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Rain Quail (1)

Krish

Date taken: Sep 20 2020

Details: male, adult, summer plummage

The Rain quail normally looks like a Common Quail. During the rainy (which is their breeding) season, they get these distinctive stripes and spend mornings and evenings standing on small rocks, calling to females.

Date uploaded: Apr 17 2022

Comments (2):
Chris: Great to see and hear, combined with your good description. Educational - thank you!
Sue Bishop: Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing.

Pine Warbler (18)

Setophaga pinus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Apr 15 2022

Details: male, adult

Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary - I had my first spring warbler singing away. Pines are usually early and can tolerate the cold well as long as they have enough food. When insects are not available they will eat seeds as well as berries.

Date uploaded: Apr 16 2022

Comments (4):
Chris: Fabulous. Love their song as well - good that you got him low down. In and around Long Point, I've seen/heard them 100 feet up!
BrianMorin: Agreed re the normal height. They are often well up there in evergreens.

Red-bellied Woodpecker (36)

Melanerpes carolinus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Details: male, adult

Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary - Locally uncommon species. I'm hoping the bird finds a mate because the habitat is perfect and there are plenty of existing nest sites on the market. :)

Date uploaded: Apr 15 2022

Comments (4):
Chris: Terrific find. Lots of dazzling colours to find that mate.
BrianMorin: I heard it first then followed the calls. It never came down too far but at least it moved into the light a few times to grab some shots.

Tufted Titmouse (18)

Parus bicolor

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Apr 12 2022

Details: adult

Cornwall - A pair set up territory in a conservation area and the male was singing heartily. An uncommon to rare breeder.

Date uploaded: Apr 13 2022

Comments (4):
Chris: Amazing to see and superb capture too! It’s interesting this species isn’t expanding more rapidly to the north, given its a hardy bird.
BrianMorin: It has been a slow expansion with breeding concentrated in very low numbers along the southern border in Ontario. The population is actually declining again in the southern part of the province but holding in the East.

Amur Falcon (3)

Falco amurensis

Krish

India

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Date taken: Dec 27 2020

Details: male, adult

The Amur Falcon is an amazing (crow-sized) bird that travels roughly 22,000 km every year. Starting from the Amur river basin area of Siberia, Mongolia and China, south across the Himalayas, to NE India. Then across the breadth of India, over the Indian Ocean to end at Southern Africa - the Kruger National Park - where they stay until the season changes. They then head back the on the same route. The link (below) shows the path taken by one female that was tagged in "Puching", Manipur, India.
This bird was photographed in Western India, where they pause briefly to eat and ready themselves for the ocean crossing

https://i.imgur.com/auHHx9n.jpg

Date uploaded: Apr 12 2022

Comments (1):
Chris: This flight made the news over here. An amazing story, and a great video.