Green-crowned Brilliant (66)Heliodoxa jacula Sue Bishop Ecuador Date taken: Feb 28 2026 male and female #Mindo Cloud Forest Reserve #Milpe Date uploaded: Jun 16 Views: 37 Comments (2): Brian Morin: Great to show the pairAhmad Shah: Great catch.
Orange-billed Sparrow (2)Arremon aurantiirostris Sue Bishop Ecuador Date taken: Feb 28 2026 # Mindo Cloud Forest Reserve #Milpe Date uploaded: Jun 16 Views: 44 Write comments
Eastern Meadowlark (75) Brian Morin Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Details: male, adult Apple Hill Date uploaded: Jun 15 Views: 42 Comments (3): Chris: A very tough bird to get. Congrats on a brilliant captureBrian Morin: It won't show in the photo but it took me many years to get this shot and this is precisely the shot I was after. The species is very difficult to photograph well in most cases but rarely it will present in an opportune setting. I literally picked the posts that were possible to work with in this field and positioned myself accordingly. I returned four times for this particular bird and while I had a partial success on my second attempt there was heat haze so almost all the shots were too soft. Another time the sun was too harsh even though it was very early morning. This day everything clicked – even soft light, good background and a weathered aged post, angled preferred, with just a hint of moss and a lichen covering. Of course it had to sing. When I checked the camera at the time I saw the bird was tack sharp. A decades long goal had finally been accomplished.
Black-bellied Plover (32)Pluvialis squatarola Brian Morin Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Date taken: May 11 2026 Details: adult, summer plummage Wheatley - In a flock of hundreds. Date uploaded: Jun 14 Views: 43 Comments (2): Chris: I really like the perspective here.Brian Morin: On the knees.
Red-breasted Nuthatch (24)Sitta canadensis BobTour Canada (Québec) 📍 Map Date taken: Jun 3 2026 Details: summer plummage Date uploaded: Jun 14 Views: 283 Comments (1): Chris: Terrific colours and capture.
American Bittern (16)Botaurus lentiginosus BobTour Canada (Québec) 📍 Map Date taken: Jun 13 2026 Details: summer plummage Date uploaded: Jun 14 Views: 34 Comments (2): Chris: Wow - not easy at the best of times. Great job.Sue Bishop: Nice capture, Bob!
Orange-bellied Euphonia (22)Euphonia xanthogaster Sue Bishop Ecuador Date taken: Feb 17 2026 Details: male, adult #Pichincha Province #Sachatamia Date uploaded: Jun 13 Views: 36 Comments (1): Chris: Terrific job - loved that location.
Swainson's Thrush (22)Catharus ustulatus Sue Bishop Ecuador Date taken: Feb 17 2026 #Pichincha Province #Sachatamia Date uploaded: Jun 13 Views: 30 Comments (2): Brian Morin: Good capture of a familiar speciesChris: Agree - very nice Sue
White-whiskered Hermit (11)Phaethornis yaruqui Sue Bishop Ecuador Date taken: Feb 16 2026 #Pedro Vincente Maldonado Date uploaded: Jun 12 Views: 29 Comments (2): Brian Morin: Nice colour combination. Good stop.Chris: Striking combination
Prothonotary Warbler (18)Protonotaria citrea Brian Morin Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Date taken: May 13 2026 Details: male, adult Point Pelee National Park Date uploaded: Jun 12 Views: 27 Comments (4): Ahmad Shah: Terrific capture.Brian Morin: Thankfully I had great light to show off his golden colour. The plumage is so bright the bird can be seen at a great distance even when it looks small.
