2016 Big Year at a glance

At this time of year, I always like to see where I'd be at if I were doing an Ontario Big Year. So far in 2016, I've seen 294 species. Several of these species

Highlights:
Grace's Warbler (!!)
Common Ringed-Plover (!)

Crested Caracara (!)

Shearwater sp. (!)
Townsend's Warbler

 Added with these, a few nice self-finds, like these:
Swainson's Hawk
Western Sandpiper
Carolina X Black-capped Chickadee hybrid (obviously not counted in the species list)
Henslow's Sparrow
Neotropic Cormorant
Eurasian Collared-Dove

When this is added in, there's a total 51 species + 6 possible species seen in Ontario that I would have been able to see:

Bohemian Waxwing
Brant
Hudsonian Godwit
Red Knot
Long-eared Owl
Purple Sandpiper
Red Crossbill
Hoary Redpoll
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Barrow's Goldeneye
Ross's Goose
Spruce Grouse
Red Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger
Eared Grebe
Great Gray Owl
American White Pelican
Le Conte's Sparrow
Snowy Egret	Holiday Beach - August
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Boreal Owl
Laughing Gull	Rock Point
Gray Partridge	Ottawa
Yellow-throated Warbler	June - Thickson's Woods
Prairie Warbler
Western Meadowlark	Rainy River
Yellow Rail
Northern Bobwhite	Walpole Island
Ruff	May - Brighton
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	July - Hamilton
Common Eider	May/June - Burlington
Varied Thrush	Feb/March - Kirkland Lake
Arctic Tern	Burnt Point
Smith's Longspur	Burnt Point
Willow Ptarmigan	Burnt Point
Worm-eating Warbler	May - Pelee
Mississippi Kite	May - Pelee/Niagara
Louisiana Waterthrush
Spotted Towhee	February - Thunder Bay
Eurasian Tree-Sparrow	January - Bruce Peninsula
Bullock's Oriole	January - Ottawa
Vermilion Flycatcher	January 1 - Wallaceburg
Townsend's Solitaire	January - Toronto
Western Grebe	Spring - Toronto
Cattle Egret	October 14 - Hamilton
Thick-billed Murre	11/25/2016 - Cobden
Black Guillemot	November - Netitshi
Cave Swallow	November - Pelee
Glossy Ibis	October - New Liskeard
Lark Sparrow	December - Toronto
Black-headed Gull	December - Niagara
Unlikely, but Possible
Little Blue Heron	July - Harrow/Holiday Beach
California Gull
Northern Fulmar
Western Kingbird	July - Rainy River
Mountain Bluebird	November - Moosonee
Barn Owl

Had I seen the 51 species would be enough to break the record, coming in at 345. The additional 6 species would bring me in at 351(!). Considering this hasn't been the greatest year for vagrants; and the Ontario big year is within the grasp of anyone looking to break the record.