Ontario Rare Bird Alert for the week starting July 8, 2022 Species mentioned (all caps indicate species on the OBRC review list): BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK (Waterloo) BLACK-NECKED STILT (Middlesex) American Avocet (Essex, Middlesex) NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Essex) DARK-EYED "GRAY-HEADED" JUNCO (Essex) Blue Grosbeak (Chatham-Kent) Details: I have tried to indicate the finder, where known. My apologies to those who I have left out. You can help me by giving the finder's name(s), if known, in your eBird checklists. BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK (Waterloo): Ky Lauzon found one at Rim Park in Waterloo on July 1 and it has remained to be seen by many to at least July 14. BLACK-NECKED STILT (Middlesex): The two birds found by Bill Lindley at Strathroy Sewage Lagoons on May 12 and their young were seen to at least July 14. American Avocet (Essex): Evan Sinclair found a breeding-plumaged bird at the Florian Diamente Nature Reserve on Pelee Island on July 11. American Avocet (Middlesex): Stephen Taylor found a breeding-plumaged bird at Komoka PP on July 8 that was seen by many the same day. NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Essex): The bird found south of Amherstburg on July 5 remained to at least July 10. DARK-EYED "GRAY-HEADED" JUNCO (Essex): Jamie Fowler photographed one on the Shuster Trail in Point Pelee on July 12. Blue Grosbeak (Chatham-Kent): Paul Pratt found a young male that appears to be maintaining a territory on July 5 just north of Tilbury on Rogers Street that remained to at least July 14 and was seen by many. Report compiled by Mike Burrell from a variety of sources, primarily eBird; most other sources are listed here: http://ofo.ca/site/content/ontario-hotlines-and-news