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Common Redpoll
There were good numbers of these smart little "northern" visiting these public feeders during a rare winter family visit to Ottawa. Although the same species occurs in Europe they rarely get as bright and well marked as some in North America (this individual was particularly eye-catching).- C B Allen
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- acanthis flammea canada common redpoll dewberry trail parking feeder ontario ottawa
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- Category: North America
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Evening Grosbeak
We were lucky enough to see good numbers of these spectacular but rapidly declining finches (including this very smart male) during a rare winter family visit to Ottawa. It was a particularly good winter for Evening Grosbeak in the area with nearly 40 individuals using these feeders.- C B Allen
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- canada coccothraustes vespertinus dewberry trail parking feeder evening grosbeak ontario ottawa
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- Category: North America
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Red-necked Phalarope
One of half a dozen or so juvenile birds seen during my fall 2019 family visit. Normally quite uncommon (rare?) going through Ottawa on migration but this was a particularly good year for them.- C B Allen
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- andrew hayden park (ottawa beach) canada ontario phalaropus lobatus red-necked phalarope
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- Category: North America
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White-breasted Nuthatch
A common bird locally and at this site used to picking up bird seed if you hold some out on your hand. I thin this one from my annual family visit to Canada in fall 2023 was eyeing me up in the hope of getting fed! Very endearing little guys - and keep you entertained when otherwise the...- C B Allen
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- britannia conservation area canada ontario ottalis vetula mccalli sitta carolinensis white-breasted nuthatch
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- Category: North America
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Bonaparte's Gull
Adult in winter plumage. This was the sole Bonaparte's Gull with a large congregation of mostly Ring-billed Gulls and a few American Herring Gulls.- C B Allen
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- andrew hayden park (ottawa beach) bonaparte's gull canada chroicocephalus philadelphia ontario ottawa
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- Category: North America
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Swamp Sparrow
Quite common and widespread sparrow usually favouring wet locations (marshes, wet woodland etc). Quite secretive - more often seen than heard but can sometimes show well.- C B Allen
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- canada melospiza georgiana ontario ottawa swamp sparrow
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- Category: North America
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Eastern Screech-Owl
Red morph - something of a rarity in this part of Ontario (all my previous sightings have been Grey morph). Found during my 2023 fall visit and showed (sometimes with a Grey morph bird) well off and on during the day and evening becoming a very well watched bird by birders, photographers and...- C B Allen
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- canada eastern screech-owl megascops asio ontario
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- Category: North America
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Spotted Sandpiper
Immature. Small numbers noted most days during my regular fall visit to family in Kanata/Ottawa.- C B Allen
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- actitis macularius canada spotted sandpiper
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- Category: North America
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Locations for Raptors/Birds of Prey Southern Ontario
I hope this is the correct medium to ask this. Im located in Southern Ontario (Greater Toronto Area). I haven’t seen so many hawks or raptors during this time of the end of the fall and upcoming early winter. Every day or so I would peek on ebird for recent sightings of birds of prey but I...- OakTreeWatcher
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- canada north amercia toronto
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- Forum: Birds Of Prey
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Barred Owl Portrait
Barred Owl seen on my morning walk- sillyak
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- alberta canada mixed forest strix varia
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- Category: North America
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Great Blue Heron getting ready to strike.jpg
Freeze frame of a video captured while paddling on the Rideau River.- zazybear
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- ardea herodias canada great blue heron ottowa
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- Category: North America
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RBNU Tight.jpg
A tight portrait of an obliging red-breasted nuthatch- sillyak
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- 200-400 f/4 vrii alberta canada nikon z7 rbnu red-breasted nuthatch sitta canadensis
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- Category: North America
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Short-eared Owl on the cold Canadian Prairie- sillyak
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- alberta asio flammeus canada prarire seo "short-eared owl" owl
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- Category: North America
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Great Blue Heron with a Pipefish
I just found time to sort through my photos from a month ago and here I got a surprise When I examined the photos, I found that it was actually holding a live animal ....... I guess it's a pipefish? Seems the heron is about to enjoy its snack :)- Linhan Z
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- canada great blue huron north ameica
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- Category: North America
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Canada, Qc, Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux - Some kind of hawk?
Hello, my family saw a bird of prey on a fence near our cabin for the first time. Usually, we see them above the lake (well, we think it is the type of bird). So we are really curious to identify it. Also, my sister has a small dog that is 8 pounds. We let our dog roam free, should we be more...- just4lol
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- canada hawk
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Female Merlin- sillyak
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- alberta canada merlin
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- Category: North America
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ID please. Pitt Meadows, BC, Canada
Date: June 13, 2020 In the city near my house.- vobler69
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- british columbia canada lower mainland
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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White-breasted Nuthatch doing it's quintessential pose.- sillyak
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- alberta canada sitta carolinensis white-breasted nuthatch
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- Category: North America
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A very wet Rough Legged Hawk, looking for food a few hours before a winter storm is due to roll through.- sillyak
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- alberta buteo lagopus canada rough legged hawk
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- Category: North America
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Spotted Towhee by the sea
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- 1dt british columbia canada pipilo maculatus
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- Category: North America
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Dark-eyed junco
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- british columbia canada dark-eyed junco junco hyemalis park reifel bird sanctuary
- Comments: 4
- Category: North America
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House sparrow
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- british columbia canada garden house sparrow passer domesticus reifel bird sanctuary
- Comments: 4
- Category: North America
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Golden-crowned kinglet
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- british columbia canada golden-crowned kinglet park regulus satrapa reifel bird sanctuary
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- Category: North America
