Common Merganser (31)

Mergus merganser

BobTour

Canada (Québec)

Date taken: Sep 12 2023

Details: summer plummage

Date uploaded: Sep 13 2023

Views: 18

Great Blue Heron (179)

Ardea herodias

BobTour

Canada (Québec)

Date taken: Sep 7 2023

Details: summer plummage

Date uploaded: Sep 9 2023

Views: 31

European Starling (35)

Sturnus vulgaris

BobTour

Canada (Québec)

Date taken: Sep 7 2023

Details: summer plummage

Date uploaded: Sep 9 2023

Views: 29

Solitary Sandpiper (33)

Tringa solitaria

BobTour

Canada (Québec)

Details: juvenile, summer plummage

Date uploaded: Sep 6 2023

Views: 33

Solitary Sandpiper (33)

Tringa solitaria

BobTour

Canada (Québec)

Details: juvenile, summer plummage

Date uploaded: Sep 6 2023

Views: 13

Comments (3):
BrianMorin: Good news on your shorebird subject. This is the less common Solitary Sandpiper, a juvenile. Note the greenish legs. Interestingly, this bird often teeters like a Spotted Sandpiper and as its name suggests, often appears alone or with only one or two others.
BobTour: Thank You Brian Morin for the correction, well appreciated. I'd love to meet you one day over a coffee.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (138)

Archilochus colubris

Ahmad Shah

Canada (Québec)

Date taken: Aug 4 2023

In backyard.

Date uploaded: Aug 24 2023

Views: 25

Brown Thrasher (42)

Toxostoma rufum

Ahmad Shah

Canada (Québec)

In our backyard, Quebec.

Date uploaded: Apr 22 2023

Views: 13

Comments (2):
BrianMorin: That's a good sign. The season is moving along nicely and a good bird for the yard list.
Chris: Great job.::he is often very tough.

Boreal Owl (11)

Aegolius funereus

Brian Morin

Canada (Québec)

  📍 Map

Details: adult, outside normal range

Gatineau - This was my second trip to see this northern species and it turned out better than my previous visit. The bird showed better this time.

Date uploaded: Mar 10 2023

Views: 18

Comments (4):
Chris: A real treat to see knowing it is one of the most difficult species in North America to find.
BrianMorin: Absolutely. It is even a real challenge on its breeding territory. We got lucky with this one.

Boreal Owl (11)

Aegolius funereus

Brian Morin

Canada (Québec)

  📍 Map

Date taken: Jan 28 2023

Details: adult, outside normal range

Gatineau - This bird had been around for a week but hadn't been seen since Monday. I got word this morning that it had been found again so I headed up and was rewarded for my effort along with others. Shooting conditions were tough. The light was poor and finding a hole to shoot through to avoid branches was very challenging. The bird rarely had its eyes open and when it did they were heavily shaded. It wasn't interested in people, passing dogs or Chickadees. That's what it's like when you've recently downed a meadow vole.

Date uploaded: Jan 29 2023

Views: 23

Comments (8):
Chris: Fabulous to see and such a good result. They can be so difficult to find, and as you say even once found, the conditions are usually very tricky.
BrianMorin: Correct on all points. That's why we seldom see one.

Ring-billed Gull (34)

Larus delawarensis

BobTour

Canada (Québec)

Date taken: Sep 30 2022

Details: immature, summer plummage

Date uploaded: Oct 8 2022

Views: 11