tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566682396430508442024-03-28T23:28:20.653-04:00BARRY the BIRDERBIRD LIFE LIST NOW AT 425 SPECIESBarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.comBlogger3439125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-49551571489512531362024-03-27T00:00:00.003-04:002024-03-27T15:53:40.696-04:002024 Backyard Bird Count results...<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjaWZgXfS1mkpEpEJh8t2o9b-NpZktHWDQnfCB1SoK8bgk3Vp_1opCRFN8ZTVm8IzFgA-QCkQ_EpEkE2r8KKkDWUM6ha0woY0E_Qc8JPUHffSFkhjnV5ieYYjaa_RHpXYKOiiio9nNOGkvg0sjUdN9S2lOQoSDi64wJrv-vhnkbbRlQFyhnDb-Sc8j-s/s514/Eagle%20and%20sparrow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="406" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjaWZgXfS1mkpEpEJh8t2o9b-NpZktHWDQnfCB1SoK8bgk3Vp_1opCRFN8ZTVm8IzFgA-QCkQ_EpEkE2r8KKkDWUM6ha0woY0E_Qc8JPUHffSFkhjnV5ieYYjaa_RHpXYKOiiio9nNOGkvg0sjUdN9S2lOQoSDi64wJrv-vhnkbbRlQFyhnDb-Sc8j-s/w506-h640/Eagle%20and%20sparrow.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Photo by Bill Klouw </b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>7,920 SPECIES IDENTIFIED</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>201 countries or sub-regions</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>384,416 ebird checklists</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>164,740 photos, videos and sounds recorded</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>642,000 estimated global participants</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>The 2024 Backyard Bird Count was conducted by the</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Cornell Lab, Audubon and Birds Canada.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>Go to 2024 Great Backyard Bird Count for more results</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Please comment if you wish.</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica;">BarrytheBirder</span></p><p></p>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-26158922162080759122024-03-26T00:00:00.014-04:002024-03-26T14:44:50.925-04:00Time to think of Pont Pelee...<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nONZoet0pCBdInBqEzwMiBAZmckecDr2G28kngqglthnaOqqIu35dGVQ31JFgLVkLnLq-Rfo1HXfkTBm604PL9nIjSkG-YTaTrg80Mf5CV0hpxP9IrvhrUefhKBw0bOS0WBf1o2m2TK4WUZwEQ37IL0bYsBcpBoANzEX0WvAb3N9dQ9EOmBFJeYoF6I/s1231/1R8A0850%20My%20Favorite%20Common%20Yellowthroat.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1231" data-original-width="1014" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nONZoet0pCBdInBqEzwMiBAZmckecDr2G28kngqglthnaOqqIu35dGVQ31JFgLVkLnLq-Rfo1HXfkTBm604PL9nIjSkG-YTaTrg80Mf5CV0hpxP9IrvhrUefhKBw0bOS0WBf1o2m2TK4WUZwEQ37IL0bYsBcpBoANzEX0WvAb3N9dQ9EOmBFJeYoF6I/w330-h400/1R8A0850%20My%20Favorite%20Common%20Yellowthroat.JPG" width="330" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Common Yellowthroat</i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photo by BarrytheBirder</span></b></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: x-large;"><b>S</b></span><span style="font-size: large;">pring migration of W</span><span style="font-size: large;">arbler species at Point Pelee, Ontario, is a must-see for most birders in this part of the world. I believe 42 species have been seen there and the one-day record is 34 species, set in 1979, but which may have been surpassed last year. The Point Pelee Checklist has 42 species on it of which 36 species are seen in most years. </span></span> </div></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">However it is felt that only four regularly breeding warblers are found at Pelee: Yellow Warbler, American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, and Red-breasted Chat.</span></span></div></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Point Pelee is a <i>'rite of passage' </i>for birders in Ontario. Best wishes if it is on your spring schedule</span></span> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">this year</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p></blockquote><p> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Please comment if you wish.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="color: #f1c232; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;"> </i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: helvetica;">BarrytheBirder</span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p></blockquote>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-17810085782391001382024-03-24T00:00:00.046-04:002024-03-24T18:49:09.478-04:00Another Turkey Vulture spotted... <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFUxpawUuOC8WHTKMP3ZKEmH2gxIWadpR2Kjzr4FEDar7AAC5BxX435FVSLLhMs4S0dgkfLfV0w-nHXp69QR3bYvf9myggL4zpsPjUqF_MNa3ew1HWDzeog3N_8MMVkhRAdhhvJAPrqThS49a71KhdDqBKn3_qW3mWRJOmyE2bZ7tLlAG5pZ2Tz7z1so/s694/1R8A2597%20Turkey%20Vuture%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="694" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFUxpawUuOC8WHTKMP3ZKEmH2gxIWadpR2Kjzr4FEDar7AAC5BxX435FVSLLhMs4S0dgkfLfV0w-nHXp69QR3bYvf9myggL4zpsPjUqF_MNa3ew1HWDzeog3N_8MMVkhRAdhhvJAPrqThS49a71KhdDqBKn3_qW3mWRJOmyE2bZ7tLlAG5pZ2Tz7z1so/w640-h550/1R8A2597%20Turkey%20Vuture%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Photo by BarrytheBirder</b></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Abril Fatface; font-size: x-large;">Turkey Vulture</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Cathartes aura</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span><span style="font-size: medium;">t's been two weeks since I saw my first Turkey Vulture of 2024, but a second one has now appeared over the forest of the Oak Ridges Moraine, in south Aurora. This bird species has expanded both its winter and summer ranges northward. It feeds mostly on carrion and refuse. It is 25" (69cm) long and has a wingspan of 69" (175cm) and is noticeably smaller the a Bald Eagle. The sighting was on the west side of Yonge Street, opposite the Aurora Cemetery, over Delmanor Retirement Residence.