Brian Morin

Hermit Thrush (20)

Catharus guttatus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Apr 28 2025

Details: adult

Point Pelee National Park

Date uploaded: Jul 25

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Excellent,Brian!
Brian Morin: Everything worked. The light was right, the background faded beautifully and the bird stayed still for about 10 seconds. That is a lifetime in bird photography.

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (28)

Polioptila caerulea

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: May 9 2025

Details: adult

Point Pelee National Park

Date uploaded: Jul 22

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Nice closeup,Brian!
Brian Morin: I spent 15 minutes trying to get a decent shot of this little guy. I got lots of pictures, a few of which worked. It was as tough as dealing with a Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

Western Meadowlark (59)

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: May 11 2025

Details: male, adult, outside normal range

London - The bird was actively calling for a prospective mate but none showed up. Similar to the Eastern Meadowlark but the call is a giveaway for this Prairie bird. The yellow on the face extends onto the cheek past the bill and the back is a sandier colour rather than brown.

Date uploaded: Jul 17

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Great find and capture,Brian!
Brian Morin: I spent a couple of hours with this bird at first light, hoping that it would come to the fence. It had been singing in a field about 100 metres away but eventually I was rewarded.

American White Pelican (31)

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jul 3 2025

Details: adult, summer plummage, outside normal range

Prince Edward County (Gull Shoal) - We found two birds on a rocky shoal four km offshore. Pelicans breed in southwestern Lake Erie but a few birds wander before and after the breeding season. This summer individuals have been popping up across Ontario in the south, central and east, usually seen as flybys.

Date uploaded: Jul 6

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Great find and capture,Brian!
Brian Morin: This sighting wasn't on the radar for our trip that day.

Kentucky Warbler (1)

Oporornis formosus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Apr 28 2025

Details: male, adult

Point Pelee National Park - Rare but regular spring visitor.

Date uploaded: Jun 29

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Great find and capture, Brian!!
Brian Morin: I had seen this species a number of years ago but I got my first shots on this trip. At one point it walked right towards us and was just over two metres away.

Orchard Oriole (12)

Icterus spurius

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: May 7 2025

Details: male, adult

Point Pelee National Park

Date uploaded: Jun 26

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Brant (15)

Branta bernicla

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jun 20 2025

Details: adult

Ottawa - A late migrant. Regionally rare at this time.

Date uploaded: Jun 21

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Nice capture!
Brian Morin: As often happens with this species, the bird was very cooperative. I watched it while sitting on a rock at a distance of about 20 feet.

Blue Grosbeak (3)

Passerina caerulea

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Apr 27 2025

Details: male, adult, outside normal range

Sibbald Point Provincial Park - I waited years to finally see an adult male. Previously I had seen a few females and an immature male. I saw the bird off and on for three hours. This was the last shot I took and it was the best of the day.

Date uploaded: Jun 17

Comments (3):
Ahmad Shah: That is a beauty, nicely captured.
Brian Morin: This was a 45 minute detour on my way south but it was well worth it – a great way to start a trip on a beautiful spring day.

Little Blue Heron (37)

Egretta caerulea

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Details: immature, outside normal range

Kingston - This visitor from the US south hatched in 2024 and at the end of this year should be in adult plumage.

Date uploaded: Jun 10

Comments (4):
Sue Bishop: great find and capture,Brian!
Ahmad Shah: Excellent find, well captured.

Red Knot (6)

Calidris canutus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jun 5 2025

Details: adult, summer plummage

Oshawa - McLaughlin Bay Reserve. These birds have a bright breeding plumage compared with the grey appearance in the fall. A few Knots show up along the shores of the southern Great Lakes in spring but normally just one or two birds at a time. Seeing a flock in Ontario is rare.

Date uploaded: Jun 8

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