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Date taken: Sep 7 2023

Details: summer plummage

Date uploaded: Sep 9 2023

European Starling (35)

Sturnus vulgaris

BobTour

Date taken: Sep 7 2023

Details: summer plummage

Date uploaded: Sep 9 2023

Piping Plover (9)

Charadrius melodus

(Near-threatened)

Brian Morin

📍 Map

Date taken: May 18 2023

Details: male, adult, inflight

Presqu'ile Provincial Park - This is a provincially endangered species with only a few breeding pairs. 2023 was a poor breeding year. This male was calling and flying about proclaiming territory. We were not near a nest. The pair did not nest this year but another pair did.

Date uploaded: Sep 8 2023

Solitary Sandpiper (33)

Tringa solitaria

BobTour

Details: juvenile, summer plummage

Date uploaded: Sep 6 2023

Solitary Sandpiper (33)

Tringa solitaria

BobTour

Details: juvenile, summer plummage

Date uploaded: Sep 6 2023

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.

Hudsonian Godwit (64)

Brian Morin

📍 Map

Details: juvenile

Oshawa - An uncommon to rare fall migrant, the bird was discovered on the back field of a high school yesterday. I beat everyone to school for the first day back and had the bird to myself for 30 minutes this morning. It was great. It showed virtually no fear but I didn't approach too closely anyway, giving it space to feed on insects and probe for worms. Several times it started to head my way so I'd back off.

Date uploaded: Sep 5 2023

Comments (2):
Ahmad Shah: Magnificent capture.
BrianMorin: I made a special trip when I heard the preferred feeding location and thought if I got there very early I might have some luck. The encounter exceeded expectations.

Cape May Warbler (41)

Dendroica tigrina

Sue Bishop

Date taken: May 16 2023

Details: male, adult, summer plummage

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Long Point

Date uploaded: Aug 31 2023

Comments (2):
BrianMorin: Nice looking bird
Ahmad Shah: Superb shot, nice sharp focus.

Black-crowned Night Heron (68)

Nycticorax nycticorax

Brian Morin

📍 Map

Date taken: Aug 23 2023

Details: juvenile

Toronto

Date uploaded: Aug 31 2023

Comments (4):
Sue Bishop: Great catch!
BrianMorin: I got lucky with the location. It was moving along the shore and I was hoping it would end up in this spot for a clear shot and it worked out. I like the way the entire bird shows, including the feet.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (21)

Nyctanassa violacea

Brian Morin

📍 Map

Date taken: Aug 23 2023

Details: juvenile, outside normal range

Toronto

Date uploaded: Aug 31 2023

Comments (2):
Ahmad Shah: Wonderful capture.
BrianMorin: I failed in an initial search 10 days prior so it was satisfying achieving my goal.

Stilt Sandpiper (11)

Calidris himantopus

Brian Morin