</span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Please comment if you wish.</i></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">BarrytheBirder</span></span></p>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-76917915701010407522024-03-24T00:00:00.045-04:002024-03-24T16:21:44.014-04:00King Township declares its official bird...<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvx0x82YvKFx7_Xexr8VpjXvCOe8btPD1zd3kR6maNPGNxgA-MEpkPFNd0PcvWwuSudijKrjLK7NophfcB5AIsu3u0-Cz9ltiiuRBGbNY6CH65aKZfVC02XYMpSAV1GXE8KWmxn3yolNmqnqXZZQV2MgOAJ8uz6tlkpgy-vD4pfE9qi0MzByJs3BTr9k/s1668/DSC_0035%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="1471" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvx0x82YvKFx7_Xexr8VpjXvCOe8btPD1zd3kR6maNPGNxgA-MEpkPFNd0PcvWwuSudijKrjLK7NophfcB5AIsu3u0-Cz9ltiiuRBGbNY6CH65aKZfVC02XYMpSAV1GXE8KWmxn3yolNmqnqXZZQV2MgOAJ8uz6tlkpgy-vD4pfE9qi0MzByJs3BTr9k/w564-h640/DSC_0035%20(2).JPG" width="564" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Photos by BarrytheBirder</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0w3fca0jN7Mq17WPnpxLQGVjkRJ9tSdYXBnCyCqz5Fi7w_43GdLLJERQ8ICLyRlqndqZu6AyAAjGodWGKjyMpLdHUJYvTUy8ZhIOY0qk25Z99aEWBoi60WNHjHj9hzqmV3qvAjlwrrlogZKuMKrAZENh4uyGRieweWJWrTgAnuiIDHu7O6tEkyj6EPw/s2617/DSC_0027%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="2617" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0w3fca0jN7Mq17WPnpxLQGVjkRJ9tSdYXBnCyCqz5Fi7w_43GdLLJERQ8ICLyRlqndqZu6AyAAjGodWGKjyMpLdHUJYvTUy8ZhIOY0qk25Z99aEWBoi60WNHjHj9hzqmV3qvAjlwrrlogZKuMKrAZENh4uyGRieweWJWrTgAnuiIDHu7O6tEkyj6EPw/w400-h398/DSC_0027%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Meet King Township's official bird</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>The Black-capped Chickadee</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">he Black-capped Chickadee has been chosen as King Township's official bird after five months of voting last year and over 230 entries, beating out the American Robin, the Cooper's Hawk, the Northern Cardinal and the Pine Warbler. King was named a certified Bird Friendly City, the 19th in Canada, in March of last year by Nature Canada. 2024 will feature some exciting bird initiatives and contests this year featuring the Black-capped Chickadee. The naming contest was launched on World Migratory Bird Day on May 13 of last year and closed on October 6.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5Ygav3Ip8gSKp4vFIkMmTXzg3CHkS8Vba_PeUxFbCjTwM4hc_q5eUEqJupq_9RhoKnr2Nij0tlxTuFkOmJsI31_X_qf_MEGY9tPk2H0CsO5S9QmXN3C6o3uTgjZjkQnPV3CsyUl-9w8jZXeNxnrs0zle0UGxyxxINIp5LuqqOyuk-ikT05JQaI1ZphQ/s2679/DSC_0056%20(4)%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2679" data-original-width="2328" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5Ygav3Ip8gSKp4vFIkMmTXzg3CHkS8Vba_PeUxFbCjTwM4hc_q5eUEqJupq_9RhoKnr2Nij0tlxTuFkOmJsI31_X_qf_MEGY9tPk2H0CsO5S9QmXN3C6o3uTgjZjkQnPV3CsyUl-9w8jZXeNxnrs0zle0UGxyxxINIp5LuqqOyuk-ikT05JQaI1ZphQ/w556-h640/DSC_0056%20(4)%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="556" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidX0-kDRooUjR5i2B7Egc-azPWa25fRlyl9eJJfdppjRDvUaSr7oR3WyJo4JC4XYPj6wv8ZG_MXAQydBChCn1qOnIhzuBGsKKfqj0zVRXC3GZbaFbiDTN51erTtwbRNtcK4DCjiDfh_PLRzlXqLZ7_FmQ1a6USCqFonbK-hyrEXiaHIduG77kTtKwoThc/s1231/ChickadeeBack%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1231" data-original-width="1078" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidX0-kDRooUjR5i2B7Egc-azPWa25fRlyl9eJJfdppjRDvUaSr7oR3WyJo4JC4XYPj6wv8ZG_MXAQydBChCn1qOnIhzuBGsKKfqj0zVRXC3GZbaFbiDTN51erTtwbRNtcK4DCjiDfh_PLRzlXqLZ7_FmQ1a6USCqFonbK-hyrEXiaHIduG77kTtKwoThc/s320/ChickadeeBack%20(2).JPG" width="280" /></a></div><b style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>Please </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>comment</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>if you wish.</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">BarrytheBirder</span></div></div><p></p>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-64273630647249527182024-03-20T00:00:00.015-04:002024-03-20T13:46:47.645-04:00INSTANT URBAN LEGEND!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUoZ9bZVOr0FUVnGF6I8MVUbu368OhWVzSsqOqdPK1lLcuqKpzwbQ7qXAxcpc-selO29NiRH76VM1afarwgzE835zp1a71xW9ZML7-dUwrOCHxHKnOb52P8EzwQ2hzv6uOXPYjO5THXsn7omkaF-GJeo0aCC5CaXEcRF49XozD7CLHW7f6Q6sNRt4gazU/s2233/DSC_0069.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2233" data-original-width="1175" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUoZ9bZVOr0FUVnGF6I8MVUbu368OhWVzSsqOqdPK1lLcuqKpzwbQ7qXAxcpc-selO29NiRH76VM1afarwgzE835zp1a71xW9ZML7-dUwrOCHxHKnOb52P8EzwQ2hzv6uOXPYjO5THXsn7omkaF-GJeo0aCC5CaXEcRF49XozD7CLHW7f6Q6sNRt4gazU/w336-h640/DSC_0069.JPG" width="336" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;"><b>Photos by BarrytheBirder</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Fontdiner Swanky; font-size: x-large;">SWAINSON'S HAWK</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Buteo swainsoni</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">he Swainson's Hawk, pictured here, has been spotted by many people in Aurora for several days recently, in the neighbourhood of the Delmanor Retirement Residence, on Yonge Street opposite the Aurora Cemetery. This hawk normally nests on plains and prairies in western Canada and the United States and is a very </span><u><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">rare</span></i></u></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">spring, and primarily, fall migrant in eastern North America. It winters chiefly in South America and rarely in southern Florida and south Texas. </span></b></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDZt2k2wc_OoIAgifYyAHYAOu9jCPZ9a6fgvrN7alZtXyY4ssVahW0HPImo4YvmdQ-6EUHJ2CVRK0qCTMFxqsuOBK9goO1A-onfqh7aWG37qWsQpmr2O1HJym26P33T6PQg1SdB_z7geMK9xQ_P1aqga5WVBlbC8SOhMYkM7qLk8srn1xUShPJKTt3yQ/s2017/DSC_0068.