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Scarlet Tanager (60)

Piranga olivacea

Sue Bishop

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: May 16 2023

Details: male, adult, summer plummage

#Long Point Bird Observatory
#Long Point
#Spring migration

Date uploaded: May 20

Comments (1):
Chris: Great exposure and focus - excellent colours.

Chestnut-sided Warbler (50)

Dendroica pensylvanica

Sue Bishop

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: May 16 2023

Details: male, adult

#Long Point Bird Observatory
#Long Point
#Spring migration

Date uploaded: May 20

Comments (1):
Chris: Stunning. Was a real treat to see them with you both

Mississippi Kite (1)

Ictinia mississippiensis

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: May 13 2023

Details: immature, outside normal range

Point Pelee National Park - One or two birds appear each spring around mid-May, sometimes hanging around for a couple of days before returning south. This is a second year bird showing adult features like whitish head and gray underparts but still having mottled underwing.

Date uploaded: May 19

Comments (4):
Chris: Congratulations not only on the sighting and great picture, but the first upload of the species!
BrianMorin: This was a target bird for me on the trip. I was fortunate to have one of the best looks at the species that people have had in years.

Winter Wren (10)

Troglodytes troglodytes

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Apr 21 2023

Ottawa - The lively extended song of this tiny mite is remarkable, a welcome sound on a spring day.

Date uploaded: Apr 23

Comments (4):
Ahmad Shah: Marvelous capture Brian !
BrianMorin: He was being very vocal with his bubbly song. It was worth the effort to try for some shots.

Ruddy Turnstone (37)

Arenaria interpres

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jun 5 2022

Details: adult

Amherst Island - One of our most attractive shorebirds in spring.

Date uploaded: Jul 15 2022

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Sandhill Crane (71)

Grus canadensis

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jun 22 2022

Details: adult

Alfred Bog - Two pairs were feeding and doing courtship calls. It was great to observe these large birds. They all had varying amounts of dried mud on their feathers which they toss on themselves in the spring, making it look like a plumage change.

Date uploaded: Jul 12 2022

Comments (4):
Sue Bishop: Lovely photo,Brian.
BrianMorin: It was a rare opportunity to watch them at ease with nothing to disturb them.

Fox Sparrow (28)

Passerella iliaca

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Apr 18 2022

Details: adult

Vankleek Hill - It took me a while to find one this spring. Our numbers are always low.

Date uploaded: Apr 19 2022

Comments (4):
Sue Bishop: Beautiful,Brian!
BrianMorin: This is one of my favourite sparrows, probably in part because we don't see many.

Pine Warbler (17)

Dendroica pinus

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Apr 15 2022

Details: male, adult

Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary - I had my first spring warbler singing away. Pines are usually early and can tolerate the cold well as long as they have enough food. When insects are not available they will eat seeds as well as berries.

Date uploaded: Apr 16 2022

Comments (4):
Chris: Fabulous. Love their song as well - good that you got him low down. In and around Long Point, I've seen/heard them 100 feet up!
BrianMorin: Agreed re the normal height. They are often well up there in evergreens.

Black-bellied Whistling Duck (8)

Dendrocygna autumnalis

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jan 7 2022

Details: outside normal range

Niagara Falls - This southern vagrant has spent five months hanging out with Mallards at a park. It is a bit smaller than its many cousins and when it is close it really stands out. It presumably will relocate in the spring.

Date uploaded: Jan 21 2022

Comments (4):
Chris: What a find! I remember seeing a flock in Quebec years ago and have a print somewhere. Must be getting lots of attention.
BrianMorin: It is a popular bird, visited by many birders since its arrival. I pointed it out to some people not familiar with it.

Yellow-rumped Warbler (117)

Dendroica coronata

Sue Bishop

Canada (Québec)

Date taken: May 12 2021

Details: male, adult

#spring migration
#Technoparc Montreal

Date uploaded: Jan 16 2022

Comments (2):
BrianMorin: Only a few months away.
Chris: The technopark comes through again! Great one.