Ruddy Turnstone (38)

Arenaria interpres

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: May 12 2021

Details: adult, summer plummage

Wheatley - One of our most colourful spring shorebirds

Date uploaded: Aug 7 2021

Views: 24

Comments (2):
Chris: Fabulous colours. What a capture!
BrianMorin: It's one of my favourite spring shorebirds. We have no local sites to check so this was great.

Brown Thrasher (42)

Toxostoma rufum

Sue Bishop

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Jul 24 2021

#adult #juvenile #Cooper Marsh

Date uploaded: Jul 27 2021

Views: 8

Comments (2):
BrianMorin: That's a good one. Nice to see confirmed breeding there.
Chris: Love that species…and bonus youngster.

Common Yellowthroat (62)

Geothlypis trichas

Sue Bishop

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Jul 4 2021

Details: male, adult

#male
#Voyageur Provincial Park

Date uploaded: Jul 5 2021

Views: 25

Comments (1):
Chris: Great one Sue! You're already off! Good luck.

Sandhill Crane (78)

Grus canadensis

Ahmad Shah

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Jun 18 2021

Cooper Marsh.

Date uploaded: Jun 19 2021

Views: 7

Comments (1):
Sue Bishop: Great capture with the chick as well!

Sandhill Crane (78)

Grus canadensis

Ahmad Shah

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Jun 18 2021

Cooper Marsh.

Date uploaded: Jun 19 2021

Views: 14

Comments (1):
Sue Bishop: Very nice.

Say's Phoebe (9)

Sayornis saya

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

Details: male, adult, outside normal range

Amherst Island (Kingston area) - This bird just showed up yesterday and I was determined to try for it having missed others in Ontario over the years. A Western species, one shows up every few years somewhere but it was always too far. This one was within reach. Morning light was against me today so it was over an hour before I managed to get anything worthwhile and this, part of a sequence three hours later, was when I said goodbye. By the way, identified as male because it sang.

Date uploaded: Mar 30 2021

Views: 19

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Lovely capture,Brian!
BrianMorin: It was worth making a second trip for this one.

Great Grey Owl (55)

Strix nebulosa

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

Details: immature

This bird eluded us for most of the winter but briefly reappeared in an area where we could observe it. The Great Gray is truly a woodland owl but likes to hunt the edges when it can. In this case it rarely came to the roadside. We identified it as a first year bird based on the pointed rather than rounded tail tips and pale rather than dark-tipped primaries. I last saw it early in January.

Date uploaded: Mar 25 2021

Views: 52

Barrow's Goldeneye (22)

Bucephala islandica

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Mar 21 2021

Details: male, adult

Ottawa - A rare winter visitor for us. They get one or two each winter, one of the very few in Ontario.

Date uploaded: Mar 24 2021

Views: 27

Canada Jay (19)

Perisoreus canadensis

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Mar 16 2021

Algonquin Provincial Park - Some of the jays (renamed Canada Jay a couple of years ago) are already nesting but a few were on one trail taking advantage of handouts.

Date uploaded: Mar 22 2021

Views: 31

Black-throated Green Warbler (78)

Setophaga virens

Ahmad Shah

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: Sep 12 2020

Details: winter plummage

Presqu'ile Provincial Park.

Date uploaded: Mar 14 2021

Views: 19