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Violet-tailed Sylph (59)

Aglaiocercus coelestis

Sue Bishop

Ecuador

Date taken: Mar 17 2025

Los Cotingas Reserve

Date uploaded: Jul 22

Comments (1):
Brian Morin: Another hummer beauty, well captured.

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (28)

Polioptila caerulea

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

📍 Map

Date taken: May 9 2025

Details: adult

Point Pelee National Park

Date uploaded: Jul 22

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Nice closeup,Brian!
Brian Morin: I spent 15 minutes trying to get a decent shot of this little guy. I got lots of pictures, a few of which worked. It was as tough as dealing with a Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

Great Blue Heron (177)

Ardea herodias

rhondaprevost

Canada (British Columbia)

Date taken: Jul 9 2025

Catching dragonflies at Stanley Park, Vancouver

Date uploaded: Jul 21

Comments (1):
Brian Morin: Neat. It did a better job than I did trying to catch a moth in the house. :)

Violet-bellied Hummingbird (4)

Damophila julie

Sue Bishop

Ecuador

Date taken: Mar 14 2025

# Pichincha province
Pedro Vincente Maldonado

Date uploaded: Jul 20

Comments (1):
Brian Morin: Nice clean shot

Western Meadowlark (59)

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

📍 Map

Date taken: May 11 2025

Details: male, adult, outside normal range

London - The bird was actively calling for a prospective mate but none showed up. Similar to the Eastern Meadowlark but the call is a giveaway for this Prairie bird. The yellow on the face extends onto the cheek past the bill and the back is a sandier colour rather than brown.

Date uploaded: Jul 17

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Great find and capture,Brian!
Brian Morin: I spent a couple of hours with this bird at first light, hoping that it would come to the fence. It had been singing in a field about 100 metres away but eventually I was rewarded.