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2017" data-original-width="1264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDZt2k2wc_OoIAgifYyAHYAOu9jCPZ9a6fgvrN7alZtXyY4ssVahW0HPImo4YvmdQ-6EUHJ2CVRK0qCTMFxqsuOBK9goO1A-onfqh7aWG37qWsQpmr2O1HJym26P33T6PQg1SdB_z7geMK9xQ_P1aqga5WVBlbC8SOhMYkM7qLk8srn1xUShPJKTt3yQ/w402-h640/DSC_0068.JPG" width="402" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>It is distinguished from most other buteo hawks by long narrow, pointed wings. All but the darkest of these birds show contrast between paler wing linings and dark flight feathers (quite notable in these photos). It is 21" long with a wingspan of 52" and is quite close in size to local Red-tailed Hawks. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGvirZELOtQe5U65jnGegKv4-p41A4UxTzHNqB3f57qjNCaoAoAlJvtKchMg7NdJPqs4AgXnRMKGfkGKJto3sn8BQsrxZnq061rtiCSdJh4oV8sQ6EDRckRlRub4hoAsql5svp1ry7K0Lxl0c-HcEN3LsxaWNeKRh4d0xltjckBcEfut5o744543mYnM/s1454/DSC_0058.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="916" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGvirZELOtQe5U65jnGegKv4-p41A4UxTzHNqB3f57qjNCaoAoAlJvtKchMg7NdJPqs4AgXnRMKGfkGKJto3sn8BQsrxZnq061rtiCSdJh4oV8sQ6EDRckRlRub4hoAsql5svp1ry7K0Lxl0c-HcEN3LsxaWNeKRh4d0xltjckBcEfut5o744543mYnM/w404-h640/DSC_0058.JPG" width="404" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbheB7itbIhRSXUQXl83snhsftKbdo2_v7AAqGo9jMi8sHj0lpw1V-AaCAyU5zyJOqNWQP7-ur1TzMkWKB5k2EPhEsT5VJoFG7xSjx7-81tDbj8uAdc74d_ahIIaErj6dRvhQpIKQrqloVOq0J9BOiVD6VvRYF6syI9kRvdjAkRHvJal2g1O94Z_R8jGM/s1778/DSC_0057.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1778" data-original-width="956" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbheB7itbIhRSXUQXl83snhsftKbdo2_v7AAqGo9jMi8sHj0lpw1V-AaCAyU5zyJOqNWQP7-ur1TzMkWKB5k2EPhEsT5VJoFG7xSjx7-81tDbj8uAdc74d_ahIIaErj6dRvhQpIKQrqloVOq0J9BOiVD6VvRYF6syI9kRvdjAkRHvJal2g1O94Z_R8jGM/w344-h640/DSC_0057.JPG" width="344" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Please comment if you wish.</i></b></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: helvetica;">BarrytheBirder</span></span></div>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-69661924111412642492024-03-14T00:00:00.000-04:002024-03-14T15:02:02.812-04:00New photos from Dave Kemp on Vancouver Island...<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCmV3i3PBW07xFk7XLfDCQQlcFBH5edqj5reUYTP9I77BOTXoXfmWGupv3euys5o8rFQU9s5bikA3RrHf6ZfQ02Qvua1QNPivs4yuoUD6cGrTrKwb4kWnLfE0aJsdrlLqGVART3L_0yXRBkHGvscuv9JSa6F8ol4FToJz6a5bjWJgpffHklzWTBXb8Dk/s908/Rail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="908" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCmV3i3PBW07xFk7XLfDCQQlcFBH5edqj5reUYTP9I77BOTXoXfmWGupv3euys5o8rFQU9s5bikA3RrHf6ZfQ02Qvua1QNPivs4yuoUD6cGrTrKwb4kWnLfE0aJsdrlLqGVART3L_0yXRBkHGvscuv9JSa6F8ol4FToJz6a5bjWJgpffHklzWTBXb8Dk/w640-h570/Rail.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>CLAPPER RAIL</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e69138; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYP3nw6LIx3C-bZAJuNgIaE_mfRB-oNQhPWoSb3YEV2u59BiW-xb9eYe7_xa4ClP9wLURaI7HYnFwixr1VWwHOhT9IsY0gq1rztgYrwP_tSl8OtrIQtWZjGTQKvENeq17R6moGdiY-ErSTY5wc0ToVO7yxqnV3rm7UtmgBSrYctGWd3qetVUoQD0OUq5g/s1355/Duck.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1355" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYP3nw6LIx3C-bZAJuNgIaE_mfRB-oNQhPWoSb3YEV2u59BiW-xb9eYe7_xa4ClP9wLURaI7HYnFwixr1VWwHOhT9IsY0gq1rztgYrwP_tSl8OtrIQtWZjGTQKvENeq17R6moGdiY-ErSTY5wc0ToVO7yxqnV3rm7UtmgBSrYctGWd3qetVUoQD0OUq5g/w640-h536/Duck.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #660000;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="color: #660000;">CINNAMON TEAL</span></b></div></span></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqCgjKwmkyiFci9T77ppscS5ZbwvaVntDy3qmnQsLYQi4nEViEMNybGr0eGBJVeP8WQHgDz4lfAv8wluibgR_bBvmp4FqdgGLuN-2WIN0I7-OHlzRKlacwEPrx1enyHP_me_N727_5Q6YnIWmCYDzpk8RmF3fa7-lfYqv-aDBK9H3IVYqU2E2udCGwNE/s1609/Brant%20Geese.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1609" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqCgjKwmkyiFci9T77ppscS5ZbwvaVntDy3qmnQsLYQi4nEViEMNybGr0eGBJVeP8WQHgDz4lfAv8wluibgR_bBvmp4FqdgGLuN-2WIN0I7-OHlzRKlacwEPrx1enyHP_me_N727_5Q6YnIWmCYDzpk8RmF3fa7-lfYqv-aDBK9H3IVYqU2E2udCGwNE/w640-h336/Brant%20Geese.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>BRANT GEESE</b></div></b></span><div><i><span style="font-size: large;">Please comment if you wish.</span></i></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">BarrytheBirder</span></div>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-38948392587712185062024-03-13T00:00:00.003-04:002024-03-13T18:57:54.363-04:00Red-winged Blackbirds are back...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9VRwsno5BtJ5wc7m6L3Jjo_DotANx_1cCUtK4_H838kx9wLS5AHi4e05t0XpeLpT4k_IE5LU905IBodTMsxyC3QawaF2loKJrQM2o-gFgyxASloMzw3-vOjZY8I0f4arRoMgTz4ABFje343YGNOMdf-l5VTO625pE8Fhcl4q3VTESGpYDX7vgBycWbM/s893/Red%20winged%20Blackbird%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="880" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9VRwsno5BtJ5wc7m6L3Jjo_DotANx_1cCUtK4_H838kx9wLS5AHi4e05t0XpeLpT4k_IE5LU905IBodTMsxyC3QawaF2loKJrQM2o-gFgyxASloMzw3-vOjZY8I0f4arRoMgTz4ABFje343YGNOMdf-l5VTO625pE8Fhcl4q3VTESGpYDX7vgBycWbM/w630-h640/Red%20winged%20Blackbird%20(3).JPG" width="630" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Photo by BarrytheBirder</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">R</span><span style="font-size: large;">ed-winged Blackbirds have suddenly arrived throughout the King Township and Town of Aurora areas. What a welcome sight and sound.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Please comment if you wish.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">BarrytheBirder</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></div><p></p>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-59493812293681368052024-03-09T00:00:00.083-05:002024-03-09T19:28:06.052-05:00Early spring birds...