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Details: male, adult, outside normal range

Ottawa County - Western visitor putting on a show.

Date uploaded: Apr 22 2025

Comments (6):
Ahmad Shah: Fantastic find.
Brian Morin: I had to check out this bird. I have seen several females but never an adult male. It was worth the effort.

Wood Duck (110)

Aix sponsa

Brian Morin

Date taken: Apr 20 2025

Details: male, adult

Ottawa

Date uploaded: Apr 22 2025

Comments (4):
Ahmad Shah: Nice capture.
Brian Morin: It's hard not to capture these beauties when we have the chance.

Hooded Merganser (64)

Lophodytes cucullatus

BobTour

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Details: female, summer plummage

Date uploaded: Apr 20 2025

Hooded Merganser (64)

Lophodytes cucullatus

BobTour

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Details: male, summer plummage

Date uploaded: Apr 20 2025

Bohemian Waxwing (21)

Bombycilla garrulus

Brian Morin

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Date taken: Apr 17 2025

Details: adult

Ottawa - Winter visitor, along with hundreds of others soon to depart for the northwest to breed. The birds only showed up in numbers in recent days with two areas having several thousand. This one has flown down to the water for a quick drink after eating buckthorn berries.

Date uploaded: Apr 18 2025

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Lovely. I haven't seen one in years.
Brian Morin: We haven't had any locally for a few years so the large number drew my attention to the Ottawa area. Most will likely be gone in a few days.

Song Sparrow (52)

Melospiza melodia

BobTour

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Date taken: Apr 14 2025

Date uploaded: Apr 15 2025

Comments (3):
Brian Morin: Your Song Sparrow is a familiar early spring migrant.
BobTour: tHANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE I FORGOT TO IDENTIFIED IT WHEN I POSTED IT. IT'S WELL APPRECIATED

Black-capped Chickadee (68)

Parus atricapillus

BobTour

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Date taken: Apr 14 2025

Date uploaded: Apr 15 2025

Wild Turkey (30)

Meleagris gallopavo

BobTour

Date taken: Apr 12 2024

Date uploaded: Apr 12 2025

Comments (1):
Sue Bishop: Nice one.

Mute Swan (49)

Cygnus olor

BobTour

Date taken: Apr 12 2024

Date uploaded: Apr 12 2025

Histrionicus histrionicus

Harlequin Duck (27)

Brian Morin