American Kestrel (41)

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Mar 25 2024

Details: male, adult

Wolfe Island Kingston - Very cooperative subject for a change.

Date uploaded: Mar 26

White-bellied Blue Flycatcher (1)

Cyornis pallipes

Krish

India

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Date taken: Feb 16 2024

Details: male, adult

Date uploaded: Feb 2

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Stunning!
Jan: Wonderful capture of this beautiful Flycatcher!

Horned Lark / Shorelark (38)

Eremophila alpestris

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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St. Rose - I took advantage of morning sun looking for winter field birds. There were few but I did come across four Horned Larks. This Northern subspecies is with us throughout the winter and will leave in early March.

Date uploaded: Jan 12

Comments (3):
Sue Bishop: Very nice, Brian!
Chris: Indeed! The morning light was perfect.

Black-bellied Whistling Duck (9)

Dendrocygna autumnalis

Chris

United States (Texas)

Date taken: Jan 1 2024

At South Padre Island reserve

Date uploaded: Jan 10

Comments (2):
Jan: Great photo of this impressive duck, standing on it's shadow. Not to be mistaken for a lily pad!
Chris: Great observation! It does actually look like a lily pad!

Buff-bellied Hummingbird (1)

Amazilia yucatanensis

Chris

United States (Texas)

Date taken: Jan 4 2024

After many tries, we had given up trying to see this species when suddenly it appeared for a few seconds and vanished. Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park, Texas. I have several "record" shots simply for the record, but just realized this is the first upload of this species.

Date uploaded: Jan 7

Comments (2):
Jan: A striking photo with good content! Congratulations, Chris, making this the first upload of the species.
Chris: Thanks a lot! Really lucky to have had about 2 seconds to take the photo 😉

White-bellied Treepie (1)

Dendrocitta leucogastra

Krish

India

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Date taken: Nov 26 2023

A member of the crow family of birds, they are endemic to the forests of Southern India.

Date uploaded: Dec 16 2023

Comments (1):
Chris: Another new species to see here -amazing!

Common Yellowthroat (60)

Geothlypis trichas

Ahmad Shah

Canada

Date taken: May 16 2023

Long Point.

Date uploaded: Dec 5 2023

Yellow-bellied Elaenia (3)

Elaenia flavogaster

Ahmad Shah

Panama

Date taken: Mar 12 2023

Bocas del Toro Province.

Date uploaded: Dec 4 2023

Fieldfare (1)

Turdus pilaris

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Nov 30 2023

Details: outside normal range

Sturgeon Falls - This bird has been high on my wish list for decades but being a Eurasian species the chances of seeing one here were slim. The last one to appear in Ontario was 42 years ago. After our success we almost added a second bird the next day in far eastern Quebec while watching a wayward Painted Bunting at a feeder. We didn't know that a bird showed up nearby the day before and we were told that it had been seen that morning a few hundred metres away from where we were. We missed it by an hour. It was not seen again unfortunately so we missed seeing two birds in two days in two months in two provinces. What are the odds of that? Both individuals likely came over from Iceland.

Date uploaded: Dec 3 2023

Comments (4):
Sue Bishop: Wow! Fantastic! You got a beautiful photo as well!
Ahmad Shah: Wow ! That is an amazing find, well captured, I have seen this bird in Germany, but I couldn't expect to see it here. Well done.

Yellow-headed Caracara (4)

Milvago chimachima

Ahmad Shah

Panama

Date taken: Mar 12 2023

El Valle de Anton, Cocle Province.

Date uploaded: Nov 29 2023