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Rufous Hummingbird (74)

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Nov 20 2025

Details: female, juvenile, outside normal range

Stoney Creek - Unfortunately I don't get the chance to submit hummingbird shots very often and so far that has been limited to the Ruby-throated, until now. This West Coast visitor was a pleasant surprise.

Date uploaded: Nov 21 2025

Comments (5):
Sue Bishop: Great you were able to catch it!
Ahmad Shah: Superb find, well captured.

Crimson-rumped Toucanet (18)

Aulacorhynchus haematopygus

Ahmad Shah

Ecuador

Date taken: Mar 7 2025

Las Cotingas Reserve, Mindo, Pichincha Province.

Date uploaded: Nov 20 2025

Comments (2):
Sue Bishop: Lovely.
Chris: Fabulously tropical!!

Lineated Woodpecker (14)

Dryocopus lineatus

Ahmad Shah

Ecuador

Date taken: Mar 14 2025

Pedro Vincente Maldonado, Pichincha Province.

Date uploaded: Nov 20 2025

Comments (3):
Brian Morin: Great to capture the interaction
Sue Bishop: Nice capture!

Snowy Owl (217)

Nyctea scandiaca

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Details: female, adult

Ste.-Rose-de-Prescott - My first of the winter, taken in the dying minutes of sunset. I'm shooting from my car.

Date uploaded: Nov 18 2025

Comments (3):
Sue Bishop: Beautiful shot, Brian. An early winter, you are on a roll!
Brian Morin: Hopefully the highlights continue.

Black-chested Jay (12)

Cyanocorax affinis

Sue Bishop

Panama

Date taken: Mar 7 2025

#El Valle De Anton

Date uploaded: Nov 16 2025

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Crimson-backed Tanager (31)

Ramphocelus dimidiatus

Sue Bishop

Panama

Date taken: Mar 7 2025

Details: male

#El Valle De Anton

Date uploaded: Nov 16 2025

Comments (1):
Brian Morin: Nice one

Red-bellied Woodpecker (36)

Melanerpes carolinus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Details: male, adult

Long Sault - One of my favourite woodpeckers.

Date uploaded: Nov 13 2025

Comments (3):
Ahmad Shah: Superb capture. nice sharp focus.
Brian Morin: Thankfully the bird was not too far and did not move too quickly so I was able to keep my settings lower.

Violet-bellied Hummingbird (14)

Damophila julie

Ahmad Shah

Ecuador

Date taken: Mar 14 2025

Pedro Vincente Maldonado, Pichincha Province.

Date uploaded: Nov 12 2025

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Purple-chested Hummingbird (16)

Amazilia rosenbergi

Ahmad Shah

Ecuador

Date taken: Mar 14 2025

Details: female

Pedro Vincente Maldonado, Pichincha Province.

Date uploaded: Nov 12 2025

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California Scrub Jay (6)

Aphelocoma californica

Chris

Canada (British Columbia)

Details: hybrid

Probably one of the rarest birds I've seen at our feeder. A very neat colour pattern on this Scrub Jay, which I believe is a cross between it and the Steller's Jay. Delta, BC

Date uploaded: Nov 11 2025

Comments (2):
Brian Morin: A great addition to the yard list.
Ahmad Shah: Great capture, nice bird for the backyard. I have not seen this species.