagara - Control Gates (Niagara Falls); Ryan Griffiths Eared Grebe 24-Oct-26; Leeds & Grenville - Brown's Bay Road; Mark Patry Pacific Loon 23-Oct-26; Simcoe - Allandale Station Park; Teagan Driedger *continuing bird; originally sighted by Reuven Martin on 3-Oct-26 Glossy Ibis 23-Oct-26; Perth - West Perth Wetlands; AM B *continuing bird; originally sighted by Larry Weir on 10-Oct-26 LITTLE BLUE HERON 24-Oct-26; Lambton - Fuller Road; james holdsworth Western Cattle-Egret 24-Oct-26; Chatham-Kent - Erieau Road; Joyce Ferris Townsend's Solitaire 26-Oct-26; Bruce - Eagle Road (Tobermory); Andrew White Nelson's Sparrow 25-Oct-26; Chatham-Kent - Keith McLean CA; Nancy Douglas *continuing bird; originally sighted by Angela Eady/Michael Root on 22-Oct-26 Nelson's Sparrow 25-Oct-26; Essex - Point Pelee NP (Northeast Beach); Michael McAllister/Steve McAllister 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.