Posting for Gerard Phillips (sosp27@yahoo.com): We had a great response to our previous call for reports. Many thanks to everyone who submitted their sightings! However, many rarities still require documentation to the Ontario Bird Records Committee. Rarities still requiring documentation are: 2025 South Review region : Black-headed Gull (Parry Sound, Toronto x3), Tricolored Heron x3 (Lennox & Addington x2, Essex) Burrowing Owl (Wellington), California Gull x2 (Essex), Common Eider (Essex), Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Essex), Gray Kingbird (Hamilton), Glaucous-winged Gull (Niagara), “Harlan’s” Red-tailed Hawk (Hamilton), Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Toronto, Parry Sound), Swallow-tailed Kite (Greater Sudbury, Norfolk, Toronto), Western Tanager (Bruce), Townsend’s Warbler (Frontenac, Norfolk), Tufted Duck x2 (Toronto), Vermilion Flycatcher (Grey, Norfolk), Violet-green Swallow (York), Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Niagara, Ottawa) 2025 Central Review region : Black-crowned Night Heron (Thunder Bay), Blue Grosbeak (Thunder Bay), Forster’s Tern x2 (Rainy River- Harris Hill/Kreger Rd), Green Heron x5 (Timiskaming x2/Rainy River x3), Common Gallinule (Timiskaming), Crested Caracara (McAskill Road, Thunder Bay, Sudbury), Loggerhead Shrike x2 (Thunder Bay- Chippewa Lagoons/N Water St), Mute Swan x2 (Thunder Bay), Painted Bunting (Thunder Bay), Piping Plover (Rainy River), Prairie Warbler (Thunder Bay), Say’s Phoebe (Thunder Bay), Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Thunder Bay), Summer Tanager x3 (Thunder Bay- Phyllis Street; Dorion; Thunder Cape, 1 June), Western Tanager (Thunder Bay), Yellow-breasted Chat (Thunder Bay) 2025 Lowlands Review region : Razorbill (Cochrane) Submissions can be entered via our new Submissions Form that now facilitates digital media to be uploaded directly with your description at: http://ofo.ca/site/Obrcreport (or via email to the OBRC Secretary at obrc@ofo.ca). We encourage the use of eBird Hotspots and/or stakeouts whenever provincial rarities are encountered. If you’ve found and/or seen a rarity but not yet submitted a report, the review species lists for the 3 Ontario Reporting Regions (including guidelines for reporting) can be found here http://ofo.ca/site/page/view/obrc.guidelines. Past OBRC Annual Reports (serving the basis for the permanent Ontario Rare Bird Records) the are found here: http://ofo.ca/site/ObrcAnnualReports As always, the OBRC is extremely grateful for the contributions of our excellent birding community! If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me. Good Birding! Sincerely, Gerard Phillips (he/him) OBRC Chair (2024-2026) sosp27@yahoo.com