African Fish Eagle (7)Haliaeetus vocifer Krish Uganda 📍 Map Date taken: Jul 19 2024 Details: adult Date uploaded: Aug 19 2024 Views: 10 Comments (2): Brian Morin: Great capture. All that is missing is the fish. :)Chris: Agree, just terrific Krish
Yellow-billed Oxpecker (3)Buphagus africanus Krish Uganda 📍 Map Date taken: Jul 19 2024 Date uploaded: Aug 16 2024 Views: 18 Comments (2): Krish: The yellow-billed oxpecker feeds on insects and ticks, earning its name from its behaviour of perching on large mammals and consuming parasitic arthropods. In a single day, it can remove over 100 ticks. While ticks are a significant part of its diet, the oxpecker prefers blood and will peck at wounds on mammals to feed directly. Despite this behaviour, mammals generally tolerate the presence of oxpeckers.Brian Morin: Good shot and neat story
Pileated Woodpecker (108)Dryocopus pileatus Brian Morin Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Date taken: Aug 2 2024 Details: male, adult Algonquin Park - This bird was busy working a small stump only a metre from the ground. Date uploaded: Aug 16 2024 Views: 16 Comments (2): Chris: A great portrait. The lighting is exceptionalBrian Morin: This was luck on all counts. I had heard about this particular bird the day before but didn't know where it was until I tripped over it so to speak. The setting was better than I had imagined and the light was perfect. I actually had to back up to get the shot because I was too close.
Merlin (59)Falco columbarius BobTour Canada (Québec) Date taken: Jul 25 2024 Date uploaded: Aug 13 2024 Views: 9 Comments (1): Chris: Great one Bob…nice moss as an addition
Solitary Sandpiper (33)Tringa solitaria BobTour Canada (Québec) Date taken: Jul 16 2024 Date uploaded: Aug 13 2024 Views: 27 Write comments
Red-tailed Hawk (72)Buteo jamaicensis BobTour Canada (Québec) Went to help my friend do some work at his camp and spotted this little guy on the way back home. Date uploaded: Aug 13 2024 Views: 17 Comments (3): Brian Morin: Your mystery bird is a Red-tailed Hawk.BobTour: thank you Brian for helping on this identication
Saunders's Tern (1)Sterna saundersi Krish Date taken: Aug 11 2024 Details: juvenile, outside normal range This normally pelagic bird (along with a few others) suddenly showed up on the Mumbai City coast affording birders a rare photo opportunity Date uploaded: Aug 13 2024 Views: 30 Write comments
Red-headed Woodpecker (21)Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Near-threatened) Brian Morin Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Date taken: Jul 30 2024 Details: adult Constance Bay (Ottawa) - Regionally rare. I saw an adult only briefly but a juvenile came in a few times. The birds nested nearby. Date uploaded: Aug 5 2024 Views: 18 Comments (2): Chris: You managed to get the red colour well. I have trouble with saturationBrian Morin: I find that red is the hardest colour to properly represent with digital cameras.
Bateleur (74) Krish Uganda 📍 Map Date taken: Jul 20 2024 Details: male, adult Date uploaded: Jul 30 2024 Views: 14 Comments (1): Brian Morin: A striking bird and pose.
Ruddy Turnstone (38)Arenaria interpres Brian Morin Canada (Ontario) 📍 Map Date taken: May 13 2024 Details: adult Wheatley Harbour Date uploaded: Jul 28 2024 Views: 25 Comments (2): Chris: Reminds me of Florida 😊Brian Morin: They were part of a flock of 40+; great to see. One morning after I had left there was a flock of 400+ on the Tip at Pelee. That is highly unusual.