<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieh3nAeVRfg_YtwZrKOER06KGJUALa1rduUOerWJVHs_TJs5a-yV6tqRE_o5beCLKo9zngZkFkkuIhGKYMZSNRTL38x3XH1JW1ClAxBcTbIGOxcwzAJ8wyYSucL3WUvlZBGFNS2u3obKlvl4BT5_Fb2cAyRyWTgJ0ij_ucjbBwXqJ-XgQccxr4jJe8A9w/s1111/DSC_0138%20(7).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="1037" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieh3nAeVRfg_YtwZrKOER06KGJUALa1rduUOerWJVHs_TJs5a-yV6tqRE_o5beCLKo9zngZkFkkuIhGKYMZSNRTL38x3XH1JW1ClAxBcTbIGOxcwzAJ8wyYSucL3WUvlZBGFNS2u3obKlvl4BT5_Fb2cAyRyWTgJ0ij_ucjbBwXqJ-XgQccxr4jJe8A9w/w598-h640/DSC_0138%20(7).JPG" width="598" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Photos by BarrytheBirder</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Turkey Vulture</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6Mzh3jzKYiIFi5suCsYxdob_MrPoZBHVR2ZMuG0V2iYABhxXCYQmlXFcXaQl72TKtAUKQd7swc9gddwXZ5cuglVH65kkf7helXyOvjK9asRWDMmXcuraordxKKwm2C1kReLyhqiWEjPIu-WHh9Upf83Nvcnw_adkuYnTChhlnDH31FR77Cw4ujNjNTE/s2492/DSC_0021%20(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2492" data-original-width="2264" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6Mzh3jzKYiIFi5suCsYxdob_MrPoZBHVR2ZMuG0V2iYABhxXCYQmlXFcXaQl72TKtAUKQd7swc9gddwXZ5cuglVH65kkf7helXyOvjK9asRWDMmXcuraordxKKwm2C1kReLyhqiWEjPIu-WHh9Upf83Nvcnw_adkuYnTChhlnDH31FR77Cw4ujNjNTE/w364-h400/DSC_0021%20(3).JPG" width="364" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>American Robin</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">M</span><span style="font-size: medium;">y lady friend Pat and I spotted two early spring species this past Thursday.</span></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i><b>One was a Turkey Vulture soaring high above Delmanor Retirement Residence in Aurora. We also spotted two robins on the ground around Delmanor. Robin sightings are being reported all over southern Ontario these days.. Winter has almost disappeared and we are expecting temperatures next week between 10 and 15C. Winter seems to have been almost non-existent temperature-wise with scant snow in the upper part of the greater Toronto area. What else will an early spring bring?</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia;">Please comment if you wish.</span></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #999999;">BarrytheBirder</span><i style="font-size: large;"> </i></span></div><br /> <p></p>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-42946479059345335492024-03-07T00:00:00.003-05:002024-03-07T15:22:55.440-05:00Some Great Blue Herons winter on B.C.'s west coast....<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtO2L7nI480Wl2ALjSqyxOTCza2j_unbp07ESh7nWVeIFhE-pC9f8SEuPcmKLt1llLmolLCe2RSkqyzLPzhM3yTU___kAm6quDWAgU7N6iRoSGQOMRx5J9gPPv9adVGZOTT7PcyTWXMiO6Py8SEiuahfrQopDu_9LkPeczMxObgf_UyOOqCAzdGdaOeGQ/s1063/GreatBlueKemp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1063" data-original-width="822" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtO2L7nI480Wl2ALjSqyxOTCza2j_unbp07ESh7nWVeIFhE-pC9f8SEuPcmKLt1llLmolLCe2RSkqyzLPzhM3yTU___kAm6quDWAgU7N6iRoSGQOMRx5J9gPPv9adVGZOTT7PcyTWXMiO6Py8SEiuahfrQopDu_9LkPeczMxObgf_UyOOqCAzdGdaOeGQ/w494-h640/GreatBlueKemp.jpg" width="494" /></a></p> <span style="color: #073763;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Photo by Dave Kemp</b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: x-large;">G</span></b><span style="font-size: large;">reat Blue Herons are found across Canada in summer but a few thousand stay on British Columbia's west coast in winter. The one pictured above was seen recently on southern Vancouver Island. It was photographed by B.C. photographer and naturalist Dave Kemp whose photos I regularly share in this blog space. The number of Great Blues that winter in lower B.C. and thought to number in the low thousands.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #45818e; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Please comment if you wish.</i></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">BarrytheBirder</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-24649807227270917002024-03-04T00:00:00.001-05:002024-03-04T11:15:54.355-05:00King City ...<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPQppp1bzgywy-RAtKIh-BbVH6Pw42QKcT2bTHrgqblQiQN2J0HuzVHPsrdguUn_35Gw8J74yIsz0c7z0502d5UEV7JjM4sZTqYHv6GXvHllIDbQPzuxQ2MtYAsYSyBXvI78aFTwOkWJuJE4nngw5Z9WcRzyOsbs9aNhjjnSqF-0svbspYYWM32fQsso/s3681/DSC_1166_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="3681" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPQppp1bzgywy-RAtKIh-BbVH6Pw42QKcT2bTHrgqblQiQN2J0HuzVHPsrdguUn_35Gw8J74yIsz0c7z0502d5UEV7JjM4sZTqYHv6GXvHllIDbQPzuxQ2MtYAsYSyBXvI78aFTwOkWJuJE4nngw5Z9WcRzyOsbs9aNhjjnSqF-0svbspYYWM32fQsso/w640-h432/DSC_1166_01.JPG" width="640" /></a><b style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: right;">Photos by BarrytheBirder</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Feeders full of Redpolls</span></b></div><p></p><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33TzMT_XtEslbGQuuBPqDfzIagb0DbDCCGNnih0SWT9ZUORAaCw_pEQaNdrgHhg1aYziAEQAMvmhV4jgZ8-e0M1BC8gAEGFjZmbUMEdCKd_297IZJOD6eS1OtFVRiZ7p1JOzUJlBDNUZOuiSovp9XB3Wh2F7fjK2eltnwM5955vDuBovSMcqLoLapArM/s1179/Redpoll10%20(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1179" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33TzMT_XtEslbGQuuBPqDfzIagb0DbDCCGNnih0SWT9ZUORAaCw_pEQaNdrgHhg1aYziAEQAMvmhV4jgZ8-e0M1BC8gAEGFjZmbUMEdCKd_297IZJOD6eS1OtFVRiZ7p1JOzUJlBDNUZOuiSovp9XB3Wh2F7fjK2eltnwM5955vDuBovSMcqLoLapArM/w640-h482/Redpoll10%20(3).JPG" width="640" /></a></div></span></b><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Please comment if you wish.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">BarrytheBirder</span></div></div><p></p>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-90460957685996621452024-03-01T00:00:00.001-05:002024-03-01T15:18:49.474-05:00Perfect photo...