Birds
Brazil
Feb 27 2025
Mar 3 2025
12
Feb 28 2025
Mar 3 2025
13
Painted Bunting (7)
Passerina ciris
(Near-threatened)
Canada (Ontario)
May 3 2021
female, adult, outside normal range
Ottawa - I had forgotten to post this individual, well out of range but a pleasant surprise.
Feb 27 2025
25
Feb 22 2025
adult
Ottawa - Well hidden in cedars, I finally saw this bird that I had missed earlier in the week. There have been a number of Boreal Owls in southwestern Quebec and this one in Eastern Ontario, part of a minor irruption along with Great Gray Owls. The bird was very difficult to shoot because of branches. My shot window was no more than 6" wide and 2" high before branches compromised the shot. I used a monopod otherwise precision would have been impossible. It was also very dark and very late on a cloudy day. I shot at 1/10 second at 8,000 ISO.
Feb 23 2025
42