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Buff-breasted Sandpiper (10)

Tryngites subruficollis

(Near-threatened)

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Sep 8 2022

Details: juvenile

Oshawa - Had great fun with a couple of very obliging regional rarities that allowed very close approach. Actually they were the ones approaching us, not the other way around. At times they were as close as a metre. If these birds are ever reported we'd expect to check specific fields, especially sod farms but in this case they were feeding on algae-covered rocks along a beach on Lake Ontario.

Date uploaded: Sep 9 2022

Comments (4):
Chris: Fabulous. This colour always stands out to me as unique for some reason.
BrianMorin: The buffy colour stands out. There is a similar colour on parts of a Baird's but it is not as prominent as on this species.

Pine Warbler (17)

Dendroica pinus

Chris

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: May 15 2022

Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Ontario.

Date uploaded: May 23 2022

Comments (5):
Ahmad Shah: Wow ! Excellent find, superbly captured. Well done Chris !
Chris: Thanks for showing me around 😊 The lighting up in the canopy was interesting to work with!

Golden-winged Warbler (11)

Vermivora chrysoptera

(Near-threatened)

Sue Bishop

Canada (Ontario)

Date taken: May 11 2022

Details: female

#Presqu'ile Provincial Park
#Ontario

Date uploaded: May 18 2022

Comments (2):
BrianMorin: This worked nicely, not having to go into the Rideau Lakes district to find breeding birds.
Chris: Great job.

Great Grey Owl (52)

Strix nebulosa

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Mar 10 2022

Details: female, immature

Ottawa - There has been a minor irruption in the east along the St. Lawrence in Quebec and parts of Eastern Ontario. They have been very difficult to locate.

Date uploaded: Mar 11 2022

Comments (2):
Ahmad Shah: Nice job finding and photographing this magnificent Owl .
BrianMorin: A lovely young lady – one of my favourite birds.

Townsend's Solitaire (8)

Myadestes townsendi

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Feb 24 2022

Details: adult, outside normal range

Washago - Feeding on crab apples. Every year one or two make it into Ontario from their BC range.

Date uploaded: Mar 1 2022

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Another rarity. Beautiful.
BrianMorin: I have missed several in recent years so it was great to finally come across this one.

Common Goldeneye (25)

Bucephala clangula

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jan 7 2022

Details: male, adult

Cobourg- There was a bit of slushy ice in the low waves on the shore of Lake Ontario. The birds would swim in close to shore then swim back out again.

Date uploaded: Jan 21 2022

Comments (6):
Ahmad Shah: Fantastic capture, nice detail.
BrianMorin: This is a common winter duck but in most areas they are very hard to approach. I used some trees and ice encrusted rocks for cover to get shots on a very cold morning.

Glaucous-winged Gull (14)

Larus glaucescens

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Nov 29 2021

Details: immature, outside normal range

Barrie - This second year bird, a bit larger than a Herring Gull is well outside its Pacific Coast range. This is only Ontario's second bird, the first being last year.

Date uploaded: Nov 30 2021

Comments (4):
Ahmad Shah: Wow ! That is an amazing find, Brilliant job.
BrianMorin: It had just shown up the day before and being such an unusual species it was worth the trip.

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

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