2024 Big Year Ontario
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Before the birding begins – The Planning and Tools for a Big Year
Back in 2013 when we first started listing, we did it under the premise of a "Big Year" as a bit of a joke. It was a goal to get us off the couch and get back out into nature. We traveled with a hard cover book in our backpack and cheap binoculars. We sometimes spent...
A Trio of Big Years – the numbers
I have been intrigued with the idea of Big Years since first reading and then seeing the movie The Big Year, starring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson way back. A big year is a personal challenge among birders to identify as many species of birds by sight or...
Ontario Birds 2024 Count
335 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 334 Black-throated Gray Warbler 333 Black-legged Kittiwake 332 Short-tailed Shearwater 331 Mountain Bluebird 330 Cave Swallow 329 Purple Sandpiper 328 Vermillion Flycatcher 327 Brant 326 Black-tailed Gull (LIFER) 325 Yellow-throated Warbler 324 Nelson’s Sparrow 323 Boreal Owl 322 Red Phalarope 321 Pomarine Jaeger 320 Cinnamon Teal 319 American Goshawk 318 Sabine’s Gull 317 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 316 Parasitic Jaeger 315 Long-tailed Jaeger 314 Baird’s Sandpiper 313 Marbled Godwit 312 Ruff 311 Stilt Sandpiper 310 Brown Booby 309 Blue Grosbeak 308 Great Gray Owl (LIFER) 307 Franklin’s Gull 306 Eastern Whip-poor-will 305 Western Meadowlark 304 LeConte’s Sparrow (HO) 303 Sedge Wren 302 Connecticut Warbler (HO) 301 Dickcissel 300 Acadian Flycatcher 299 Alder Flycatcher 298 Hudsonian Godwit 297 Red-necked Phalarope 296 Loggerhead Shrike 295 Red Knot 294 Arctic Tern 293 Neotropic Cormorant 292 White-rumped Sandpiper 291 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 290 King Rail (HO) 289 Mourning Warbler 288 Canada Warbler 287 Black-billed Cuckoo 286 Willow Flycatcher 285 Gray-cheeked Thrush 284 White-faced Ibis 283 American White Pelican 282 Philadelphia Vireo 281 Whimbrel 280 Western Sandpiper 279 Common Nighthawk 278 Ruddy Turnstone 277 Western Cattle Egret 276 Olive-sided Flycatcher 275 Ferruginous Hawk 274 Bay-breasted Warbler 273 Red-eyed Vireo 272 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 271 Golden-winged Warbler 270 Semipalmated Sandpiper 269 Short-billed Dowitcher 268 Black Tern 267 Wilson’s Warbler 266 Blackpoll Warbler 265 Blackburnian Warbler 264 Magnolia Warbler 263 Northern Parula 262 Cape May Warbler 261 Wood Thrush 260 Bobolink 259 Piping Plover 258 Upland Sandpiper 257 Least Flycatcher 256 Tricolored Heron 255 American Redstart 254 Tennessee Warbler 253 Clay-colored Sparrow 252 Black-crowned Night Heron 251 Yellow Rail (HO) 250 Tufted Duck 249 Least Bittern 248 Brewer’s Blackbird 247 Least Sandpiper 246 Semipalmated Plover 245 Veery 244 Prothonotary Warbler 243 Yellow-breasted Chat 242 Yellow-headed Blackbird 241 Snowy Egret 240 Solitary Sandpiper 239 Wilson’s Phalarope 238 Long-billed Dowitcher 237 Scarlet Tanager 236 Chestnut-sided Warbler 235 Cerulean Warbler 234 Blue-winged Warbler 233 Orchard Oriole 232 Eastern Kingbird 231 Great Crested Flycatcher 230 Sanderling 229 Black-bellied Plover 228 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 227 Summer Tanager 226 Indigo Bunting 225 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 224 Black-throated Green Warbler 223 Prairie Warbler 222 Hooded Warbler 221 Ovenbird 220 Baltimore Oriole 219 Grasshopper Sparrow 218 Yellow-throated Vireo 217 White-eyed Vireo 216 Kentucky Warbler 215 Black-and-white Warbler 214 Lincoln’s Sparrow 213 Warbling Vireo 212 Palm Warbler 211 Cliff Swallow 210 Green Heron 209 Black-throated Blue Warbler 208 Nashville Warbler 207 Swainson’s Thrush 206 Eastern Wood-Pewee 205 Yellow Warbler 204 Common Yellowthroat 203 Common Tern 202 Willet 201 Blue-headed Vireo 200 American Avocet 199 Northern Waterthrush 198 Louisiana Waterthrush 197 Chimney Swift 196 Glossy Ibis 195 House Wren 194 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 193 Broad-winged Hawk 