Greetings Fellow Birders, Please find the Ontario Rare Bird Report for the week of February 13, 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! TUFTED DUCK 14-Feb-26; Northumberland - Cobourg Harbour; Kris Ito King Eider 13-Feb-26; Toronto - Tommy Thompson Park; Alexander Webb-Hackl *continuing bird; originally sighted by Brynn Murphy on 11-Dec-25 Barrow's Goldeneye 13-Feb-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 Barrow's Goldeneye 15-Feb-26; Waterloo - Cambridge (Blair Lookout); Tim Kuntz Barrow's Goldeneye 18-Feb-26; Lambton - Cathcart Park; Mike Bouman WILLOW PTARMIGAN 14-Feb-26; Cochrane - Road 652 (Cochrane - Unorganized); Shirley Chambers/Gina Turone MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD 15-Feb-26; Northumberland - Port Hope (Lakeshore Road); Matthew Tobey Harris's Sparrow 14-Feb-26; Oxford - East-Zorra-Tavistock; Corne Ruiter *continuing bird; originally sighted by Richard Skevington on 3-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.