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Chris

Details: outside normal range

Canada's first Taiga Flycatcher. A real pleasure to see the behaviour of this little one in downtown Vancouver, together with dozens of other birdwatchers and many passer-byes who were wondering what all these people with long lenses were doing in the city.

Date uploaded: Dec 30 2025

Comments (2):
Ahmad Shah: Excellent find, well captured.
Chris: Thanks a lot. A very plain bird, but the surrounding excitement more than made up for it. It was interesting to see this species’ habits

Purple Sandpiper (10)

Calidris maritima

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Details: winter plummage

Presqu'ile Provincial Park - an annual but rare late fall visitor.

Date uploaded: Dec 18 2025

Comments (3):
Ahmad Shah: Excellent capture for a late fall visitor.
Brian Morin: I was fighting strong winds and waves lapping at the ice along the Lake Ontario shore, as was the bird. The great thing about the experience is while I remained stationary, the bird moved about, wandering as close as 7 feet from me.

Chestnut-backed Chickadee (11)

Parus rufescens

Chris

Canada (British Columbia)

Date taken: Nov 23 2025

Delta, BC

Date uploaded: Nov 24 2025

Comments (4):
Ahmad Shah: A real beauty, superb find. Well done Chris !
Brian Morin: Good light on your subject

Rufous Hummingbird (73)

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Nov 20 2025

Details: female, juvenile, outside normal range

Stoney Creek - Unfortunately I don't get the chance to submit hummingbird shots very often and so far that has been limited to the Ruby-throated, until now. This West Coast visitor was a pleasant surprise.

Date uploaded: Nov 21 2025

Comments (5):
Sue Bishop: Great you were able to catch it!
Ahmad Shah: Superb find, well captured.

Snowy Owl (217)

Nyctea scandiaca

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Details: female, adult

Ste.-Rose-de-Prescott - My first of the winter, taken in the dying minutes of sunset. I'm shooting from my car.

Date uploaded: Nov 18 2025

Comments (3):
Sue Bishop: Beautiful shot, Brian. An early winter, you are on a roll!
Brian Morin: Hopefully the highlights continue.

Red-bellied Woodpecker (36)

Melanerpes carolinus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Details: male, adult

Long Sault - One of my favourite woodpeckers.

Date uploaded: Nov 13 2025

Comments (3):
Ahmad Shah: Superb capture. nice sharp focus.
Brian Morin: Thankfully the bird was not too far and did not move too quickly so I was able to keep my settings lower.

California Scrub Jay (6)

Aphelocoma californica

Chris

Canada (British Columbia)

Details: hybrid

Probably one of the rarest birds I've seen at our feeder. A very neat colour pattern on this Scrub Jay, which I believe is a cross between it and the Steller's Jay. Delta, BC

Date uploaded: Nov 11 2025

Comments (2):
Brian Morin: A great addition to the yard list.
Ahmad Shah: Great capture, nice bird for the backyard. I have not seen this species.

Gray Kingbird (1)

Tyrannus dominicensis

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Oct 28 2025

Details: juvenile, outside normal range

St. Clair National Wildlife Area - A rare bird in Canada and a new species for me. It spent most of its time on wires so a brief trip to a natural setting was what I had hoped for. At that location it was also much lower. Oddly enough, there is also one of these Florida natives in Quebec.

Date uploaded: Oct 29 2025

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: great find and capture, Brian!
Brian Morin: The best part was I got some great close shots in a natural setting rather than on a power line at 50 metres, which was where I had it the first day.

Sandhill Crane (77)

Grus canadensis

Chris

Canada (British Columbia)

Neat that over 75 photos have been uploaded of this species. Reifel Sanctuary.

Date uploaded: Oct 26 2025

Comments (1):
Brian Morin: Good detail

Spotted Redshank (6)

Tringa erythropus

Chris

Canada (British Columbia)

Details: winter plummage, outside normal range

Next month will officially be the 20th anniversary of Birdviewing...reached species #900 today. It has been an amazing time seeing all of your incredible photos and the hard work going into each one. Honoured to be on the journey with you. Every photo has a story: today as we showed up at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary, some folks had been waiting for 2 hours . Maybe Grace at 4 years old flushed it into the open (with a little extra noise), as within 2 minutes it came out for everyone waiting. And right behind the visitor centre. A few scares over the next minutes with Eagles overhead and then a Coopers Hawk coming right in. What an afternoon.

Date uploaded: Oct 26 2025

Comments (3):
Brian Morin: Glad you got it and a nice photo. That makes two Redshanks for Birdviewing this year. I wouldn't have been too concerned about the eagle but the Cooper's Hawk is another story.
Chris: Thanks Brian. I somehow missed yours - just had a look. Being in breeding was certainly more stunning. Glad you got a fantastic photo of him too :) Yes the Coopers swept in low over the water, flushed the whole flock of yellowlegs (about 30-40), chased one but ended up with nothing and perched in a tree about 100 yards away. Quite the show.