Ontario Birds

Journal of the Ontario Field Ornithologists

Ontario Birds is published three times a year in April, August and December and is included with your OFO membership. Ontario Birds documents new information on the birds of the province and includes notes and articles about their status, distribution, identification and behaviour, as well as the Annual Report of the OBRC.

Latest Issue

April 2026

Northern Harrier predation of a Green-winged Teal Kiah Jasper

Observations of a dark-winged variant Ring-billed Gull in Ontario Brandon Holden

An apparent American Herring Gull x Glaucous-winged Gull hybrid at Wheatley, Ontario Brandon Holden

Winter fish-eating by American Robins in Ottawa, Ontario Daniel Cadieux

Hermit Thrush capturing and consuming small fish in winter Nathalie Fortier

Acorn-induced mortality in a Red-headed Woodpecker Donald A. Sutherland

Commentary: The impact of fireworks on birds Anita D. Aviad

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