Brian Morin

1772 uploads

Total photos: 1772
Total videos: 0
Species photographed: 347
Most photographed species: Snowy Owl (See all)
Countries visited: 2
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Jan 8 2019
male, adult
Rondeau - A high of +12C was enough to get this Carolina Wren to sing about spring. Winter returned the next day :)
Jan 11 2019
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Jan 10 2019
male, adult
Burlington
Jan 11 2019
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Jan 2 2019
adult
Ottawa - Last month I posted a picture of a Tree Sparrow but I couldn't confirm until now that the number of winter visitors this year are way down from what we can expect. With Christmas bird counts almost complete for another year, results are showing low to record low numbers across Ontario. I'm not sure why that is. It doesn't suggest that there is anything disastrous happening with the species but it is a curiosity. We'll see this time next year if the numbers return to normal.
Jan 3 2019
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Jan 2 2019
male, adult
Ottawa - In winter, in a year when subjects can be hard to find, you take what you can get. What you can't see is the degree of difficulty shooting down on the subject from a pedestrian bridge where the railing interferes with the lens (on tripod) on a brisk winter afternoon at -14C.
Jan 3 2019
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Jan 1 2019
female, adult
Ottawa - There is good news on the woodpecker front. All of the southern species in Ontario are showing an upward trend in their populations. This includes the Pileated which is experiencing record highs on Christmas counts in many areas. My take on this, and I was expecting it, is that it is related to the decimation of native ash trees due to the emerald ash borer. Almost 10% of the tree population in the southern part of the province is ash. The white ash will be almost wiped out in the next very few years as the onslaught continues. The species is virtually gone in the south.
Jan 3 2019
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Jan 2 2019
adult
Williamsburg - I went looking for a Barred that a friend had told me about the day before. After some looking I spotted it enjoying some late day sun.
Jan 3 2019
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Dec 26 2018
male, juvenile
Kingston - Wolfe Island. We couldn't pass up this beauty. The number of male Snowies compared to females in the winter is low so any time a male is present it is cause for rejoicing. This bird was incredibly tolerant. We shot from the car across the road and the bird didn't pay us much attention. We could only shoot in vertical format. It was too close :) The dull gray sky offered a perfect contrast for our subject.
Dec 27 2018
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Dec 23 2018
juvenile
Long Sault
Dec 24 2018
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Dec 19 2018
adult
Sherbrooke - bonus bird on our owl hunt.
Dec 20 2018
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Dec 19 2018
adult
Sherbrooke - What a great way to spend the day.
Dec 20 2018
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