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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (139)

Archilochus colubris

Sue Bishop

Canada (Québec)

Details: juvenile

#late migrant
#garden
#fattening up for migration

Date uploaded: Sep 25 2023

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: It appears to be a young male hanging around our back yard. It is absolutely obese, feeding on the salvias. We still have our feeder up also. Apparently the flight over the Gulf of Mexico takes 18-22 hours so he needs a lot of fat stores for the journey to his wintering grounds.
BrianMorin: He's a little porker for sure. I've never seen an overweight hummer before, only overweight shorebirds. Great shot.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (139)

Archilochus colubris

Sue Bishop

Canada (Québec)

Details: juvenile

#late migrant
#garden

Date uploaded: Sep 25 2023

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Wire-tailed Swallow (2)

Hirundo smithii

Krish

India

📍 Map

Date taken: Sep 17 2023

This appears to be an adult and a juvenile judging by the length of the tail

Date uploaded: Sep 24 2023

Comments (2):
BrianMorin: Excellent subject and capture.
Sue Bishop: Beautiful!

Merlin (59)

Falco columbarius

BobTour

Canada (Québec)

Details: adult, summer plummage

Date uploaded: Sep 23 2023

Comments (2):
BrianMorin: Looks like an adult male Merlin.
BobTour: YES Brian correct thks for the correction.

Peregrine Falcon (34)

Falco peregrinus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Details: female, adult

Cornwall - I'm pretty sure this is the remaining bird from the pair that had bred here for several years. The male was injured in the spring and because its wing could not be repaired it was euthanized unfortunately. They had been using an old industrial smokestack platform as a nest site. The dark area behind the bird is inside the smokestack.

Date uploaded: Sep 23 2023

Comments (5):
Sue Bishop: Great find and capture, Brian!
BrianMorin: I have been by the site a number of times with no success so it was great to have a chance to both see and photograph the bird. Adults have such striking plumage.