Ontario Birding Information

Where to Bird
Canada -- Ontario
Discover the top birding locations in Ontario. Find out more about Ontario Bird Clubs and Birding Organizations in Ontario. Print out a checklist of Ontario birds. Find the Rare Bird Alert Phone Numbers for Ontario. Order books to help you become a better birder in Ontario. Discover links to Ontario Birding web sites. Print out special maps of Ontario before you begin your trip.

Sibley Guide to
Eastern Birds

Birds of Canada
CD-ROM

NG Guide to Birds of
Eastern US and Canada

Voices of North
American Owls

Birds of Special Interest: White-rumped Sandpiper, American Woodcock, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Blue-winged Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Canada Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Mourning Warbler.

Province Bird: Common Loon

Province Checklists:
Ontario Birds Records Committee
Point Pelee Checklist

Species Seen in Ontario: 479

Province Ornithological Society:
Ontario Field Ornithologists

Rare Bird Alerts:
(905) 381-0329   Hamilton
(905) 576-2738   Oshawa
(613) 860-9000   Ottawa/Hull
(705) 256-2790   Sault Ste. Marie
(416) 350-3000 x2293   Toronto
(248) 477-1360   Windsor/Detroit
(519) 252-2473   Windsor/Pt. Pelee
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Electronic mailing Lists:
Ontario listserv – ONTBIRDS:
A new listserv run by Ontario Field Ornithologists. To subscribe send email to majordomo@hwcn.org (all lower case letters). Leave subject or title blank. In the body of the email, type subscribe ontbirds and on the next line type end

Maps:
Ontario

Retail Birding Stores

Birding Links for Ontario:
Birding Festivals
Ontario Birding Home Page
Toronto and Southern Ontario Birding
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory
Holiday Beach Festival of Hawks
Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch
Bird Studies Canada
Ojibway Nature Centre
Haldimand Bird Observatory
Innis Point Bird Observatory
Ontario Birds at Risk Program
Breeding Bird Survey in Ontario
Ontario Weather and Climate
Friends of Presqu'ile Park
Butterfly Watching in Ontario
Hot Spots
Ontario Birding Hot Spots
Point Pelee National Park
Point Pelee Island
Prince Edward Point
Birdwatching in Ontario Provincial Parks

Ontario Organizations:
Kitchener Waterloo Field Naturalists
Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club
Ontario Bird Banding Association

Pete Thayer's Favorite Hot Spots:
Amherst Island
44.18 N 76.75 W
Come in December to see Owls. You can find them during daylight hours. The woodlot near the eastern end of the island is a good spot. Also scan the ice floes just offshore.

Long Point
42.58 N 80.25 W
This point thrusts 19 miles into the northern edge of Lake Erie. Visit in the spring for spectacular warbler migrations and great hawk flights. The Long Point Bird Observatory is a good place to start -- pick up an annotated checklist.

Niagara Falls
43.06 N 79.04 W
Come in December to see Gulls. In general, birds are easier to see from the Ontario side of the river. Specialties include Iceland, Lesser Black-backed, Black-headed and Little Gull. Look for Ducks on the river.

Point Pelee
41.56 N 82.31 W
This tip of Ontario extends into Lake Erie, forming a welcome site for migrating birds in May and a natural "funnel" in the fall. Warblers in the spring are everywhere. Watch the flight of Monarch butterflies and huge flocks of Blue Jays in the fall. Considered by most as one of the Top 10 birding spots in North America.