<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuqGPR-FecdwIJUKxFlVAWtjI1sW7UpORb871yBFksOCTNX2p0AUn8-mnEKT1BDCsYR4glMDCq8mUalJzW40WdcgsyHxsGpfwj5jhyphenhyphenVIBfcFn_AdQ1M6T61T9szYLEUrptsHHOzFBLEa7lAUlw4zy1-uqjXYhGxWB2bSaUgSC63S-RUN1wNzXWuPTNts/s1800/Hooded%20Merganser%20female%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1656" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuqGPR-FecdwIJUKxFlVAWtjI1sW7UpORb871yBFksOCTNX2p0AUn8-mnEKT1BDCsYR4glMDCq8mUalJzW40WdcgsyHxsGpfwj5jhyphenhyphenVIBfcFn_AdQ1M6T61T9szYLEUrptsHHOzFBLEa7lAUlw4zy1-uqjXYhGxWB2bSaUgSC63S-RUN1wNzXWuPTNts/w588-h640/Hooded%20Merganser%20female%20(2).JPG" width="588" /></a><b style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: right;">Photographer Unknown</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">Hooded Merganser (female)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">I</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"> don't remember how or where I came across this wonderful photograph of a landing female Common Merganser, but I think its one of the best duck photos I have ever seen of </span></b><b style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">a waterfowl making a perfect landing. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Please comment if you wish. </i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">BarrytheBirder</span></span></div><p></p>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-18907114903165384752024-02-29T14:27:00.012-05:002024-03-01T11:44:48.229-05:00Spring just around the corner on lower Vancouver Island...<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYSZSHONQ315p-fOwpu4zsfWh3Y0SI2w4ncxrhRAwBOoG8YwqnBcKnhwKL9zbXEVdrhyphenhyphenb6xoSowipLjwCI7oS0soGT7Gaygh5WEKgbCsLR03RGjE2InarcAnF28FFEHZNmsnoaPwBeuQmE5VSsTtbVk1P2gMDcUR4I9-1uXmQrq0FJC3hmcMKet6_01o/s821/thumbnail%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="821" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYSZSHONQ315p-fOwpu4zsfWh3Y0SI2w4ncxrhRAwBOoG8YwqnBcKnhwKL9zbXEVdrhyphenhyphenb6xoSowipLjwCI7oS0soGT7Gaygh5WEKgbCsLR03RGjE2InarcAnF28FFEHZNmsnoaPwBeuQmE5VSsTtbVk1P2gMDcUR4I9-1uXmQrq0FJC3hmcMKet6_01o/w640-h432/thumbnail%20(4).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; text-align: center;"><b>Photos by Dave Kemp</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Black Turnstone</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHE-b4ZhSnrY8IaF2Fyx_gV4QaSWmQJCZNTQO_BqOv64fhZ-jts2emACbSfWzeUzADQiTC8d22hKooUmcp6pmBLmu3Qe8fj7-4wJnMIvnmN7L6FDgNXMZ7kw0hp5oWVfcgEgrBEBJptkM8666ymi1dsQ5XdJl-kNHWAeWpN4Ecv96fqNstdzsDOHKvvQ/s678/thumbnail%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="678" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHE-b4ZhSnrY8IaF2Fyx_gV4QaSWmQJCZNTQO_BqOv64fhZ-jts2emACbSfWzeUzADQiTC8d22hKooUmcp6pmBLmu3Qe8fj7-4wJnMIvnmN7L6FDgNXMZ7kw0hp5oWVfcgEgrBEBJptkM8666ymi1dsQ5XdJl-kNHWAeWpN4Ecv96fqNstdzsDOHKvvQ/w640-h562/thumbnail%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxcAZEaa1pDekiaAtzRUP9IcJq9FCuD0AcbZWHNK4cxaOJN1Ck1v3QHcddTIITvi6Ys1vZpU4TVXt_QR_1oixVAKD6EzzzMDXqdB9h2hJQhK85GIRi7rVbO61aowYx1p_4sylYx6RRpdJc9_2cswZ0W5LH8jHFzcDadXiz71fIRd1H1n_wEaNGAaAuHM/s587/thumbnail%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="587" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxcAZEaa1pDekiaAtzRUP9IcJq9FCuD0AcbZWHNK4cxaOJN1Ck1v3QHcddTIITvi6Ys1vZpU4TVXt_QR_1oixVAKD6EzzzMDXqdB9h2hJQhK85GIRi7rVbO61aowYx1p_4sylYx6RRpdJc9_2cswZ0W5LH8jHFzcDadXiz71fIRd1H1n_wEaNGAaAuHM/w640-h626/thumbnail%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Please comment if you wish.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">BarrytheBirder</span></div></div>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-81632956562178977942024-02-27T00:00:00.035-05:002024-02-27T00:00:00.131-05:00Female Mallard Ducks <p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlJs3EUJoDHnrQnWYz4z29uB07tI0xn4zglmQ1kpBuXWdxTHDAYiSbewfN3MV_PZnB9xRTqpXph4WphWHecl37pznY0p6zpAHze55lKTW_EFrF53xb5BByq4_Hw1oRZCSBIXI0GCkeBF98rC5edchGSnRvOZPclW_EZEzs73kMskZ8KtZ9xzsL7bD4is/s3116/DSC_0015%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2864" data-original-width="3116" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlJs3EUJoDHnrQnWYz4z29uB07tI0xn4zglmQ1kpBuXWdxTHDAYiSbewfN3MV_PZnB9xRTqpXph4WphWHecl37pznY0p6zpAHze55lKTW_EFrF53xb5BByq4_Hw1oRZCSBIXI0GCkeBF98rC5edchGSnRvOZPclW_EZEzs73kMskZ8KtZ9xzsL7bD4is/w640-h588/DSC_0015%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></p><span style="color: #999999; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Photos by BarrytheBirder</i></b></div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_WdvEQGFiBhYUYmdUZzvcnNgscdMEPLir9D1P7t8KwCJ5dMn3OjaJGjt914WF7aZeHu51x1OOzk5v_dLSr7pkhAMu1xM87MJ2YOq45QlXoBcqqF29eWY3ld-CO7izANjXvgvZ30rdJSK_8d8tKQKsCMDr4MG7VolC3oAAWjUsf_WYmZNld-xVsDLH9E/s4091/DSC_0011%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3203" data-original-width="4091" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_WdvEQGFiBhYUYmdUZzvcnNgscdMEPLir9D1P7t8KwCJ5dMn3OjaJGjt914WF7aZeHu51x1OOzk5v_dLSr7pkhAMu1xM87MJ2YOq45QlXoBcqqF29eWY3ld-CO7izANjXvgvZ30rdJSK_8d8tKQKsCMDr4MG7VolC3oAAWjUsf_WYmZNld-xVsDLH9E/w640-h502/DSC_0011%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofdN8jrmVfodg8dm9NfzvlQ4XDL2tB0ijRFh5bwCduQTb4mqeqx6w3Yy8onVMtkhiPvVL6tJPY69FBDa8JoosgxaFiWwCW-qjYcLaaexiWj_-ypY07E6caTGO55GsJwI3Ok51LoT7VdZRoc13pEDEdMTOFcJWmV4tkvaLkhlslXeszy5PjKemEnAEoq0/s4500/DSC_0033%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4500" data-original-width="3670" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofdN8jrmVfodg8dm9NfzvlQ4XDL2tB0ijRFh5bwCduQTb4mqeqx6w3Yy8onVMtkhiPvVL6tJPY69FBDa8JoosgxaFiWwCW-qjYcLaaexiWj_-ypY07E6caTGO55GsJwI3Ok51LoT7VdZRoc13pEDEdMTOFcJWmV4tkvaLkhlslXeszy5PjKemEnAEoq0/w522-h640/DSC_0033%20(2).JPG" width="522" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEv8qbtLQ0nSUSw3uLbH6BIkb2zHPWmrgBgNtrQ6Jva4YtTJZIqNstSNZdJ-uR0qkZEutkiTfjAHg7Cyg32aFBt7NoKrQxhWrJlSM_WENa1NXlvWKWtA_tWOGMXjA2U1evM3IvZvzSvDT-ZZlM2aYjpgrPxchqS-ZwzBMZyDMirzDObgjBntmZ4BkaI4w/s1912/DSC_0111%20(4).JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1849" data-original-width="1912" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEv8qbtLQ0nSUSw3uLbH6BIkb2zHPWmrgBgNtrQ6Jva4YtTJZIqNstSNZdJ-uR0qkZEutkiTfjAHg7Cyg32aFBt7NoKrQxhWrJlSM_WENa1NXlvWKWtA_tWOGMXjA2U1evM3IvZvzSvDT-ZZlM2aYjpgrPxchqS-ZwzBMZyDMirzDObgjBntmZ4BkaI4w/w400-h386/DSC_0111%20(4).