Brian Morin

1757 uploads

Total photos: 1757
Total videos: 0
Species photographed: 347
Most photographed species: Snowy Owl (See all)
Countries visited: 2
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Feb 5 2020
Ottawa - Several of these owls showed up in the region this winter, a mini irruption.
Feb 6 2020
22
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Feb 5 2020
male, adult
Ottawa
Feb 6 2020
26
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Jan 13 2019
male, adult
Ottawa - These beauties have also remained far to the north this winter.
Feb 3 2020
16
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Mar 18 2019
male, adult
Ottawa - With no redpolls showing up this winter, I had to fall back on last winter's success.
Feb 3 2020
11
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Jan 15 2020
Ridgetown - A wintering site. Mild weather and no snow (at that point) meant that about 6-700 birds were still present.
Jan 23 2020
25
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male, adult, winter plummage
Hamilton - There were a couple of thousand birds present in the area. This is a major wintering site.
Jan 23 2020
32
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Jan 15 2020
adult
Ridgetown - In with a flock of Canadas.
Jan 23 2020
20
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Jan 16 2020
female
Wolfe Island- Kingston - This bird had been reported off and on by one person for a few weeks but spotting it is luck. I went there hoping but not expecting to see it and got incredibly lucky. I watched it briefly and before it took off it raised its wings and let the wind keep them up so I had about 5 seconds to get shots like this. That is a long time from a photographer's perspective. As for it being a female, I was going by size. This was a big bird.
Jan 23 2020
20
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Jan 7 2020
adult
A follow up trip brought us repeat success with an early morning sighting. The bird does not hunt during daytime unlike its cousin the Northern Hawk Owl which we saw recently. It sleeps most of the time, waking every few hours, preening and sometimes moving to a different perch just to exercise its wings. It does not become active until after dark.
Jan 8 2020
13
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Jan 5 2020
adult
We made three attempts in recent weeks to locate this bird and on the third try we were successful. It was worth the effort and we got to see it with its eyes open. Owls look much better when they are awake.
Jan 6 2020
16
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