Brown Thrasher (5)

Toxostoma rufum

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: May 9 2020

Details: adult

Crysler - If you have ever attempted to get pictures of this species you know how frustrating that can be. Well today I hit the jackpot. Shot from my car – almost no crop.

Date uploaded: May 10 2020

Winter Wren (5)

Troglodytes troglodytes

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Apr 21 2023

Ottawa - The lively extended song of this tiny mite is remarkable, a welcome sound on a spring day.

Date uploaded: Apr 23 2023

Comments (4):
Ahmad Shah: Marvelous capture Brian !
BrianMorin: He was being very vocal with his bubbly song. It was worth the effort to try for some shots.

Hermit Thrush (5)

Catharus guttatus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Apr 28 2025

Details: adult

Point Pelee National Park

Date uploaded: Jul 25

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Excellent,Brian!
Brian Morin: Everything worked. The light was right, the background faded beautifully and the bird stayed still for about 10 seconds. That is a lifetime in bird photography.

Mourning Warbler (5)

Oporornis philadelphia

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Jun 2 2020

Details: male, adult

Desbarats

Date uploaded: Jul 1 2020

Northern Parula (5)

Parula americana

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Sep 14 2020

Details: immature

Ottawa

Date uploaded: Sep 15 2020

Swallow-tailed Kite (5)

Elanoides forficatus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Sep 13 2021

Details: immature, outside normal range

Aylmer - The aerobatic ability of this species is amazing to watch. It can turn on a dime by simply tilting its tail without adjusting its wings. It saw the Monarch but passed it by, either knowing instinctively that this was not desirable prey or it learned the hard way.

Date uploaded: Sep 26 2021

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Unbelievable capture. They are so beautiful. We have seen them a lot in the tropics but usually flying high. Great one.
BrianMorin: I heard a similar comment from someone who has seen them in Florida but they were always distant. This bird obliged with close views a number of times .

Boreal Owl (5)

Aegolius funereus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Feb 22 2025

Details: 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.

Date uploaded: Feb 23

Ovenbird (4)

Seiurus aurocapilla

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: May 19 2019

Details: adult

Ingleside

Date uploaded: May 20 2019

Yellow-throated Vireo (4)

Vireo flavifrons

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Jun 12 2019

Details: adult

Kaladar - I finally got one of these birds down at a lower level. It almost looks like this is a flash shot but it wasn't.

Date uploaded: Jun 13 2019

Broad-winged Hawk (4)

Buteo platypterus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: May 2 2020

Details: adult

Williamsburg - I was surprised when I found this bird because it was in the same area that I had the female Kestrel a while ago. I wondered if it would be as cooperative as she was and after moving slowly along the road to avoid flushing it I eventually got quite a number of good shots. It was hunting the ditch, ignoring me as well as cars and motorcycles driving by. I watched it for 10 minutes being as close as 6 metres with my car. It didn't care. It eventually caught a small garter snake and flew off into the woods. Cool. This bird was browner than some. I later saw the mate which was a bit rustier in the breast markings.

Date uploaded: May 3 2020