Firsts for 2010

[GStuart]

In the last week of November there were two in Ontario: one posted on this board ( http://outdoorontario.net/birds/phpBB/v ... php?t=6829 ) near Minden and the one I saw in Kincardine.

[Mark D]

American White Pelican
Least Bittern
Northern Pintal
Greater Scaup
Lessre Scaup
Surf Scoter
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Virginia Rail
Sora
Upland Sandpiper
Sanderling
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowicher
Long-billed Dowicher
Wilson's Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Iceland Gull
Forster's Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Screech Owl
Chuck-will's-widow
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
Philadelphia Vireo
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Sedge Wren
Grey-cheeked Thrush
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Bay-breasted Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Hooded Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Vesper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow

Wow.  I didn't realize just how many new species I'd got this year.

[Bird Brain]

Offhand, the only thing that comes to mind:

Cooper's Hawk babies at Maplewood Park.    

I've sighted lots of adults but this was a first for seeing babies in the nest/wild.  

Will look through my 2010 bird/nature binder later tonight to see if there was anything else.

[Reuven_M]

And just for fun, other tetrapods new for me this year:

Mink Frog
Fowler's Toad
Brown Snake
Blanding's Turtle
Short-tailed Shrew (first alive)
Hoary Bay
Red Bat
Snowshoe Hare

[angieinto]

So much to see! I keep reading people's lists and get excited about all the species I've yet to see!  

[Flashshooter]

And just for fun, other tetrapods new for me this year:
...
Brown Snake
...

LOL. I want to see one of these too.  :-)
Clive

[Bird Brain]

...Brown Snake...

LOL. I want to see one of these too.  :-)Clive

Clive ... I've had great luck sighting a variety of snakes at Erindale Park in the warm/hot weather.