OFO's Rare Bird Ambassadors
Empowering Ontario birders with the tools to coordinate with property owners when a rare bird shows up, ensuring good outcomes for landowners, birders, photographers, and the bird itself.
Find out more about the program →40+ years of Ontario birding.
OFO's programs, grouped by what you came to do, not by which committee runs them.
Find Birds
Where they are, right now
Get Involved
Bird with other people
Learn
Get better at the craft
About OFO
The people & the records
What's happening at OFO
Announcements, resources and the year's big dates.
The 2026 North & South Annual Convention
Oct 2–4, 2026. Two regions, one weekend: South in Leamington near Point Pelee, North in North Bay. Talks, guided field trips, and speakers. Registration is now open for both.
Register now →OFO Merchandise
Bird of the Year artwork, the classic Pileated Woodpecker, and the Birding Buddies Red-breasted Nuthatch, on the OFO Redbubble store.
Visit the store →ID Cheat Sheets
17 free reference sheets sorted by colour and size: ducks, owls, sparrows, warblers and more, with photos from the Macaulay Library.
Download the sheets →
OFO Birding Buddies
Heading somewhere unfamiliar in Ontario? Get matched with a local member for advice, or a day out. Opt in when you join or renew.
Enabled Birding
OFO and Birds Canada, with the Toronto Ornithological Club, built an interactive accessibility map for nine great Ontario birding sites.
View the map →Statement on Safety
OFO is committed to a safe, welcoming community free of discrimination and harassment. Read our 2023 statement on the Inclusion & Safety page.
Read the statement →Dated & live listings
Upcoming outings, and the freshest photos and trip reports from members.
Upcoming Trips & Webinars 7 scheduled
Guided field trips and online sessions, most recent first.
Recent Photos
New in the current & checklist galleries.
Recent Trip Reports
Where members have been lately.
