Brian Morin

1781 uploads

Total photos: 1781
Total videos: 0
Species photographed: 349
Most photographed species: Snowy Owl (See all)
Countries visited: 2
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Feb 5 2024
male, nest
Algonquin Park - There were hundreds of Red Crossbills. They were seen or heard at virtually every stop and are almost certainly nesting right now. They can breed in any month of the year, the decision being based on food availability not season. There are many types, with this one likely being the type that feeds on pines which have a good cone crop. They are notoriously tame, being very approachable and at times landing only a few feet away if you are still.
Feb 6 2024
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Short-eared Owl (75)
Jan 21 2024
Kingston - Wolfe Island. A flock of these beauties kept us occupied for about 90 minutes as dusk advanced. The sun was very low when this shot was taken.
Jan 23 2024
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Prothonotary Warbler (75)
May 10 2023
male
Point Pelee National Park
Jan 20 2024
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Western Tanager (75)
male, adult, winter plummage, outside normal range
Ottawa - On my third attempt over a three week period I finally had the bird near a feeder. He sure brightens up the landscape.
Jan 15 2024
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St. Rose - I took advantage of morning sun looking for winter field birds. There were few but I did come across four Horned Larks. This Northern subspecies is with us throughout the winter and will leave in early March.
Jan 12 2024
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Jan 1 2024
male, adult
Hamilton - Long-tailed Ducks are common in the area in winter but I had to capture this bird. It had the longest tail I have seen on this species.
Jan 6 2024
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adult, outside normal range
Ottawa - A lingering bird, this Wood Thrush should be in Central America now.
Dec 20 2023
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Purple Sandpiper (75)
Dec 14 2023
immature, outside normal range
Cobourg - I checked out another Purple Sandpiper and had good luck with this bird.
Dec 18 2023
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Dec 7 2023
St. Andrew's West - It's that time of year. We had a large flock of up to 600 buntings feasting on spilled corn beside a farm. I managed to find a single Horned Lark in their midst.
Dec 10 2023
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Nov 30 2023
outside normal range
Sturgeon Falls - This bird has been high on my wish list for decades but being a Eurasian species the chances of seeing one here were slim. The last one to appear in Ontario was 42 years ago. After our success we almost added a second bird the next day in far eastern Quebec while watching a wayward Painted Bunting at a feeder. We didn't know that a bird showed up nearby the day before and we were told that it had been seen that morning a few hundred metres away from where we were. We missed it by an hour. It was not seen again unfortunately so we missed seeing two birds in two days in two months in two provinces. What are the odds of that? Both individuals likely came over from Iceland.
Dec 3 2023
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