White-breasted Nuthatch (33)Sitta carolinensis IvanM Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 12 2013 Details: female White-breasted nuthatches love bird feeders. This one was hanging around the one at the Pinery visitor centre. Females have a greyer crown and less rufous on their belly. Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 6 Write comments
Red-breasted Merganser (19)Mergus serrator IvanM United States (Illinois) 📍 Map Date taken: Mar 31 2013 Details: male Not very often you get to see Red-breasted Mergansers very close. But in Chicago harbour they were swimming around between the boats very close to shore! Probably there was plenty of little fish for them there! Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 20 Write comments
Eastern Phoebe (36)Sayornis phoebe IvanM United States (Illinois) 📍 Map Date taken: Mar 31 2013 Milton Lee Olive Park in Chicago is a good spot for migrants. Here is an early Phoebe that got me all excited since it was my first ever! Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 5 Write comments
Wood Duck (110)Aix sponsa IvanM United States (Illinois) 📍 Map Date taken: Mar 30 2013 Details: male Drake male Wood Ducks are just stunning!! This one was swimming around a pond just outside Chicago Zoo. Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 7 Write comments
American Robin (78)Turdus migratorius IvanM United States (Illinois) 📍 Map Date taken: Mar 30 2013 One of our most common "city" birds, often posing very nicely! Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 12 Write comments
Osprey (93)Pandion haliaetus IvanM Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Date taken: Jun 8 2014 An attempt of taking a flight shot. This was one of the many Ospreys breeding around the Carden Alvar area. Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 8 Write comments
Wilson's Snipe (18)Gallinago delicata IvanM Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Date taken: Jun 8 2014 After a night spent in the humid grass, as the sun comes up the birds like to sit on a post and get their feathers dry! Unfortunately this is strongly backlit, but the species is not so easy to get in front of the camera so well!! Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 7 Write comments
Upland Sandpiper (19)Bartramia longicauda IvanM Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Date taken: Jun 8 2014 If you want to find an Upland Sandpiper, just scout the posts... I wonder where they've been sitting before there were any!! Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 3 Write comments
Bobolink (22)Dolichonyx oryzivorus IvanM Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Date taken: Jun 7 2014 Details: male When you go to Carden Alvar you forget how rare Bobolinks actually are in the rest of the province! Carden Alvar is an amazing hotspot for open area species like them! Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 1 Write comments
Red-winged Blackbird (82)Agelaius phoeniceus IvanM Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Date taken: Jun 7 2014 Details: male When they are screaming at you, red-winged blackbirds forget to be scared and just don't escape!! Easy then to get some shots of them!! Date uploaded: Jul 1 2014 Views: 15 Write comments
