Canada (Ontario)
Apr 18 2022
male, molting, outside normal range
Vankleek Hill - A species that breeds in northern Manitoba, this bird was present in a yard all winter. I failed on two previous attempts to see it so after waiting a couple of hours I was happy to finally spot it. The bird was still moulting but was far along in its progression to breeding plumage. It sang for me for about an hour which in its opening was very similar to an abbreviated White-throated Sparrow song.
Apr 20 2022
Fabulous. I’ve only seen one ever, an immature in Chateauguay Montreal. It also took 3 trips and lots of scope work to id. That one looks great.
In the end it worked out better because I got to see the plumage looking much closer to breeding colours.
An amazing find, brilliant job. I have seen once in Long Point.
One or two make it into southern Ontario each winter but rarely further East so this was a real treat.