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Merriweather;"><b><i><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Please</span></i></b></span><div><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><b><i>comment</i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;"><b><i>if you wish.</i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Architects Daughter; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Architects Daughter; font-size: large;"><i>Barry the Birder</i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-86196165699696792802024-02-26T00:00:00.009-05:002024-02-26T11:19:13.868-05:00So far, It's a short winter in southern Ontario<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpyw_3kcPdOGHhXBHwDJPed3CnQFmm-o22267e5xqE19QUL66i4Dl-ru_9tZ2kZfkF-mwHwwwa6XR3abQ1ToSfh8oiyui6CUiMcszhB3ftbOItcKnz0Um54yBajFTl4XTd4RrMQ46dltey8KnOwb_souCDhWj-A90tVBq6CKQhKIBnFLDEU24nKLojj4/s1554/Copy%20(3)%20of%20DSC_1156.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1459" data-original-width="1554" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpyw_3kcPdOGHhXBHwDJPed3CnQFmm-o22267e5xqE19QUL66i4Dl-ru_9tZ2kZfkF-mwHwwwa6XR3abQ1ToSfh8oiyui6CUiMcszhB3ftbOItcKnz0Um54yBajFTl4XTd4RrMQ46dltey8KnOwb_souCDhWj-A90tVBq6CKQhKIBnFLDEU24nKLojj4/w640-h600/Copy%20(3)%20of%20DSC_1156.JPG" width="640" /></a><b style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: right;">Photos by BarrytheBirder</b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Anton; font-size: large;">Mourning Doves getting early spring start in Southern Ontario</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Anton; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurhximgAsE18maBcFRTi0mMCY2gkkf2HfZgHXcsxsAuOCBzVynNCMha7FxuNqci907RAyCWGkgJitsjovuGIEwqLLPjD9sj_70zCeZJP3sj0hBnzdAMXEXahowjPFs9GLi2NXd-WRu7wkj9NT8_9DwGD5fKhWUkMmF_On7mLK_la9oRBcbK2kFZe2FsI/s1919/DSC_0008%20(4).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1837" data-original-width="1919" height="613" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurhximgAsE18maBcFRTi0mMCY2gkkf2HfZgHXcsxsAuOCBzVynNCMha7FxuNqci907RAyCWGkgJitsjovuGIEwqLLPjD9sj_70zCeZJP3sj0hBnzdAMXEXahowjPFs9GLi2NXd-WRu7wkj9NT8_9DwGD5fKhWUkMmF_On7mLK_la9oRBcbK2kFZe2FsI/w640-h613/DSC_0008%20(4).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8ECW8MTdsVCcPkDfJSBjVh0hXwxUjLQjpw8DgZtCKXTjzuWreJk3sKxQQq1EpbR5ZeromlnkI0hw-kOZJfZd7KJGIwDJTifFAFXbZ5UC0jeJWCB653ZVj1jNnZM7032uC4ePg8YGjvfR2k_PZkpCnMMhG8cIQUVLh7kJOyNINi2bjy-9ONH2ykNAqa4/s1936/DSC_0001%20(4).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1832" data-original-width="1936" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8ECW8MTdsVCcPkDfJSBjVh0hXwxUjLQjpw8DgZtCKXTjzuWreJk3sKxQQq1EpbR5ZeromlnkI0hw-kOZJfZd7KJGIwDJTifFAFXbZ5UC0jeJWCB653ZVj1jNnZM7032uC4ePg8YGjvfR2k_PZkpCnMMhG8cIQUVLh7kJOyNINi2bjy-9ONH2ykNAqa4/w640-h606/DSC_0001%20(4).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6VCinB0-LyfQDyKGSwVRw8EE2H4_07GBP9TO09HybxOhE-u7w8ZYUR9UWZ0GJv7yXU4JeGLIhPcWkqP7QhMFsW4filC0c_ksR4QvbUffJ87UayBW-r0_xZ2KKu8MlJ659RSadImtB_sLImEOUY-TLCs4T67Dpj1SLEbd-zrw6EsTQZFGkzVdMCnOS5g/s1369/DSC_1188.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="1286" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6VCinB0-LyfQDyKGSwVRw8EE2H4_07GBP9TO09HybxOhE-u7w8ZYUR9UWZ0GJv7yXU4JeGLIhPcWkqP7QhMFsW4filC0c_ksR4QvbUffJ87UayBW-r0_xZ2KKu8MlJ659RSadImtB_sLImEOUY-TLCs4T67Dpj1SLEbd-zrw6EsTQZFGkzVdMCnOS5g/w376-h400/DSC_1188.JPG" width="376" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2uoe-O9tpl1-fTRA3buarMexBCTee9TBJEfJS816-YPcZhYXts2QWrmcJJHcAr7zJNrZRW9VocdVZGExyAgC4tLgbhOCDzAUkEXfxv3WIIY9_TBhFKgskytsQqb0kxJ6_WHfA6XwfKGlj93tJSqazXROL1iYQJe3cmGG3NhzwM6L-mgb1IDvwJ98l1s/s2624/MDove19%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2558" data-original-width="2624" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2uoe-O9tpl1-fTRA3buarMexBCTee9TBJEfJS816-YPcZhYXts2QWrmcJJHcAr7zJNrZRW9VocdVZGExyAgC4tLgbhOCDzAUkEXfxv3WIIY9_TBhFKgskytsQqb0kxJ6_WHfA6XwfKGlj93tJSqazXROL1iYQJe3cmGG3NhzwM6L-mgb1IDvwJ98l1s/w640-h624/MDove19%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnYwBQ60BcG9_kWn9QZnCs3tjd7ELduHkCa6p2ekmSoz7xx2WfBTrBHaD0ibLnrY23DIW6oM12pPV4kyFlKiZELIkjSj2ZjraCkZMwQCBFn4ClMxiB2YKXEbjF95S5RmdgRNuJ9ffUdm7O1tFHDenVyHaLA6QoIHA-GbPY0mALww6W7Ot0e3rfFRYfEE/s1770/MDove20%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="1770" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnYwBQ60BcG9_kWn9QZnCs3tjd7ELduHkCa6p2ekmSoz7xx2WfBTrBHaD0ibLnrY23DIW6oM12pPV4kyFlKiZELIkjSj2ZjraCkZMwQCBFn4ClMxiB2YKXEbjF95S5RmdgRNuJ9ffUdm7O1tFHDenVyHaLA6QoIHA-GbPY0mALww6W7Ot0e3rfFRYfEE/w640-h556/MDove20%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghC7OxVpwaiUnbM9kxcqR-FHEHJcqwKjYNwklCiCzC6mJgavsCojz36vAZZfxTifNqDzd6hk5n-4UaPKcsSpaR2kTXhgeFg1ddvipRx3utj966Os2K4CQpvqSkrCWmf43SOXjF9fCVzT_yiMeatYI00LhTgRW9RlRPKm2K3UdiR6FAbWlyPa0Jor8tXVE/s2274/DSC_0019%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2274" data-original-width="2218" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghC7OxVpwaiUnbM9kxcqR-FHEHJcqwKjYNwklCiCzC6mJgavsCojz36vAZZfxTifNqDzd6hk5n-4UaPKcsSpaR2kTXhgeFg1ddvipRx3utj966Os2K4CQpvqSkrCWmf43SOXjF9fCVzT_yiMeatYI00LhTgRW9RlRPKm2K3UdiR6FAbWlyPa0Jor8tXVE/w624-h640/DSC_0019%20(3).JPG" width="624" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoatmbSxhjEv93lI7I-Hc-pBsjh5A2NypXHP10A-7A2Th20IsrPqct-xtJNfel5xsWM1JhYIbzXsl1gTHu_sYa0eVqP2WWHzkx2Ne9HwCvNDKCEDfunChn1IhOVNkRbiT2V7yIeV8SSU9263AAtc2hXQ4YXGfOr2yUTrd1hadcT5-Fbg334spkf0J2W3E/s3182/DSC_1215-001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2301" data-original-width="3182" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoatmbSxhjEv93lI7I-Hc-pBsjh5A2NypXHP10A-7A2Th20IsrPqct-xtJNfel5xsWM1JhYIbzXsl1gTHu_sYa0eVqP2WWHzkx2Ne9HwCvNDKCEDfunChn1IhOVNkRbiT2V7yIeV8SSU9263AAtc2hXQ4YXGfOr2yUTrd1hadcT5-Fbg334spkf0J2W3E/w400-h289/DSC_1215-001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></b><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><b><i style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></i></b></div><span style="font-size: large;">Please </span></i><span style="font-size: large;"><i>comment </i><i>if you wish. