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Silver-throated Tanager (12)

Tangara icterocephala

Ahmad Shah

Ecuador

Date taken: May 21 2025

Sachatamia Lodge, Mindo, Pichincha Province.

Date uploaded: May 30 2025

Comments (2):
Brian Morin: Good to see that a few showers didn't stop you from getting the shot.
Sue Bishop: beautiful!

Purple Finch (35)

Carpodacus purpureus

BobTour

Canada (Québec)

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Details: female, adult, summer plummage

Date uploaded: May 29 2025

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Purple Finch (35)

Carpodacus purpureus

BobTour

Canada (Québec)

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Details: male, adult, summer plummage

Date uploaded: May 29 2025

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Barn Swallow (39)

Hirundo rustica

BobTour

Canada (Québec)

Date uploaded: May 28 2025

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Blackburnian Warbler (43)

Dendroica fusca

BobTour

Canada (Québec)

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Date uploaded: May 27 2025

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Hudsonian Godwit (15)

Limosa haemastica

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: May 23 2025

Details: adult, summer plummage, outside normal range

Bainsville - In the spring these large shorebirds normally fly to the Arctic without stopping in most of Eastern Canada. This rare encounter brought one down into a muddy field for several days. I've only seen a bird in breeding plumage once before. Normally we only see the occasional bird in the fall when they are pale gray.

Date uploaded: May 27 2025

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Great find and capture, Brian!
Brian Morin: Hard to believe but I rushed back three hours from driving rain at Presqu'ile to see this bird in our regional neighbourhood. No rain at home thankfully so the result was perfect.

Barred Owl (26)

Strix varia

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: May 19 2025

Details: female, adult

Ottawa - The bird was hunting during the day to feed its young in a nearby nest about 20 metres up in an open treetop. Determining her sex was based on the bird's size, larger than a male. They will take large insects, worms, frogs, small fish and other prey as well as squirrels and rabbits. Several times the bird was quite close. We didn't approach it, it flew towards us as it continued the hunt.

Date uploaded: May 27 2025

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Excellent closeup,Brian!
Brian Morin: I was almost as close to this bird as it appears. It came to us and was picking up worms at the time.

Franklin's Gull (24)

Larus pipixcan

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: May 22 2025

Details: adult, summer plummage, outside normal range

Presqu'ile Provincial Park - It was a miserable day with steady rain and very high wind. That no doubt brought the gull down. The bird had a nice breeding season 'blush' on the underparts.

Date uploaded: May 27 2025

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Nice find!
Brian Morin: It was one of the first birds I saw when I reached the beach. What a surprise.