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Copyright Brian Morin
Birdviewing.com
female, adult
Cornwall - Bird at nest site at dawn. It had been feeding its single 10-day old chick a cottontail rabbit. This must have been a very late nesting.
Apr 14
Copyright Brian Morin
Birdviewing.com
immature, outside normal range
Ingleside - This out of range Florida bird has been around for weeks and with leaves gone it has been easier to find. Last night we had a hard freeze which had the bird not in its usual area. You won't see many shots of this species enjoying a Canadian winter. It is very healthy at this time and can fly no problem. It is feeding on dead fish, a frog (when it was warmer) aquatic vegetation and wild grapes. Those huge feet allow it to move very easily on the ice. Attempts by others to retrieve the bird so it can overwinter in a rehabilitation facility failed today. It is still too healthy and eluded its captors.
Nov 21 2023
Copyright Brian Morin
Birdviewing.com
Nov 2 2023
juvenile
Ottawa - Only a few of these large shorebirds show up in the area in the fall. It is amazing to watch it feeding, often sticking its head far into the water and into soft mud, probing for invertebrates and small worms.
Nov 3 2023
Copyright Brian Morin
Birdviewing.com
Oct 29 2023
La Passe - Flocks of cranes were feeding in fields where corn had been recently harvested.
Oct 30 2023
Copyright Krish
Birdviewing.com
Dec 12 2022
They were peacefully feeding in the shallows when suddenly, they took off en masse. Those that are still on the ground, in this picture, have their heads up and alert, while the ones on the right have partially extended their wings. Was it the Peregrine (top right)?
Apr 28 2023
Copyright Brian Morin
Birdviewing.com
Sep 8 2022
juvenile
Oshawa - Had great fun with a couple of very obliging regional rarities that allowed very close approach. Actually they were the ones approaching us, not the other way around. At times they were as close as a metre. If these birds are ever reported we'd expect to check specific fields, especially sod farms but in this case they were feeding on algae-covered rocks along a beach on Lake Ontario.
Sep 9 2022
Aug 23 2022
male, adult, nest
This male is feeding his chicks. After he's caught the fish, he pauses on a perch to confirm "all clear" of predators, before approaching the nest
The female has an orange lower mandible
Aug 25 2022
Copyright Brian Morin
Birdviewing.com
Jun 22 2022
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.
Jul 12 2022
Copyright Krish
Birdviewing.com
adult
They are one of the smallest kingfishers in the world. Roughly the size of a mid-sized hummingbird.
Male and female. This is probably shortly after mating, during nest-building. They nest in a hole that they dig in a vertical mud wall, in dark, covered river/stream beds. Thus, the bits of mud on their beaks. Incubation and feeding are done by both parents.
Jul 4 2022
Copyright Brian Morin
Birdviewing.com
Feb 24 2022
adult, outside normal range
Washago - Feeding on crab apples. Every year one or two make it into Ontario from their BC range.
Mar 1 2022