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Eastern Screech Owl (23)

Otus asio

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Feb 12 2025

Details: adult

Ormond - I waited an hour for it to open its eyes at sundown. I am in my car on the other side of the road.

Date uploaded: Feb 13 2025

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Pine Grosbeak (14)

Pinicola enucleator

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jan 19 2025

Details: male, adult

Matachewan - Beautiful male coming to a feeder. We have none down south this winter so seeing these birds was a treat.

Date uploaded: Feb 5 2025

Comments (2):
Chris: A dream shot. Super result
Brian Morin: You are right. I dreamed of getting a shot like this with an adult male for years and when the scene unfolded I clicked away. Everything worked. I've had some luck closer to home in the past with males, which are never very numerous here (more females and immature males) but with nowhere near the result.

Gray-crowned Rosy Finch (10)

Leucosticte tephrocotis

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jan 19 2025

Details: adult, outside normal range

Matachewan - Well out of its Western mountain range. A new bird for me and one I had long wanted to see.

Date uploaded: Jan 23 2025

Comments (5):
Ahmad Shah: Excellent find.
Brian Morin: This was a long haul in very cold conditions but the trip's success made it all worthwhile.

Great Grey (71)

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jan 21 2025

Details: adult, outside normal range

Ottawa - This is an irruption year with a few birds moving into the National Capital region and beyond. I had made two unsuccessful trips to see another bird a week prior so I really appreciated the end result.

Date uploaded: Jan 22 2025

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Beautiful!
Brian Morin: One of my favourite birds.

Harris's Sparrow (9)

Zonotrichia querula

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jan 8 2025

Details: adult, winter plummage, outside normal range

Port Perry - Feeding with juncos and Tree Sparrows on the ground. Skittish species, preferring to stay close to bushes. It will likely remain for the winter.

Date uploaded: Jan 9 2025

Comments (4):
Chris: Terrific to see the adult. Have had some reports of immature and one sighting in Chateauguay in 1990s.
Brian Morin: Normally lingering out of place birds are immature so this was a plus. As luck would have it, on my travels in southwestern Ontario on this trip I had seen an immature three days prior.

Redhead (20)

Aythya americana

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jan 3 2025

Details: male, adult

Mississauga - semi-common winter duck

Date uploaded: Jan 9 2025

Comments (6):
Krish: Very Nice ! looks very much like the "Common Pochard" in India and I think parts of Europe.
Brian Morin: Yes, similar. Attractive species.

Red-bellied Woodpecker (36)

Melanerpes carolinus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Dec 31 2024

Details: male, adult, outside normal range

Ottawa - Always nice to see. This is a rare regional species that is easier to find in the winter and will come to feeders.

Date uploaded: Jan 2 2025

Comments (3):
Sue Bishop: Gorgeous capture, Brian!
Chris: Indeed such a nice one to see - fantastic snap as well!

Snowy Owl (217)

Nyctea scandiaca

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Dec 15 2024

Details: male, immature

Ottawa - After a disastrous winter in 2023-4 when the lowest number of Snowy Owls in living memory were present in Ontario, or anywhere in Eastern Canada, this winter has seen a modest recovery, closer to normal. Males are uncommon, even in good years. At the height of the peak, from 2012-19, we only saw 1 male for every 20 females.There may be a few more males this winter.

Date uploaded: Dec 16 2024

Comments (4):
Ahmad Shah: Magnificent capture.
Brian Morin: This was a real treat after seeing three others in recent weeks, all so far away you needed to have the bird identified in the photo. :)