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Brown-breasted Flycatcher (1)

Muscicapa muttui

Krish

India

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Date taken: Feb 7 2023

Date uploaded: Feb 10 2023

Comments (2):
Chris: Congrats Krish on not only great shots, but species #2,314 on the site!
BrianMorin: Nice perspective comparison and great detail.

Snowy Owl (217)

Nyctea scandiaca

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Feb 8 2023

Details: male, adult

Kingston - Wolfe Island - I had 7 owls of a probable 8-10 birds there this winter. Most did not present very well and adult males are notoriously skittish making shots like this a challenge. Their caution is for good reason because females always chase them away and wouldn't hesitate to have one for dinner. This is a very poor year for Snowy Owls, with most remaining in the Arctic. The area had the North American high for Christmas bird counts this year (8 birds). To show the potential, I think the all-time record was 80+ birds some years ago. I had 53 in 2014. When there is a bumper crop of voles in the area coinciding with plenty of owls heading south we can get results like that. This is the third consecutive year with low numbers in all of Southern Canada.

Date uploaded: Feb 9 2023

Comments (2):
Chris: Terrific to see and hear the background. Looks like an old male 😊
BrianMorin: Old indeed. Surprisingly there were three withing a few kilometres. That's a high percentage of birds in the area compared with the ratio I usually see in Eastern Ontario when males represent one in 10 females at best and sometime one in 20.

Asian Verditer Flycatcher (1)

Eumyias thalassinus

Krish

India

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Date taken: Feb 3 2023

Details: male, adult

Date uploaded: Feb 4 2023

Comments (1):
Chris: Fabulous recording of an equally fabulous species. Great to see!

Egyptian Vulture (4)

Neophron percnopterus

(Endangered)

Krish

India

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Date taken: Dec 24 2022

Details: adult

Date uploaded: Feb 1 2023

Comments (4):
BrianMorin: There's just enough accent colour on this bird to make it interesting.
Sue Bishop: Excellent!

Bohemian Waxwing (21)

Bombycilla garrulus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Details: adult

Ingleside - I didn't have far to go for these birds which was nice for a change. This was my first good opportunity to work with the waxwings this winter.

Date uploaded: Jan 31 2023

Comments (5):
Chris: Such a great winter sight.
BrianMorin: They sure make winter easier to take.

Boreal Owl (11)

Aegolius funereus

Brian Morin

Canada (Québec)

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Date taken: Jan 28 2023

Details: adult, outside normal range

Gatineau - This bird had been around for a week but hadn't been seen since Monday. I got word this morning that it had been found again so I headed up and was rewarded for my effort along with others. Shooting conditions were tough. The light was poor and finding a hole to shoot through to avoid branches was very challenging. The bird rarely had its eyes open and when it did they were heavily shaded. It wasn't interested in people, passing dogs or Chickadees. That's what it's like when you've recently downed a meadow vole.

Date uploaded: Jan 29 2023

Comments (8):
Chris: Fabulous to see and such a good result. They can be so difficult to find, and as you say even once found, the conditions are usually very tricky.
BrianMorin: Correct on all points. That's why we seldom see one.

Great Hornbill (8)

Buceros bicornis

(Near-threatened)

Krish

India

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Date taken: Jan 18 2023

Details: adult

They are large birds with a wingspan of 152cm (60inch). The casque on top of their bills are hollow, concave and serve no known purpose. They are monogamous and often build their nests in the same place every year. Before mating, they clean up the nesting hollow and engage in a little courtship involving food exchange. The female will spend increasing amounts of time inside the nest. When the eggs are laid, she sheds her breast feathers and seals herself inside the nest, leaving a vertical slit for the male to feed her. Here we see their pre-mating preparations.

Date uploaded: Jan 19 2023

Comments (5):
BrianMorin: Stills can be excellent but in this case the video does a better job of capturing the action.
Chris: Fabulous bird and video. Really good to see they continue to survive with their habitat requirements…despite our ongoing encroachment in many places

Barred Owl (27)

Strix varia

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Details: adult

Ottawa - I got lucky with timing. I arrived while it was still cloudy so the owl kept its eyes open most of the time. As soon as the sun came out they were closed.

Date uploaded: Jan 15 2023

Comments (10):
Sue Bishop: Fantastic closeup,Brian!
BrianMorin: Thanks Sue. This worked well because the bird was perched in the top of a snag very much like you'd see a Screech Owl. This was midday so I was very lucky to have it look alert.