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Black-crowned Night Heron (69)

Nycticorax nycticorax

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Details: juvenile

Cornwall - It took me 8 trips to this site 5 minutes from home before I had a chance to get a shot of a night-heron. Persistence paid off.

Date uploaded: Aug 17 2023

Comments (3):
Chris: Love the contents of the photo!
Sue Bishop: Such a cutie. It was worth the effort.

Red-necked Grebe (13)

Podiceps grisegena

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Aug 5 2023

Details: adult, summer plummage

Toronto

Date uploaded: Aug 15 2023

Comments (3):
Chris: Not always an easy species to get close up. Great job.
Sue Bishop: Well done! What a beauty, Brian!

Barred Owl (27)

Strix varia

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jul 31 2023

Details: adult

Ottawa - This is a very reliable bird. It stays in a very tight area and regularly fishes for frogs and minnows. Because of this it comes much lower in the trees than you'd otherwise see.

Date uploaded: Aug 1 2023

Comments (2):
Ahmad Shah: That is a wonderful capture.
BrianMorin: I saw the owl a few hours earlier, further back and three times as high with a branch across its face. I returned, monitored it for 30 minutes when its started to come to life, preening then later flying to a much better perch for both of us (the bird and for me).

Wood Thrush (5)

Hylocichla mustelina

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: May 11 2023

Details: adult

Point Pelee National Park

Date uploaded: Jul 29 2023

Comments (4):
Ahmad Shah: Fantastic capture.
BrianMorin: Pelee is the only place I've had any luck with Wood Thrushes and sometimes they are incredibly cooperative there.

Prothonotary Warbler (18)

Protonotaria citrea

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: May 12 2023

Details: male, adult

Point Pelee National Park

Date uploaded: Jul 23 2023

Comments (3):
Ahmad Shah: Fabulous capture.
BrianMorin: He was a fine specimen and at very close range. I didn't move towards him, he flew in to defend territory from another male that was 4 metres from me. At one point he landed on the railing of the boardwalk, about 2 metres from me. What a show.

Green Heron (86)

Butorides virescens

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jun 14 2023

Details: adult

Blenheim - The heron was actively hunting frogs.

Date uploaded: Jul 19 2023

Comments (2):
Chris: Great action shot with the crest too.
BrianMorin: The crest was a bonus. It also moved fairly close which was nice.

Sandhill Crane (77)

Grus canadensis

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Details: adult

South Lancaster - I had to be at the site by 5:15 a.m. to make sure I'd see the crane family head from the marsh to an adjacent soybean field. My shooting window today lasted about 3 minutes with the best shots in the first minute. Usually it is about 20 seconds.

Date uploaded: Jul 14 2023

Comments (3):
Sue Bishop: Excellent capture, Brian. It was worth getting up for.
BrianMorin: It was. This was across from Cooper Marsh.