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Dec 25, 2022

Chickadee and suet...

                                                                                                                      Photo by Barry Wallace

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BarrytheBirder

Dec 24, 2022

Snowy Owls spotted on Ravenshoe Sideroad...

Photo by Barrythe Birder
My friend and field naturalist Doreen Hiltz in Holland Landing has reported to me that she and her grandson spotted a pair of Snowy Owls on the Ravenshoe Sideroad in south Keswick this week.  This is perennially a favourite spot for birders to see these wonderful birds.
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Dec 23, 2022

Frosty forager...

                                                                                                    Photos by BarrytheBirder

Black-capped chickadee
(Parus atricapillus)



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Dec 22, 2022

Birds Canada greeting...

                                                                                                        Photo by Maureen Hills-Urbat
Clark's Nutcracker
(Nucifraga columbiana)

This photo illustrated the 2022 holiday message from Patrick Nadeau,
President & CEO of Birds Canada

The Clark's Nutcracker is a large attractive bird (30-33 cm.) with a light gray body and large white patches in its black wings and tail.   It is very distinctive in the mountains of southwest Canada, western U.S.A. and northern Mexico.

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Dec 21, 2022

Snow Bunting...

Photo by BarrytheBirder
SNOW BUNTING
(Plectrophenax nivalis)
Breeds in northern Canada and Alaska and winters south to Ontario and the Carolinas.   Feeds on ground in open country and flocks with other buntings, Horned Larks and Longspurs in winter.   Calls include a sweet tew or tew-eee; a short trill; and a raspy wreent.   Black-and-white wings are conspicuous in flight in both sexes year-round.

Photo: Birds Canada
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Dec 18, 2022

Comox, British Columbia...


Photos by Dave Kemp
Trumpeter Swans
Potato Fields ~Knight Road


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Dec 17, 2022

Art of the carver...

                                                                                                                     Photo by BarrytheBirder

     Western Grebe ~ by Liza Chin
     1987                                                                               Northern Loon - Ron Sadler
                                                                                              1983
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Dec 16, 2022

Pine Siskin ( Carduelis pinus)

Photos by Barry Wallace
The Pine Siskin is one of the northern finches whose winter visits to southern Ontario occur mainly in years when the seed crop has failed in the boreal forest.  Their principal foods are the seeds of hemlocks, alders, birches, and cedars.   They are also fond of salt, and can be found along highways salted to melt snow.   




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Dec 15, 2022

Dave Kemp in the Galapagos...

 

Photos by Dave Kemp
Magnificent Frigatebird
(Fregata magnificens)
The male Magnificent Frigatebird has a brilliant red throat pouch in the breeding season and inflates it to a huge size during courtship.   Females have white breasts while the young have white heads and underparts.


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Dec 14, 2022

Hawk Owl - Schomberg, Ontario

 

Photos by BarrytheBirder




Hawk Owl

gets

lots


of

attention




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Vancouver Island...

Photo by Dave Kemp
sSNOW GEESEs
Chen caerulescens
Breeds on high Arctic tundra - seen in winter in grasslands,
grainfields and coastal wetlands

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Dec 12, 2022

Close Hawk encounter...

 

Photo by BarrytheBirder
A Cooper's Hawk flies in a harassing manner just above a much larger Red-tailed Hawk; a common occurrence when a larger bird gets too close to the nesting sight of a smaller bird.
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Dec 10, 2022

Downey Woodpecker

Photos by BarrytheBirder

This is the smallest, tamest and most abundant of the eastern North American woodpeckers.   It shows up often at suet racks in suburban yards and is frequently seen in parks and roadside trees and shrubbery.   It is a familiar bird along with nuthatches, creepers, juncos and chickadees that gather during fall migration.

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Dec 5, 2022

The Killdeer

Photos by BarrytheBirder
Killdeer
(Charadrius vociferus)
The call of the Killdeer is instantly recognizable: it is loud, piercing, kill-dee or dee-dee-dee!   It nests on open ground, often gravel, and its other notable characteristic is it will feign a broken wing to lead intruders away from its nest.





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Dec 2, 2022

Vancouver Island Rufous Hummingbird...

Photo by Dave Kemp
 Rufous Hummingbird

Dave Kemp has passed along this snowy photo of a Rufous Hummingbird on Vancouver Island.   I'm sure this pretty 'hummer' will be heading down the western coast of the U.S.A. to spend the summer in warmer climes.

Thanks for this photo Dave.

BarrytheBirder

Dec 1, 2022

How many Hummingbird Species?

Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird

                                                                                                        Photo by BarrytheBirder

There are 5 regularly seen species of hummingbirds in Canada:

   RUBY-THROATED Hummingbird 
ANNA'S Hummingbird
 RUFOUS Hummingbird
CALLIOPE Hummingbird
 BLACK-CHINNED Hummingbird
                                          + 5 more rarely seen species

There are 15 regularly seen species of hummingbirds seen in the U.S.A. plus 5 more rarely seen.

Total hummingbirds seen in all of the Americas 
is 365 species.

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BarrytheBirder