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Carolina Wren (75)

Melanie

Canada (Québec)

Details: inflight

Backyard capture this morning, -10C, Pointe-Claire, Qc

Date uploaded: Jan 23

Comments (4):
Sue Bishop: Congratulations on your first post. Great find and capture. I hope you keep seeing him/her
Ahmad Shah: Superb capture, nice bird for the backyard.

Willow Ptarmigan (9)

Lagopus lagopus

Brian Morin

Canada (Québec)

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Date taken: Jan 21 2026

Details: adult, outside normal range

Champneuf (Abitibi County) - I have been tracking the movement of this species since mid-December. Last winter there was a major irruption south so we should not have expected anything noteworthy for several years at least. However, the birds had other plans and have staged a minor irruption into familiar territory again. That worked for me. On this trip I saw 64 (my personal record) with 44 in one location. These birds are a lot of fun to watch and are a real treat for someone from southern Canada, a driveable distance to Arctic birds.

Date uploaded: Jan 22

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Wow! Wonderful!
Brian Morin: It was sure a wow for me as well. Despite the brutal temperature on that trip, -36C the first morning, the birds warmed my heart.

Pine Grosbeak (14)

Pinicola enucleator

Brian Morin

Canada (Québec)

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Date taken: Jan 20 2026

Details: male, adult

Champneuf (Abitibi County) - One of my favourite winter finches.

Date uploaded: Jan 22

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Another beauty!
Brian Morin: He sure is, showing best in sunlight.

Dusky Chlorospingus (4)

Chlorospingus semifuscus

Sue Bishop

Ecuador

Date taken: Mar 11 2025

Details: multiple species

# Golden-naped Tanager
#Pichincha Province
#Birdwatcher's House and Lodge

Date uploaded: Jan 19

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Taiga Flycatcher (7)

Ficedula albicilla

Chris

Canada (British Columbia)

Date taken: Jan 17 2026

Details: outside normal range, multiple species

I went to check on our little friend in downtown Vancouver at the Aquatic Centre. No birdwatchers were there when I arrived. After walking down the beach a few blocks towards Jervis, I found him/her in a tree with the behaviour I saw before - low feeder, flying to the ground, then back back for a 30sec pause in low branches. Once I found it, others surrounded me, both casual passerbys and other photographers. Even 2 kids, who asked what was going on, and then ran closer to the bird when I explain how rare it was. Amongst the hundreds of joggers, dogs, gulls, crows, and us birdwatchers, plus the chilly foggy weather, it's pretty amazing to see this little one hanging on far outside it's normal range.

Date uploaded: Jan 18

Comments (3):
Brian Morin: You got lucky with that one and in good light too.
Sue Bishop: Great find Chris!