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Lesser Violetear (22)

Colibri cyanotus

Sue Bishop

Panama

Date taken: Feb 18 2023

#Chiriqui Province
#Finca Lerida

Date uploaded: Mar 31

Comments (1):
BrianMorin: It has a nice warm feel to it. Well captured.

Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant (1)

Atalotriccus pilaris

Sue Bishop

Panama

Date taken: Feb 18 2023

#dry tropical forest
#Chiriqui Province

Date uploaded: Mar 31

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Western Grebe (32)

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Details: adult, outside normal range

Port Credit - This bird has put in an annual appearance for four years. It usually sticks around for a few weeks then moves about Lake Ontario and eventually heads to the Prairies. I went to see it last year but it was 150 metres out in the lake. Needless to say the speck in the middle of the shot was not very convincing. I spent the entire morning hoping for a close approach and had success a couple of times as it moved from far out to shore. It was always on the move and usually that was underwater. It can easily swim beneath the waves for several minutes and cover a great distance. It prefers underwater to flight or even swimming. It never flew.

Date uploaded: Mar 30

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Wonderful find and capture Brian!!
BrianMorin: It was worth the trip and the delay of a year to have it at less than 8 metres.