Brian Morin

1736 uploads

Total photos: 1736
Total videos: 0
Species photographed: 343
Most photographed species: Snowy Owl (See all)
Countries visited: 2
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Dec 28 2017
adult
Kingston-Wolfe Island
Dec 29 2017
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Dec 21 2017
juvenile
Kingston - Wolfe Island
Dec 22 2017
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Dec 21 2017
female
Kingston - Wolfe Island
Dec 22 2017
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Dec 21 2017
adult
Kingston - Wolfe Island
Dec 22 2017
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Dec 17 2017
adult
Amherst Island - The birds rest briefly after making several passes over the fields before resuming the hunt.
Dec 18 2017
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Dec 17 2017
adult
Amherst Island - There have been a few birds recently but we had 11 today. That's a high number for this species. The owl is looking directly at me, responding to the camera shutter firing.
Dec 18 2017
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Dec 17 2017
female, adult
Amherst Island - There was a significant movement there over the last week. The previous high count this winter was 5 birds. We had 15 today.
Dec 18 2017
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Dec 14 2017
female, adult
St. Rose - this is the first bird I've had close enough to shoot this winter. The few others I've seen have been at a distance.
Dec 15 2017
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Dec 14 2017
winter plummage
St. Rose - Part of a flock of a dozen. Look at its foot and you can see where the name comes from.
Dec 15 2017
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male, juvenile, outside normal range
Ottawa- prompted by a call from a friend I hurried to Ottawa today for a possible last view of this long-staying vagrant warbler. With bitter cold this week and a snowstorm tonight its survival is in question. After an hour searching I found it and remained with it for 90 minutes. Most of the time it was feeding beneath trees on ground not covered by snow. Later in the afternoon it was feeding and resting/sleeping beneath a single spruce for 45 minutes. Often I was as close as 7 feet as the bird headed towards me. Too close to shoot. A suet feeder was put up this afternoon. Hopefully it will find it in the morning. Follow the Chickadees.

UPDATE: My friend picked up the bird this afternoon. It was huddled under a spruce, partially covered in snow. It died in his hands shortly after. Nature takes its course but it is still sad. The carcass will be sent to the Royal Ontario Museum to be preserved as a study skin.
Dec 12 2017