Tennessee Warbler (35)

Vermivora peregrina

Ahmad Shah

Canada

Date taken: Sep 7 2021

Details: winter plummage

Presqu'ile Provincial Park.

Date uploaded: Dec 7 2021

Views: 4

Comments (1):
Chris: Great identification. Glad to see the fall colours

Carolina Wren (14)

Thryothorus ludovicianus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Nov 29 2021

Details: adult

Toronto

Date uploaded: Dec 1 2021

Views: 17

Comments (5):
Chris: Great closeup. Love the colours.
BrianMorin: When opportunity knocks you answer of course. While waiting patiently for the Golden-crowned Sparrow to appear this wren popped onto the scene. I couldn't pass that one up.

Golden-crowned Sparrow (22)

Zonotrichia atricapilla

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Nov 29 2021

Details: immature, outside normal range

Toronto - A second BC bird in one day. This one has found a Toronto park to its liking.

Date uploaded: Nov 30 2021

Views: 14

Comments (5):
Ahmad Shah: Another wonderful finding. Great work.
BrianMorin: This species doesn't show up that often, perhaps every 7-10 years, and was a first for me.

Glaucous-winged Gull (16)

Larus glaucescens

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Nov 29 2021

Details: immature, outside normal range

Barrie - This second year bird, a bit larger than a Herring Gull is well outside its Pacific Coast range. This is only Ontario's second bird, the first being last year.

Date uploaded: Nov 30 2021

Views: 16

Comments (4):
Ahmad Shah: Wow ! That is an amazing find, Brilliant job.
BrianMorin: It had just shown up the day before and being such an unusual species it was worth the trip.

Northern Parula (58)

Parula americana

Sue Bishop

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Sep 11 2021

#Presqu'ile Provincial Park

Date uploaded: Nov 28 2021

Views: 17

Blackpoll Warbler (25)

Setophaga striata

Ahmad Shah

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Sep 10 2021

Details: winter plummage

#Presqu'ile Provincial Park.

Date uploaded: Nov 27 2021

Views: 12

Comments (1):
BrianMorin: Nice with the bright sky.

Ring-billed Gull (34)

Larus delawarensis

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Nov 19 2021

Details: adult

Cornwall - One thing is for sure with birds, you always have to be ready for surprises. This is a Ring-billed Gull with excessive melanin in its genes, something that occurs far less frequently in birds than leucism, where there is a deficiency in colours, usually melanin. We know this is an adult because it was reported two years ago in the same area and looked exactly the same at that time. This is the first bird of any kind that I have encountered with such a condition. Leucistic birds (pale or white feathers) are more commonly found.

Date uploaded: Nov 27 2021

Views: 19

Comments (3):
Chris: That’s quite a story. I wonder if the bird has bred and what offspring would look like.
Ahmad Shah: Great capture.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (139)

Archilochus colubris

Sue Bishop

Canada (Québec)

Date taken: Aug 25 2021

#Pointe-Claire

Date uploaded: Nov 24 2021

Views: 6

Comments (2):
BrianMorin: Great action stop. We'll miss scenes like this as we head into winter.
Chris: The colours! Brilliant work.

Eastern Screech Owl (23)

Otus asio

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Nov 20 2021

Details: adult

Ottawa - There are very few red morph Screech Owls in the eastern part of the province so when this bird appeared after a one-day showing of another bird last winter it was eagerly welcomed. Looking back at my photos from January, the facial markings are quite different.

Date uploaded: Nov 23 2021

Views: 30

Comments (6):
Ahmad Shah: Magnificent capture.
BrianMorin: The bird is just off a side road and high enough that it doesn't react to visitors. We had to wait quite a while though to see its eyes open. It had just done a head scratch with its foot.

Nashville Warbler (22)

Vermivora ruficapilla

Sue Bishop

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Sep 10 2021

#Presqu'ile Provincial Park
#fall migration

Date uploaded: Nov 21 2021

Views: 15

Comments (1):
BrianMorin: Nice looking individual.