Swainson's Hawk juvenile
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
Mourning Dove - love the blue eye-ring
I LOVE owls - in case you didn't know : )
Black-necked Stilt (juvenile?) / Himantopus mexica…
American Avocets / Recurvirostra americana
Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
How dare you take a photo of me looking like this?
Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
Sleepy Barn Owl
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
American Avocets
Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Swainson's Hawk watching for its next snack
Black-necked Stilt (juvenile?)
Rufous Hummingbird male / Selasphorus rufus
Two-month-old American Kestrel
Part of a gathering of Ravens
Greater White-fronted Geese / Larus glaucoides
Harlequin Duck / Histrionicus histrionicus
Yellowlegs - Lesser or Greater?
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Day 2, Rondeau PP, Ontario
White-breasted Nuthatch, Day 2, Rondeau PP, Ontari…
Day 2, Tree Swallow, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau Provincial…
Day 2, American Foldfinch, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP Visitor'…
Day 2, White-breasted Nuthatch, Rondeau PP Visitor…
Day 2, Chipping Sparrow, Rondeau PP
Wood Duck male
Great Horned Owl
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak male / Pheucticus lu…
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak male, Rondeau PP
Day 2, a rare sighting for Ontario - a common bird…
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP
Domestic duck, unidentified
Tundra Swans in flight
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
American Dipper dipping
Unidentified domestic Duck
Unknown duck species (domestic)
Time to feed
Mama Turkey (domestic)
Tundra Swans
American Dipper dipping
American Dipper
Great Horned Owl
Licorice Allsorts (candy) eyes
Harlequin Duck male
Yes, it's the American Dipper again
Day 3, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Pt Pelee
Day 3, Northern Parula / Setophaga americana, Pt P…
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor
Day 3, Orchard Oriole, Pt Pelee
Day 3, Philadelphia Vireo / Vireo philadelphicus,…
Day 3, Purple Martins, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Day 3, Cape May Warbler, on way to Hillman Marsh,…
Gobble gobble time for Americans
Day 4, Wild Turkey, Pt Pelee
Day 4, Wild Turkey, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Day 4, Prothonotary Warbler, Point Pelee - ENDANGE…
Day 4, Baltimore Oriole, The Tip, Point Pelee
Broad-winged Hawk
A classic light/intermediate-morph adult Swainson'…
Ferruginous Hawks - now safely grown and gone
Ferruginous Hawk
Enjoying a good meal
Vesper Sparrow
Spruce Grouse / Falcipennis canadensis
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin taking a bath
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin
Downy Woodpecker and American Goldfinch
American Coot
American Goldfinch juvenile / Spinus tristis
American Coot
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker male
Himalayan Monal female
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, adult male
Hard working Dad
Magpie juvenile
A beautiful catch
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
Himalayan monal / Lophophorus impejanus male
Black-crowned Night-heron
Ruddy Duck male
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP
Common Raven at Bow Lake
Tiny spider with a death wish
Purple Martin male
American Goldfinch male
Cedar Waxwing / Bombycilla cedrorum
Purple Martin in its gourd nest box
Purple Martin, Ellis Bird Farm, Alberta
Swainson's Hawk take-off
Clark's Nutcracker / Nucifraga columbiana
American Wigeon
Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow
Hummingbird at feeder
Rufous Hummingbird
Red-winged Blackbird male
Black Tern
Eastern Kingbird
Bluebird bling
Yellow Warbler / Setophaga petechia
Yellow Warbler female, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Great Horned Owlet
Great Horned Owlet
Calliope Hummingbird / Selasphorus calliope
American Goldfinch male, Tadoussac, Quebec
White-throated Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
American Robin, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Wilson's Snipe
Killdeer nest
The beauty of iridescence
That's quite the nest, at Pt Pelee, Ontario
Tree Swallow, Pt Pelee, Ontario
The ubiquitous American Robin, Pt Pelee
Purple Finch male, Tadoussac, Quebec
Chipping Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
Baltimore Oriole, The Tip, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Mourning Dove, Pt. Pelee, Ontario, Canada
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Osprey number 2 / Pandion haliaetus
Wow, it's just after noon and there are only 8 new photos from contacts, with four of them from the same photographer. Something has been different very recently - so little activity.
This was the very first time I had ever visited this particular Osprey nest, though "everyone" else seems to have been : ) The sun came out yesterday, 3 September 2018, but while I was down in the park, some dark clouds came rolling in. Far from good light, but I managed to brighten the shot. Ospreys are such beautiful birds and I was lucky that this one was standing on the nest. It was feeding on something that looked like the remains of a fish. There is so much that I have forgotten about birds, and I should have checked if this was an adult and if they only eat fish before posting the photo. Might have to check later today.
One thing I do know is that I would never have been able to take a photo this close with my trusty old Panasonic FZ200. I have used that make and model for several years and have loved using it. However, it has bothered me, especially the last year and a half, that the optical zoom is only 24x (though I used it on 48x) - just not enough reach for tiny or far away birds. A few months ago, I finally gave in and got a Nikon P900. I have only used it a handful of times, but yesterday afternoon I made up my mind to give it a better try. I don't know where all the birds were, other than two beautiful Osprey! One thing I need to find out as soon as possible is why I couldn't focus on anything that wasn't far away. No problem with distant things, but when I tried to focus say on a wildflower, I could not get the camera to focus. Stood maybe 12-15 feet away and zoomed in and the camera just refused to focus. Tried standing at different distances and nothing worked. A lot to learn, I can tell : )
Hard to believe our very cool temperatures recently! This s morning, 4 September 2018, just after 10:30 am, it is only 6C (windchill 4C). A far cry from the record-breaking 34.6C (or was it 36.4C?) that we had a few weeks ago. It definitely feels and looks like fall has arrived already.
This was the very first time I had ever visited this particular Osprey nest, though "everyone" else seems to have been : ) The sun came out yesterday, 3 September 2018, but while I was down in the park, some dark clouds came rolling in. Far from good light, but I managed to brighten the shot. Ospreys are such beautiful birds and I was lucky that this one was standing on the nest. It was feeding on something that looked like the remains of a fish. There is so much that I have forgotten about birds, and I should have checked if this was an adult and if they only eat fish before posting the photo. Might have to check later today.
One thing I do know is that I would never have been able to take a photo this close with my trusty old Panasonic FZ200. I have used that make and model for several years and have loved using it. However, it has bothered me, especially the last year and a half, that the optical zoom is only 24x (though I used it on 48x) - just not enough reach for tiny or far away birds. A few months ago, I finally gave in and got a Nikon P900. I have only used it a handful of times, but yesterday afternoon I made up my mind to give it a better try. I don't know where all the birds were, other than two beautiful Osprey! One thing I need to find out as soon as possible is why I couldn't focus on anything that wasn't far away. No problem with distant things, but when I tried to focus say on a wildflower, I could not get the camera to focus. Stood maybe 12-15 feet away and zoomed in and the camera just refused to focus. Tried standing at different distances and nothing worked. A lot to learn, I can tell : )
Hard to believe our very cool temperatures recently! This s morning, 4 September 2018, just after 10:30 am, it is only 6C (windchill 4C). A far cry from the record-breaking 34.6C (or was it 36.4C?) that we had a few weeks ago. It definitely feels and looks like fall has arrived already.
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