Wood Duck (105)

Aix sponsa

drhalsall

Parc des Prairies, Laval - 17 May 2007

Date uploaded: Feb 11 2008

Male Hooded Merganser (6)

Hikerboy45

Centennial Park, D.D.O.
November 12, 2007

I finally got a clear shot of him.

Date uploaded: Nov 12 2007

Black-backed Woodpecker (5)

Picoides arcticus

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Dec 29 2021

Details: male, adult, outside normal range

Constance Bay - A few Black-backs venture south of their boreal habitat in winter but they remain a rare visitor. They are usually found in forests with red or jack pine and work on dead or dying trees. I have seen a few and heard more over the years but never had a chance to get decent photos. This bird took hours to track down but in the end I got plenty of good shots. However, getting the forehead patch of the male to show was extremely challenging. If you don't see it, the bird looks like a female.

Date uploaded: Dec 30 2021

Comments (8):
Ahmad Shah: Great find, nicely captured.
BrianMorin: It was worth the effort. For those unfamiliar with it, be listening for subtle taps, not the noisy tapping of Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers. If it calls, so much the better, but the bird never did call for us. We zeroed in on its tapping.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (8)

Tyrannus forficatus

BrianMorin

Canada (Québec)

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Details: female, adult, outside normal range

Montreal- After seeing Ahmad's nice photo, I had to give it a try, expecting that the bird could leave any day. I didn't need to look for the bird, just the birders/photographers. The setting is right beside the Pierre Elliott Trudeau airport and the bird spent about 25% of its time working the fence line, occasionally heading further onto airport property. The rest of the time it was high in trees across the road, feeding on berries. Possible female based on tail length.

Date uploaded: Nov 10 2021

Comments (5):
Chris: Really happy you made the trip, and was successful!
BrianMorin: It was a great way to be introduced to the area.

Ruff (7)

Philomachus pugnax

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jun 24 2021

Details: male, adult, summer plummage, outside normal range

Coldwater - My first chance seeing a male in breeding plumage. Previous records have been females (Reeve).

Date uploaded: Aug 8 2021

Comments (3):
Chris: Very few catches of this rarity. Excellent job!
BrianMorin: I only have one poor photo record of the species prior to this. It was never close but better than nothing.

Wood Duck (105)

Aix sponsa

Sue Bishop

Canada (Québec)

Date taken: Jul 26 2021

Details: inflight

#Lachine Rapids
Lasalle
#juvenile
#female
#family

Date uploaded: Jul 29 2021

Comments (1):
Chris: What a great family scene

Common Yellowthroat (59)

Geothlypis trichas

Sue Bishop

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Jul 4 2021

Details: male, adult

#male
#Voyageur Provincial Park

Date uploaded: Jul 5 2021

Comments (1):
Chris: Great one Sue! You're already off! Good luck.

Scintillant Hummingbird (27)

Selasphorus scintilla

Sue Bishop

Panama

Date taken: Mar 8 2020

Details: male

#Chiriqui
#second smallest hummingbird
#Finca Lerida
#male
#Alto Quiel

Date uploaded: Jun 14 2021

Say's Phoebe (9)

Sayornis saya

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

Details: male, adult, outside normal range

Amherst Island (Kingston area) - This bird just showed up yesterday and I was determined to try for it having missed others in Ontario over the years. A Western species, one shows up every few years somewhere but it was always too far. This one was within reach. Morning light was against me today so it was over an hour before I managed to get anything worthwhile and this, part of a sequence three hours later, was when I said goodbye. By the way, identified as male because it sang.

Date uploaded: Mar 30 2021

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Lovely capture,Brian!
BrianMorin: It was worth making a second trip for this one.