BrianMorin

1499 uploads

Total photos: 1499
Total videos: 0
Species photographed: 317
Most photographed species: Snowy Owl (See all)
Countries visited: 2

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Least Sandpiper (30)

Calidris minutilla

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Aug 11 2022

Ottawa - Our smallest shorebird.

Date uploaded: Aug 12

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Red-necked Phalarope (13)

Phalaropus lobatus

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Aug 11 2022

Details: juvenile

Ottawa - This is migration time for shorebirds and a very small number of phalaropes have been reported. This species is very tolerant of people and if you remain still and wait for the bird to approach, it may come very close. This very young bird passed by at 3 metres. There is almost no crop for this shot.

Date uploaded: Aug 12

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Green Heron (83)

Butorides virescens

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Aug 9 2022

Details: adult

Long Sault Parkway - A couple of herons were working the shallow water for frogs and minnows. This bird would spend time waiting for an opportunity then when it tired of that location it would run like a sandpiper to another spot.

Date uploaded: Aug 10

Comments (2):
Chris: Terrific action. The burgundy on this bird stands out.
BrianMorin: The adults have a really nice colour. I think I would have given the bird a name other than green because there is very little of that colour on the wings.

Neotropical Cormorant (11)

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jul 31 2022

Details: adult, outside normal range

Kingston - The Neotropic Cormorant is a provincial rarity that is making an annual appearance in the province in recent years. The species is slowly expanding its range northward from Texas and Louisiana. Note the proportionately longer tail than Double-crested, duller orange skin on the throat and faint white facial marking. The bird is noticeably smaller than its cousin.

Date uploaded: Aug 3

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Sedge Wren (3)

Cistothorus platensis

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jul 31 2022

Details: adult

Stittsville - A challenging bird to find and even harder to photograph.

Date uploaded: Aug 1

Comments (2):
Chris: Terrific one Brian. I had to go back through the Sedge Wrens as this is not often uploaded…looks like you had one last in 2014. It would be a lifer for me.
BrianMorin: There are not many areas here where we can find them, unlike Marsh Wrens. Good luck on your own quest.

Indigo Bunting (22)

Passerina cyanea

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: May 7 2022

Details: male, adult

Point Pelee National Park

Date uploaded: Jul 18

Comments (2):
Chris: I find these guys ultra-shy generally. Excellent job.
BrianMorin: Shy and up high usually make this a tough subject to shoot but being Pelee, this one was very cooperative, feeding on the ground much of the time.

Ruddy Turnstone (36)

Arenaria interpres

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jun 5 2022

Details: adult

Amherst Island - One of our most attractive shorebirds in spring.

Date uploaded: Jul 15

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Sandhill Crane (69)

Grus canadensis

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jun 22 2022

Details: adult

Alfred Bog - Two pairs were feeding and doing courtship calls. It was great to observe these large birds. They all had varying amounts of dried mud on their feathers which they toss on themselves in the spring, making it look like a plumage change.

Date uploaded: Jul 12

Comments (4):
Sue Bishop: Lovely photo,Brian.
BrianMorin: It was a rare opportunity to watch them at ease with nothing to disturb them.

Northern Mockingbird (16)

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jun 25 2022

Details: adult

Ottawa- A pair on territory. Regionally rare.

Date uploaded: Jun 26

Comments (2):
Chris: I was also excited when I got out of the car at Montreal Airport and heard the song…many Canadians don’t get to see these often
BrianMorin: Isn't that a coincidence. This bird and its mate are at the Ottawa Airport, about 150 feet from a runway. The nest is in a tangle along a fence behind a secure side fence but only about 40 feet in so it will be easy to watch the birds coming and going later on. We had them on a mowed area close by, feeding and resting in a large tree. One of them came down to the ground about 20 feet away. The male does incredible mimics. Perfect House Sparrow, Robin, Crested Flycatcher, Starling, Killdeer, Kingfisher, Red-winged Blackbird alarm call and a number of others. They are indistinguishable from those birds.

Bobolink (22)

Dolichonyx oryzivorus

BrianMorin

Canada (Ontario)

Details: male, adult

Alfred - This shot fell into my lap. I stopped at a spot looking for a perch that a Bobolink might land on. I grabbed my camera to test the settings on the bush and as I raised it there was the bird I was hoping to find.

Date uploaded: Jun 22

Comments (2):
Chris: Great job and great pose. That type of shrub looks familiar too
BrianMorin: I couldn't believe my good luck on that one.