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">BarrytheBirder</span></b></div>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-20426848185251182522024-02-25T00:00:00.007-05:002024-02-25T11:34:19.078-05:00Photos by Dave Kemp - Vancouver Island<p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1337" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguuKkP-hcJEBqYFDQw_F4DHhgRe5ewPSRNz5GCeGhLZfo4lrQMNmsUgnJM0nJQgbfx_4uzAExowLdDK4G3Mdw774YCgeEXrT2hX47n5JmNCUMsewEq3k5E1r0_7FDeggy2Xi9PqFhmcSjokPckfHoG3BXeJRNutqQAsLSlLPuFia45cGsEWoRaocAnrUQ/w612-h640/4M3A0395%20Looking%20At%20You.JPG" width="612" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Trumpeter Swans</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3q1qWvASoRx2h7t2Avl6nN4nehX-DbB8gED0GhkwEBkhq0B09tR7uoQtq3DuzTiN-E95Lv2IMF8wKKJTn45gcOahyphenhyphen9aeijOKyQ0QNARPSPoNE69OLglI9JNHhlVDJrs0ixCgbI2EXygmyMVd-Bhglyz337ycIwpu2ZO9TF2mfDJbtyNzgL-uO5zu6A9k/s1818/4M3A0416%20Trumpeter%20Swan.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1818" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3q1qWvASoRx2h7t2Avl6nN4nehX-DbB8gED0GhkwEBkhq0B09tR7uoQtq3DuzTiN-E95Lv2IMF8wKKJTn45gcOahyphenhyphen9aeijOKyQ0QNARPSPoNE69OLglI9JNHhlVDJrs0ixCgbI2EXygmyMVd-Bhglyz337ycIwpu2ZO9TF2mfDJbtyNzgL-uO5zu6A9k/w640-h384/4M3A0416%20Trumpeter%20Swan.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYYEVjokXrvYpvzhzxJ25yFbvHHZblIeUF0nvIMMCLa-Bdwncoe5zOnZmLDXCOYVQ0HDCifbBOpHP33mh5RIu3rjLcdrUT2GEnIebmbdsc1IVopI87M2eU2fmY3ucRRJdHkGuq9nI9ihzFRKppsFk8rLTGtgk4w1659_iGHyT_SowGpmY27fN-q-1zEI/s1988/4M3A0336%20Common%20Mergansers.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="1988" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYYEVjokXrvYpvzhzxJ25yFbvHHZblIeUF0nvIMMCLa-Bdwncoe5zOnZmLDXCOYVQ0HDCifbBOpHP33mh5RIu3rjLcdrUT2GEnIebmbdsc1IVopI87M2eU2fmY3ucRRJdHkGuq9nI9ihzFRKppsFk8rLTGtgk4w1659_iGHyT_SowGpmY27fN-q-1zEI/w640-h354/4M3A0336%20Common%20Mergansers.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Common Mergansers</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91Q23KfpGHaXnvLu_R0nJ5hw9TJ3Lw9Gx0pIK9ZpuVlrlACcTvPv7jO_ALNtdWwORpdmz6vksluV6rtHN18sggNpXPYrwu6eOtUHh5DX56lbq6hJI6YS9OxSQMelmyTfyK2eDF15xU64akxfUyKkpaOTy7SZs1KICN6b_kvOdr4I1xd_YNZtdcLME5Ic/s1958/4M3A0250%20Common%20Goldeneye%20male.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="1958" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91Q23KfpGHaXnvLu_R0nJ5hw9TJ3Lw9Gx0pIK9ZpuVlrlACcTvPv7jO_ALNtdWwORpdmz6vksluV6rtHN18sggNpXPYrwu6eOtUHh5DX56lbq6hJI6YS9OxSQMelmyTfyK2eDF15xU64akxfUyKkpaOTy7SZs1KICN6b_kvOdr4I1xd_YNZtdcLME5Ic/w640-h384/4M3A0250%20Common%20Goldeneye%20male.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Common Goldeneye</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewf7xDSX-YVLJvgBb590SwQV78ZTwOaKbVnG0MhZ_5f3Pl7clUL6vru2v8fSymTGajupXU48FSYRIlNQ9ZjBP1xvyRqRzssKAEd93YHT6HauoQG4YoQVy41DlT0DAEfO4ukLgRg6yOvfbrXv1pKKJ5RtZYz5xQnEGMSncDKBi864RoxxsZsK0gDu65KQ/s783/4M3A0341%20Long%20tailed%20Duck.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="783" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewf7xDSX-YVLJvgBb590SwQV78ZTwOaKbVnG0MhZ_5f3Pl7clUL6vru2v8fSymTGajupXU48FSYRIlNQ9ZjBP1xvyRqRzssKAEd93YHT6HauoQG4YoQVy41DlT0DAEfO4ukLgRg6yOvfbrXv1pKKJ5RtZYz5xQnEGMSncDKBi864RoxxsZsK0gDu65KQ/w640-h398/4M3A0341%20Long%20tailed%20Duck.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Long-tailed Duck</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Please comment if you wish.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: helvetica;">BarrytheBirder</span></span></div></div>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-13533835756716050982024-02-21T00:00:00.038-05:002024-02-21T11:45:42.500-05:00Blue Jay watching its back<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OMK4WGcrpO5ykRdd6_k1syw7D7YLaBQxEKgj43Y_sr3TzsGLELsEs62K2P41r6bJJiyEzfdf4gFoYEU1q0u51sOOqwYhb0fnj9DhJ1wkgTN6ZX3qhQqpZcvQ2f2wRL1Vb96lr5Ych5VW064_HhTpXueTQkXIC4hlmF836PA-JtcTnYSI4ipM67kJFkQ/s1127/DSC_0064%20(3).JPG" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1127" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OMK4WGcrpO5ykRdd6_k1syw7D7YLaBQxEKgj43Y_sr3TzsGLELsEs62K2P41r6bJJiyEzfdf4gFoYEU1q0u51sOOqwYhb0fnj9DhJ1wkgTN6ZX3qhQqpZcvQ2f2wRL1Vb96lr5Ych5VW064_HhTpXueTQkXIC4hlmF836PA-JtcTnYSI4ipM67kJFkQ/w640-h582/DSC_0064%20(3).JPG" width="640" /></a><span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: georgia;">Photo by BarrytheBirder</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>'...wise are the wary'</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: medium;"><b>Please comment if you wish.</b></span></i></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: helvetica;">B</span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: helvetica;">arrytheBirder</span></span></span></p>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-84449635141528518282024-02-17T11:44:00.003-05:002024-02-19T10:10:23.430-05:00Great Backyard Bird Count underway<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtyjANx8MV_p93cn1IiymPdYgpY5c31DoX8qNMx2CjGRuef3Eu4tAJfHoDq3rr9k9z9VYTtBMwQ7ChhpIgBj4gHcg1Ao4Q93yKjHWI6op7gmyW-v8HG6HII6vt35HtAiFhZW6LxQoocAD0iYR9NitFh5CZ1qnJBEhqt4QOLUyCj-iL22SD85hx_z5DnA/s960/Bird%20Count.