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Lesser Violetear (34)

Colibri cyanotus

Sue Bishop

Date taken: Feb 13 2023

#Chiraqui Province
#Guadeloupe

Date uploaded: Dec 29 2024

Comments (2):
Brian Morin: Beautiful capture
Chris: Spectacular Sue!

Slaty Flowerpiercer (18)

Diglossa plumbea

Sue Bishop

Panama

Date taken: Feb 13 2023

Details: female

#Chiriqui Province
#Guadeloupe

Date uploaded: Dec 29 2024

Comments (1):
Brian Morin: That worked very well.

Common Rosefinch (3)

Carpodacus erythrinus

Krish

India

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Date taken: Dec 18 2024

Details: male, adult

Date uploaded: Dec 19 2024

Comments (1):
Brian Morin: Nice looking bird

Snowy Owl (217)

Nyctea scandiaca

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Dec 15 2024

Details: male, immature

Ottawa - After a disastrous winter in 2023-4 when the lowest number of Snowy Owls in living memory were present in Ontario, or anywhere in Eastern Canada, this winter has seen a modest recovery, closer to normal. Males are uncommon, even in good years. At the height of the peak, from 2012-19, we only saw 1 male for every 20 females.There may be a few more males this winter.

Date uploaded: Dec 16 2024

Comments (4):
Ahmad Shah: Magnificent capture.
Brian Morin: This was a real treat after seeing three others in recent weeks, all so far away you needed to have the bird identified in the photo. :)

Cackling Goose (10)

Branta hutchinsii

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Dec 13 2024

Cobourg - A few of the smaller Cackling Geese migrate with Canada Geese in the East but the ratio is about 1-25,000 or even less.

Date uploaded: Dec 15 2024

Comments (2):
Ahmad Shah: Great find.
Brian Morin: This was real work. I spent 40 minutes trying to find a couple in a flock of thousands of Canadas on the water that kept moving around. Then getting a decent shot was the next challenge. That took another 15 minutes but it was worth the effort.

Lapland Longspur (18)

Calcarius lapponicus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Details: male, adult, winter plummage

St. Rose-de-Prescott

Date uploaded: Dec 8 2024

Comments (4):
Ahmad Shah: Excellent capture.
Brian Morin: Patience and luck both played a hand with this sighting. We don't get many and last year I had none. The bird only had its head up for a split second but very seldom because it was feeding nonstop.

Olive-backed Pipit (1)

Anthus hodgsoni

Krish

India

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Date taken: Dec 3 2024

Date uploaded: Dec 7 2024

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Red-tailed Hawk (72)

Buteo jamaicensis

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Dec 2 2024

Details: adult

Kingston (Wolfe Island) - A common raptor but it is hard to get good shots of them, especially an adult. I loved the way it was perched, especially showing the tail. It faced away so I called it to get it to look my way. It worked!

Date uploaded: Dec 3 2024

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