UOB rebirth - 2011 and 2012

It feels like just last year, doesn't it? Anyways - the bad pics of good birds continue -

2012

Oct 30, 2012 - Leach's Storm-Petrel - the star of Hurricane Sandy in Ontario.

Oct ??, 2012 - Cave Swallows - 147-ish CASW seen at Fifty Point CA in Grimsby

Oct 19, 2012 - Cattle Egret - just up the road from where I grew up

Oct 11, 2012 - Townsend's Solitaire - a quick twitch to an unusual spot (Van Wagner's Ponds)

Oct 6, 2012 - Vega Gull - adult at the tip of Pelee. Found days earlier by Kevin McLaughlin

Aug 29, 2012 - Thick-billed Kingbird - can you say, mega?

Jul 2, 2012 - Magnificent Frigatebird - twitched like a boss with Ken Burrell

Apr 6, 2012 - Harlequin Ducks - fancy pair from Oakville

Mar 28, 2012 - Ross's Geese - pair at Pelee

Mar 15, 2012 - Common Teal - an "impure bird" from Hillman Marsh

Mar 13, 2012 - Eurasian Wigeon - not a bad bird for work. Near Dunnville

Jan 2, 2012 - Mountian Bluebird - female near my former residence in Guelph

Never gets old... Anyways - ONTO 2011 _-----



2011

Dec 27, 2011 - Smew - awesome bird, but is it wild?

Dec 14, 2011 - Black-throated Gray Warbler - my overdue first for Ontario/nemiss bird (at the time)! Thanks to Rob Dobos for finding it.

Nov 27, 2011 - American White Pelican - in a backyard farm pond in Niagara

May 16, 2011 - Fish Crow - one of two self-found at Pelee

Apr 30, 2011 - Summer Tanager - ad male found with the Burrell twins. Pelee Island. 1 of 8 I "found" this year. Crazy.

Apr 24, 2011 - Neotropic Cormorant - self found 2nd for Ontario & Canada at Muddy Creek in Wheatley.

Apr 19, 2011 - Eurasian Wigeon - on Amherst Island

Mar 24, 2011 - Harris's Sparrow - twitched at Port Burwell while missing a reported Boat-tailed Grackle

One of those birds that gave me the mad "excitement shakes" ...