192 Virginia Rail 191 American Golden Plover 190 Marsh Wren 189 Gray Catbird 188 Dunlin 187 Bank Swallow 186 Great Egret 185 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 184 American Bittern 183 Common Gallinule 182 Spotted Sandpiper 181 Black-necked Stilt 180 Sora 179 Brown Thrasher 178 Pine Warbler 177 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 176 Purple Martin 175 Eastern Towhee 174 Vesper Sparrow 173 Barn Swallow 172 Caspian Tern 171 Winter Wren 170 Savannah Sparrow 169 Black Vulture 168 Osprey 167 Lesser Yellowlegs 166 Pectoral Sandpiper 165 Forster’s Tern 164 Chipping Sparrow 163 Red-headed Woodpecker 162 Field Sparrow 161 Eastern Phoebe 160 Blue-winged Teal 159 Black-billed Magpie 158 Varied Thrush (HO) 157 Barnacle Goose(LIFER) 156 Wilson’s Snipe 155 Rusty Blackbird 154 Tree Swallow 153 Greater Yellowlegs 152 Fish Crow 151 Snow Goose 150 Northern Hawk Owl 149 Golden Eagle 148 American Woodcock 147 Eurasian Wigeon 146 American Pipit 145 Bullock’s Oriole 144 Wood Duck 143 Killdeer 142 Eastern Meadowlark 141 Swamp Sparrow 140 Yellow-rumped Warbler 139 Common Grackle 138 Hermit Thrush 137 Pied-billed Grebe 136 Sandhill Crane 135 White-crowned Sparrow 134 Greater White-fronted Goose 133 Northern Saw-whet Owl 132 Slaty-backed Gull 131 Ring-necked Pheasant 130 Sharp-tailed Grouse 129 Boreal Chickadee (HO) 128 Willow Ptarmingan (LIFER) 127 Spruce Grouse 126 Black-backed Woodpecker 125 American Three-toed Woodpecker 124 Canada Jay 123 Pine Grosbeak 122 Little Gull 121 Brown Creeper 120 Green-winged Teal 119 Tundra Swan 118 Eared Grebe 117 Red-shouldered Hawk 116 Snowy Owl 115 Rough-legged Hawk 114 Great Horned Owl 113 Eastern Screech-Owl 112 Harris’s Sparrow 111 Merlin 110 Lark Sparrow 109 Bohemian Waxwing 108 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 107 Barred Owl 106 Western Tanager 105 Gray Partridge 104 Hoary Redpoll 103 Ruffed Grouse 102 White-winged Crossbill 101 Purple Finch 100 Evening Grosbeak 99 Redpoll 98 Ruddy Duck 97 Lesser Scaup 96 Black Scoter 95 Cedar Waxwing 94 Eastern Bluebird 93 Snow Bunting 92 Lapland Longspur 91 Brown-headed Cowbird 90 Long-eared Owl 89 Fox Sparrow 88 Northern Mockingbird 87 Surf Scoter 86 Pine Siskin 85 Short-eared Owl 84 Iceland Gull 83 Cooper’s Hawk 82 Song Sparrow 81 Red Crossbill 80 Pileated Woodpecker 79 White-throated Sparrow 78 Limpkin 77 Orange-crowned Warbler 76 Pacific Loon 75 Red-throated Loon 74 Western Grebe 73 Tufted Titmouse 72 Red-breasted Nuthatch 71 Redhead 70 American Wigeon 69 Red-winged Blackbird 68 Northern Shrike 67 Peregrine Falcon 66 Lesser Black-backed Gull 65 Glaucous Gull 64 American Tree Sparrow 63 Golden-crowned Kinglet 62 Common Loon 61 Red-necked Grebe 60 Horned Grebe 59 King Eider 58 Cackling Goose 57 Ross’s Goose 56 Turkey Vulture 55 House Sparrow 54 American Coot 53 Rock Pigeon 52 Ring-necked Duck 51 Canvasback 50 Dark-eyed Junco 49 Belted Kingfisher 48 Double-crested Cormorant 47 Harlequin Duck 46 Horned Lark 45 Townsend’s Solitaire 44 European Starling 43 Northern Flicker 42 Red-bellied Woodpecker 41 Bald Eagle 40 Sharp-shinned Hawk 39 Great Blue Heron 38 Great Black-backed Gull 37 Bonaparte’s Gull 36 Red-breasted Merganser 35 Hooded Merganser 34 White-winged Scoter 33 Greater Scaup 32 Gadwall 31 Northern Shoveler 30 Trumpeter Swan 29 Mute Swan 28 Northern Harrier 27 American Robin 26 American Herring Gull 25 Mourning Dove 24 Common Merganser 23 Barrow’s Goldeneye 22 Common Goldeneye 21 Bufflehead 20 Long-tailed Duck 19 Northern Pintail 18 American Black Duck 17 Canada Goose 16 Ring-billed Gull 15 American Kestrel 14 Red-tailed Hawk 13 Wild Turkey 12 Northern Cardinal 10 American Goldfinch 9 Carolina Wren 8 White-breasted Nuthatch 7 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Common Raven 5 American Crow 4 Blue Jay 3 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Mallard
About me
We caught the birding bug in 2013 and decided in 2023 to embark on three consecutive Big Years, 200 Brant County, 300 Ontario and 400 Canada. The Ovenbird Blog was set up to record our adventures.
