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  1. Common Redpoll

    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
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  2. Evening Grosbeak

    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
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  3. Red-necked Phalarope

    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
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  4. White-breasted Nuthatch

    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
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  5. Bonaparte's Gull

    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
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  6. Swamp Sparrow

    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
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  7. Eastern Screech-Owl

    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
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  8. J

    Can not identify Bird Song recorded in Erin Ontario Canada

    On a few occasions I have heard a strange sounding bird call/song coming from deep in my backyard forest. Until this past weekend, I was not able to actually spot this bird but was able to record its' song/call (it's more of a three note call with two variations) with my Iphone, on a couple of...
  9. cw.jpeg

    cw.jpeg

    I have been looking to take a picture of this bird for so long. Finally this morning I saw it elegantly towering on the top of a tree. It was pretty far, but I was super excited. Here you go: Cedar Waxwing, the Diabolik of birds.
    • Ambrox
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    • 12dt bombycilla cedrorum cedar waxwing ontario
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  10. D

    Unknown Owl - Ontario Canada

    Good evening all. I observed this magnificent owl on a hike with my pup this evening near Barrie Ontario Canada. Any ideas what type of owl this? Apologies for the lower quality photos. thanks
  11. T

    Mallard nest help!

    Hello! I am new here and apologize if I am posting in the wrong place. I am trying to find some information on Mallard ducks and their nesting habits. I live in Ontario, Canada. I have had the same hen nest in the same spot in my backyard for at least the past 4 to 5 springs. She has always...
  12. Crow Or Raven?

    Crow Or Raven?

    These 2 fellows came by for an afternoon preen in the Maple tree. Id appreciated as they looked a bit large to bee crows.
  13. Crow Or Raven?

    Crow Or Raven?

    These 2 fellows stopped by for an afternoon preen in the Maple Tree. Id appreciated as they looked a bit large to bee crows.
  14. Crow Or Raven?

    Crow Or Raven?

    These 2 fellows stopped by for an afternoon preen in the Maple Tree. Id appreciated as they looked a bit large to bee crows.
  15. Barred Owl

    Barred Owl

    Watches and listens for any rodent movement below the snow covered field below.
    • JTF
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    • barred owl canada ontario owl owls raptor raptors strix varia
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  16. Great Great Owl At Tommy Thompson Park (aka The Leslie Street Spit)

    Great Great Owl At Tommy Thompson Park (aka The Leslie Street Spit)

    A number of years ago Great Grey Owls came to Tommy Thompson park. Apparently, there was a shortage of food up north that winter and we got lucky. Unfortunately, my first digital camera had a horrible zoom, so this is the best photo I could get.
    • Flicker the Halfling
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    • canada greatgreyowl ontario strix nebulosa toronto
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  17. Squirrel Not Bird

    Squirrel Not Bird

    This is the reason I put the bungee cords over the birdfeeder.
    • Flicker the Halfling
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    • canada eastern gray squirrel easterngreysquirrel ontario sciurus carolinensis
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Wild Mammals
  18. The Secret Beach

    The Secret Beach

    The Secret Beach is the name locals give to this area of the Scarborough Bluffs, on Lake Ontario, in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. (edge of Toronto) Lots of fossils, birds, coyotes, and skinny dippers etc. down there. :)
    • Flicker the Halfling
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    • beach bluffs ontario scarborough secret
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Landscapes
  19. Cormorant Swimming

    Cormorant Swimming

    This photo was taken in May 2016, on Shannon Bay, in Orillia Ontario.
    • Flicker the Halfling
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    • cormorant ontario orillia shannonbay
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  20. The Scarborough Bluffs

    The Scarborough Bluffs

    This is the Scarborough Bluffs, located on the border of Toronto, and Scarborough on Lake Ontario. A great place for fossil hunting. There is a lot of erosion happening to the bluffs unfortunately.
    • Flicker the Halfling
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    • bluffs lake ontario scarborough
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Landscapes
  21. The Rouge Valley

    The Rouge Valley

    This photo was taken in the Rouge Valley in Scarborough, Ontario.
    • Flicker the Halfling
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    • ontario rougevalley scarborough
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Landscapes
  22. Snowy Owl

    Snowy Owl

    Snowy owl taken today on Wolfe Island in southern Ontario, Canada.
    • JTF
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    • canada d7200 nikon ontario owl owls raptor rators
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  23. Tree Swallow

    Tree Swallow

    • bobthebirder
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    • blenheim ontario tachycineta bicolor tree swallow
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  24. Short-billed Dowitcher

    Short-billed Dowitcher

    • bobthebirder
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    • blenheim limnodromus griseus ontario short-billed dowitcher
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  25. Chipping Sparrow

    Chipping Sparrow

    • bobthebirder
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    • chipping sparrow ontario point pelee spizella passerina
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
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