Greetings Fellow Birders, Happy New Year!. I hope this year is filled with happiness, health and an abundance of lifers for all of you! 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 ORBC review list. Amendments/corrections may be sent to dbirkenbergs.birdreports@gmail.com. I thank each of you for your patience for any inadvertent oversights. Please find the Ontario Rare Bird Report for the week of December 27, 2024 below. King Eider 31-Dec-24; Toronto - Tommy Thompson Park; Sean HH *continuing bird; originally sighted by Raspberry Yow-Fairs on Dec. 25 King Eider 02-Jan-25; Hamilton - Sayer's Park (Stoney Creek); Alexander Skevington/Jeff Skevington Harlequin Duck 31-Dec-24; Toronto - Ashbridge's Bay Park; Tyson Eyre Harlequin Duck 02-Jan-25; Toronto - The Beach; Jeff Skevington *continuing bird; originally sighted by Noam Markus on Dec. 26 Barrow's Goldeneye 02-Jan-25; Durham - Lynde Creek (Durham); Peter Hogenbirk *continuing bird; originally sighted by Sara Thompson-Hall & Stu Hall on Dec. 21 Gray Partridge 31-Dec-24; Renfrew - Snake River Line; Logan Baldwin/Trevor Baldwin Dunlin 01-Jan-25; Durham - McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve; Matthew Francey *continuing birds SLATY-BACKED GULL 28-Dec-24; Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry - Guindon Park; Giovanni Pari Eared Grebe 01-Jan-25; Grey - Presquile Road; William Gray Pacific Loon 27-Dec-24; Hamilton - Bayfront Park; Corne Ruiter *continuing bird; originally sighted by Mourad Jabra on Dec. 8 (various locales in Hamilton Harbour) Pacific Loon 01-Jan-25; Halton - Lasalle Park (Burlington); Angelique Mori *continung bird; originally sighted by Bob Curry on Dec. 23 Green Heron 31-Dec-24; Hamilton - Bayfront Park; Taylor Doyle Canada Jay 28-Dec-24; Kawartha Lakes - Burys Green Road; Derek Anderson/Susan Blayney Marsh Wren 30-Dec-24; Wellington - Queen Street (Puslinch); Barrt Coombs/Rob Porter Marsh Wren 01-Jan-25; Chatham-Kent - Jeannette's Creek; James Burk Eastern Bluebird 31-Dec-24; Peterborough - County Road 2 (Otonabee-South Monaghan); Marilyn Hubley Belted Kingfisher 27-Dec-24 Algoma - Camp Sand Bay (Goulais River); Ken McIlwrick *continuing bird; originally sighted by Ken McIlwrick on Dec. 25 Belted Kingfisher 29-Dec-24; Ottawa - Klondike Road; Ken Allison Belted Kingfisher 30-Dec-24 Manitoulin - Manitoulin District (Atlas Square); Anna Sheppard Belted Kingfisher 02-Jan-25; Parry Sound - Magnetawan; Craig Evans Townsend's Solitaire 27-Dec-24; Simcoe - Tiny Beaches Road (Tiny Township); Amanda Guercio *continuing bird; originally sighted by Chris Evans/Ian Cook at D'oust Bay on December 14 Townsend's Solitaire 30-Dec-24; Thunder Bay - Highway 17; James Barber Varied Thrush 30-Dec-24; Thunder Bay - Red Rock Landfill; Scott Drebit *continuing bird; originally sighted during CBC on December 14 EURASIAN TREE SPARROW 02-Jan-25; Frontenac - Button Bay Road (Wolfe Island); Mark D. Read GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCH 27-Dec-24; Timiskaming - Georgina Street (Matachewan); Kari Dalziel/Jared Taman Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 31-Dec-24; Brant - Private Site; Chris Sawyer Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 31-Dec-24; Haldimand - Haller Place (Caledonia); Greg Salter Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 31-Dec-24; Waterloo - Bannister Lake; Georg Hentsch *continuing bird originally sighted by Georg Hentsch on Dec. 20 Harris's Sparrow 28-Dec-24; Durham - Scugog/Sunderland; Kylo Alari Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich) 27-Dec-24; Lennox & Addington - Martin Edwards Reserve (Amherst Island); Paul Mackenzie Baltimore Oriole 01-Jan-25; Ottawa - Personal location; Li-Shien Lee *continuing bird; originally sighted by Li-Shien Lee (yard bird) Ovenbird 27-Dec-24; Middlesex - Bruce Street (London); Suzanne Frank *continuing bird; originally sighted in a London backyard Orange-crowned Warbler 28-Dec-24; Toronto - Colonel Samuel Smith Park; Tristan Ducharme *continuing bird; originally sighted on Dec. 8 Orange-crowned Warbler 01-Jan-25; Wellington - Hanlon Creek Headwaters (Guelph); Tracy Muller Nashville Warbler 27-Dec-24; Essex - West Beach Footpath (Point Pelee NP); Steve Pike Nashville Warbler 30-Dec-24; Peel - Professor's Lake; Bert Prendergast Common Yellowthroat 28-Dec-24; Brant - White Swan Road Wetland; Jason Pizzey/Jenny Pizzey Common Yellowthroat 28-Dec-24; Essex - Levergood Beach; Cameron Chevalier Common Yellowthroat 31-Dec-24; Chatham-Kent - McGeachy Pond (Erieau); Steve Charbonneau American Redstart 28-Dec-24; Halton - Joshua's Valley Treatment Plant; Jim Watt *continuing bird; originally sighted by Jim Watt on Dec. 20 Northern Parula 01-Jan-25; Halton - Sedgewick Forest Park (Oakville); Kevin Seymour/Greg Stuart *continuing bird Yellow Warbler 28-Dec-24; Durham - Lions Point Waterfront Trail (Ajax); John Carley Pine Warbler 31-Dec-24; Hastings - Hastings County Road 62; Timothy Feren Pine Warbler 01-Jan-25; Hamilton - Mount Albion CA; Jude Szabo Yellow-rumped Warbler 27-Dec-24; Lennox & Addington - Heritage Point (Bath); Chris Ellingwood/Kurt Hennige Yellow-rumped Warbler 28-Dec-24; Elgin - Port Burwell PP; Mike Cowlard/Nancy Douglas Rose-breasted Grosbeak 27-Dec-24; Ottawa - Galetta Town Site (Arnprior); Bruce M. Di Labio Rose-breasted Grosbeak 27-Dec-24; Ottawa - Tyndall Street (Ottawa); Richard Waters 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.