Return of the UOB page!!! - remembering the awesomeness of 2009 (and some 2010)

Good golly, 2009 was an awesome year for birding... I mean, really awesome... I had good birds out the wazoo... And you know that's true when you go and twitch an intentionally falsified bird like a Brown-headed Nuthatch, and you still don't care all that much because of the other mega's around...

And I guess 2010 happened as well.. Meh, it was ok...

2010

Nov 25, 2010 - Cattle Egret - on Wolfe Island.

Nov 13, 2010 - Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater - self found first for Ontario at Netitishi Point on James Bay

Nov 1, 2012 - Cattle Egret - after the incredible late Oct storm. On Wolfe Island.

Jul 19, 2012 - Black-bellied Whistling Duck - a twitch to one of my own work sites. Grr... But still awesome!

Apr 28, 2012 - Harlequin Ducks - three of nine reported here into early May



BUT ONTO 2009!!!!! SO AWESOME!!!!!!!

BLACK Swift! 

BLACK-throated Sparrow

BLACK-tailed Gull

and a... black? Phainopepla!!!!!!!!!

2009

Nov 12, 2009 - Phainopepla - who knew something so awesome could happen in Brampton?

Sep 28, 2009 - Black-tailed Gull - at Port Burwell. My "self found" first for Ontario!

Sep 17, 2009 - Western Kingbird - just north of Point Petre in Prince Edward County

Aug 30, 2009 - Black-throated Sparrow - at Monarch Landing in Port Burwell!

Aug 2, 2009 - Ruff - found with K Burrell at Blenheim sewage

May 17, 2009 - Black Swift - at the VC lot at Point Pelee. A darn exciting "self found" bird.

Apr 30, 2009 - Lark Sparrow - a twitch just up the road from home.

Jan 27, 2009 - Glaucous X Great Black-backed Gull Hybrid - a rare combo at the defunct Waterdown Garden Supplies.