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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Peter C." data-source="post: 3391767" data-attributes="member: 68872">All of these are annual, or nearly annual, in southern Ontario where I live. <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> Kirtland's Warbler. An endangered species, but has been recovering lately; has even nested in Ontario recently, although not anywhere accessible (naturally, the exact location was NOT revealed to the general public). </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> Henslow's Sparrow. Almost as rare here as the warbler, but should be findable - seems to show up regularly on the north shore of Lake Erie, but never where I am. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> Mississipi Kite: Ditto #2, but a much more "showy" and supposedly easy-to-see bird - I've been actively dipping on this one for over 25 years. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> King Rail: Declining and very elusive here. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> Chuck-will's-Widow: Camping at Long Point P.P. one year, we heard a single note, like the last note in this bird's song, through the walls of our tent one morning. Got up to hunt for the source, and managed the spook a caprimulgid sp. twice as we stalked it around the campground. But we could never actually see it perched, so could not realistically say it was not a misheard Whip-poor-will.</li> </ol></blockquote>