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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (140)

Archilochus colubris

Sue Bishop

Canada (Québec)

Date taken: Aug 3 2023

Details: male, juvenile

#In our garden

Date uploaded: Nov 22 2023

Comments (2):
Brian Morin: simple but effective
Chris: Lovely flower as a bonus. Great job.

Purple Gallinule (15)

Porphyrio martinica

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Details: 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.

Date uploaded: Nov 21 2023

Comments (1):
Chris: Hope he makes it. I remember a Common Moorhen tried to overwinter in Dorval, and was eating popcorn at a movie theatre into December.

Purple Sandpiper (10)

Calidris maritima

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Nov 16 2023

Details: juvenile

Erieau - I had tried a number of times this fall to find the species in various areas but failed until this day. Living up to its reputation, the bird was wonderfully cooperative. I did not approach it, the bird was simply very close when I found it, almost stumbling over it in a dark corner of a breakwater. Thankfully it later went into the light.

Date uploaded: Nov 20 2023

Comments (1):
Chris: Still have yet to see this species. You seem to have luck with him!