immature
This bird eluded us for most of the winter but briefly reappeared in an area where we could observe it. The Great Gray is truly a woodland owl but likes to hunt the edges when it can. In this case it rarely came to the roadside. We identified it as a first year bird based on the pointed rather than rounded tail tips and pale rather than dark-tipped primaries. I last saw it early in January.
Mar 25 2021
44
Mar 21 2021
male, adult
Ottawa - A rare winter visitor for us. They get one or two each winter, one of the very few in Ontario.
Mar 24 2021
26
Mar 16 2021
Algonquin Provincial Park - Some of the jays (renamed Canada Jay a couple of years ago) are already nesting but a few were on one trail taking advantage of handouts.
Mar 22 2021
31
Jul 25 2020
male, juvenile
In our garden
Mar 19 2021
19
winter plummage
Mar 16 2021
53
Jan 1 1970
Mar 15 2021
87
First species photo badge
First photo badge
Jan 1 1970
A common dove across all of Southern Africa
Mar 15 2021
71
First species photo badge
First photo badge
Jan 1 1970
Another forest species which spends most of its time foraging on the ground
Mar 15 2021
77
First species photo badge
First photo badge
Jan 1 1970
A very common bird across large tracts of Africa
Mar 15 2021
59
First photo badge
Feb 6 2014
A common bird in the eastern parts of the country
Mar 15 2021
72
First photo badge