3669 results found
Canada (Ontario)
May 14 2023
Long Point, Ontario (old park)
May 20 2023
May 14 2023
male
Long Point (old park), Ontario
May 20 2023
May 13 2023
immature, outside normal range
Point Pelee National Park - One or two birds appear each spring around mid-May, sometimes hanging around for a couple of days before returning south. This is a second year bird showing adult features like whitish head and gray underparts but still having mottled underwing.
May 19 2023
May 8 2023
molting, outside normal range
Point Pelee National Park - This is the most unlikely bird to ever visit the southernmost point of mainland Canada and a record for this Arctic wanderer. Hundreds of observers saw the bird within its five hour visit before it flew off towards a destination even further south, Pelee Island, 16km away. In typical ptarmigan fashion it paid no attention to its admirers, at times approaching to within a few feet of them.
May 19 2023
May 14 2023
On of my favourite species, ever since first seeing him in 1989 in Pointe Claire. Seen during his thousand mile journey, successfully finding small bugs to eat in the pine needles. Long Point, Ontario.
May 19 2023
Apr 21 2023
Ottawa - The lively extended song of this tiny mite is remarkable, a welcome sound on a spring day.
Apr 23 2023
Eastern Meadowlark (64)
adult
Ingleside - These birds returned about a week ago and are a welcome sight in the fields. As expected, it was a very difficult subject to work with.
Apr 13 2023
male, adult
Long Sault - There are still a few hundred diving ducks in the river, with Ring-necked being the most numerous.
Apr 13 2023
Western Grebe (64)
adult, outside normal range
Port Credit - This bird has put in an annual appearance for four years. It usually sticks around for a few weeks then moves about Lake Ontario and eventually heads to the Prairies. I went to see it last year but it was 150 metres out in the lake. Needless to say the speck in the middle of the shot was not very convincing. I spent the entire morning hoping for a close approach and had success a couple of times as it moved from far out to shore. It was always on the move and usually that was underwater. It can easily swim beneath the waves for several minutes and cover a great distance. It prefers underwater to flight or even swimming. It never flew.
Mar 30 2023