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Red-bellied Woodpecker (34)

Melanerpes carolinus

Sue Bishop

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: May 9 2025

#Walsingham

Date uploaded: Aug 16

Comments (1):
Brian Morin: Nice. One of my favourite Woodpeckers.

Spotted Redshank (5)

Tringa erythropus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Aug 11 2025

Details: adult, summer plummage, outside normal range

Cambridge - Fantastic find at a suburban retention pond where the bird was easily observed for an entire day. It was a one-day wonder but several hundred people got to see it before it left that night. The previous record in Eastern Canada was in 1990. The bird likely crossed from Russia, through Alaska into Canada and followed migrating shorebirds south.

Date uploaded: Aug 13

Comments (3):
Ahmad Shah: Superb find, Well done.
Brian Morin: Very long day. Six hours travel each way but my late start (I only heard about it before 9:00 a.m.) meant I'd have nice late afternoon light leading into early evening. It was perfect. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. I was one of the lucky few hundred. There were hundreds more that missed it. This bird in breeding plumage is unlike any other species we have.