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="960" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtyjANx8MV_p93cn1IiymPdYgpY5c31DoX8qNMx2CjGRuef3Eu4tAJfHoDq3rr9k9z9VYTtBMwQ7ChhpIgBj4gHcg1Ao4Q93yKjHWI6op7gmyW-v8HG6HII6vt35HtAiFhZW6LxQoocAD0iYR9NitFh5CZ1qnJBEhqt4QOLUyCj-iL22SD85hx_z5DnA/w640-h366/Bird%20Count.webp" width="640" /></a></p><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">A</span></b><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">fter only two days the 4 day annual global birding event known as </span><i style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">The Great Backyard Bird Count </i><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">has reached 134,101 checklists and </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">7,073 </b><span style="color: #e69138;">species have been identified</span></span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">. Go to </span><span style="font-size: large;">Cornell Lab of Ornithology</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"> for continuing results.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Please comment if you wish.</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">BarrytheBirder</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i></i> </span></span></p>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-43099621329847071232024-02-16T00:00:00.003-05:002024-02-16T19:04:10.556-05:00Vancouver Island Oystercatchers by Dave Kemp<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpElucNPCablfONq2nhC0Pog3h1bvqleUYCYrUGcYfm6DQvpoBBQEreHGdgWwawOyiBVJdiOaf1XFwoCKWwdROXVmPnhDH53FS63wHdo396Sb0uNh6iuRU2hXLYkkWIqtYWkgMWo4AXZCM69z5P2hHCFTHHzp-890A1BtbNk4aXK_ojOmGLBfL3nkkCts/s2375/4M3A9891%20Oyster%20Catchers.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="2375" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpElucNPCablfONq2nhC0Pog3h1bvqleUYCYrUGcYfm6DQvpoBBQEreHGdgWwawOyiBVJdiOaf1XFwoCKWwdROXVmPnhDH53FS63wHdo396Sb0uNh6iuRU2hXLYkkWIqtYWkgMWo4AXZCM69z5P2hHCFTHHzp-890A1BtbNk4aXK_ojOmGLBfL3nkkCts/w640-h492/4M3A9891%20Oyster%20Catchers.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: large;">OYSTERCATCHERS</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKoRb1UVNKe5iGac31WFoqv6GJHAk6vOtBe-Dz4c-ifyA-VnWNVR0W6biws9iWaXgmFSbE3e5phOy8QdBQtqAPuxxFb7TV8oirXDkaDp79GJur7N-lP62FO6q7FSN0JJu70KFYMxi6RlQJu18WIyoQP_w3DG1igPEhudprI329Cli7oCfYGWwgxunR-4c/s768/thumbnail%20(9).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="768" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKoRb1UVNKe5iGac31WFoqv6GJHAk6vOtBe-Dz4c-ifyA-VnWNVR0W6biws9iWaXgmFSbE3e5phOy8QdBQtqAPuxxFb7TV8oirXDkaDp79GJur7N-lP62FO6q7FSN0JJu70KFYMxi6RlQJu18WIyoQP_w3DG1igPEhudprI329Cli7oCfYGWwgxunR-4c/w640-h482/thumbnail%20(9).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfrinU7j2AWCxE7ZQRU1qfBKcRhOoFJkRm2SdrpXNRyXw92p-wz3oJOKJdIUv5Gh50hkPlOTVwPWMJa5dOPtawZD2sqHWIqNL2CFKC6y6pJa74CYbbcE6NRQklD2NmAcynaSeJJW2kRPChSoxcFOasyyjEwXyVGhn4Ad_CUYf0KsBtrMCcB7dWq7GZPI/s2003/4M3A0741%20Comox%20Valley%20Gracier%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="2003" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfrinU7j2AWCxE7ZQRU1qfBKcRhOoFJkRm2SdrpXNRyXw92p-wz3oJOKJdIUv5Gh50hkPlOTVwPWMJa5dOPtawZD2sqHWIqNL2CFKC6y6pJa74CYbbcE6NRQklD2NmAcynaSeJJW2kRPChSoxcFOasyyjEwXyVGhn4Ad_CUYf0KsBtrMCcB7dWq7GZPI/w640-h474/4M3A0741%20Comox%20Valley%20Gracier%20(1).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Vancouver Island Glacier</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjblKxcsGqoMTdti1FXXXCOKwgQd5EPIW9Ly2EeOpLEwDhCBS6ghuNT_GLtya9ysW_LdAvff0l6SG06wq-b3WX9oVwtD0rxEDTBi7bUYqZ98wIQnAHDwbJMmvUr4yDbyTZ_i9I-ktAtyxH-nd0ouAkQnlBX45hm_XvvR5DqYjG5pYdBvsXhdTVf_Y-1FU/s2736/4M3A0878%20Waxing%20Moon%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="2736" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjblKxcsGqoMTdti1FXXXCOKwgQd5EPIW9Ly2EeOpLEwDhCBS6ghuNT_GLtya9ysW_LdAvff0l6SG06wq-b3WX9oVwtD0rxEDTBi7bUYqZ98wIQnAHDwbJMmvUr4yDbyTZ_i9I-ktAtyxH-nd0ouAkQnlBX45hm_XvvR5DqYjG5pYdBvsXhdTVf_Y-1FU/w640-h426/4M3A0878%20Waxing%20Moon%20(1).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: center;"><b>WAXING MOON</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Please comment if you wish.</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: helvetica;">BarrytheBirder</span></div></span><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-78802544424383228402024-02-11T00:00:00.020-05:002024-02-11T00:00:00.236-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBMvchyphenhyphenBj0T2nB9Cf7qH0iP_-6y-I0NS0WzhzwJB7LsISlAQp9J711_6_nEPNxM2zmZsWnpAdnSYVwkvwd2V74n6zh3Vrd9lBJR1SnaiYrSGU1n35fIaCoebt2cRzu-17ir2e1WH38EImzeq2cEyqEDDUkCzlQL3JmyK77GB24DKlYcBwdU1A7TjQRj8/s1181/DSC_0201%20(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1181" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBMvchyphenhyphenBj0T2nB9Cf7qH0iP_-6y-I0NS0WzhzwJB7LsISlAQp9J711_6_nEPNxM2zmZsWnpAdnSYVwkvwd2V74n6zh3Vrd9lBJR1SnaiYrSGU1n35fIaCoebt2cRzu-17ir2e1WH38EImzeq2cEyqEDDUkCzlQL3JmyK77GB24DKlYcBwdU1A7TjQRj8/w640-h584/DSC_0201%20(3).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Photos by BarrytheBirder</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LSvUkpSKRe9HaJtaDcyYQpRtIBmbmOh7qRzIVjZzLaDZ0wubixcPm-bMEVjE62IyVget8_Bn_WDIMaPerQ5pnYJhDF_5jTfAJC2a3skoblfkedSaYSLHxpUsssJx8IKyqdX2QS90s7sTWwrWdD7K04NoLLTP84Oufvx7K1eTN0WNsb7Fi0zLlVC_N8Q/s1253/DSC_0202%20(5).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigZc96HtboL2UA6ozdvs1RK9-sQXyZInYtMdTsK56_qdKX4XDG01Lo1OZM_suPC1CnrhsLrclfAV8SGiSOn4MeazELz2etA51-XmVcQsCY8sGSZDslzww1AO2VpRvD3XaNmFIIexh8koWjha94CbPR4GMW18StacV9ss-zAy8YGik_nDckffXBv06g1c/s2274/DSC_0129%20(3).JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2274" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigZc96HtboL2UA6ozdvs1RK9-sQXyZInYtMdTsK56_qdKX4XDG01Lo1OZM_suPC1CnrhsLrclfAV8SGiSOn4MeazELz2etA51-XmVcQsCY8sGSZDslzww1AO2VpRvD3XaNmFIIexh8koWjha94CbPR4GMW18StacV9ss-zAy8YGik_nDckffXBv06g1c/s320/DSC_0129%20(3).JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LSvUkpSKRe9HaJtaDcyYQpRtIBmbmOh7qRzIVjZzLaDZ0wubixcPm-bMEVjE62IyVget8_Bn_WDIMaPerQ5pnYJhDF_5jTfAJC2a3skoblfkedSaYSLHxpUsssJx8IKyqdX2QS90s7sTWwrWdD7K04NoLLTP84Oufvx7K1eTN0WNsb7Fi0zLlVC_N8Q/s1253/DSC_0202%20(5).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-tzsmv75d1Rfuj2vgVglDSYGLuyxcEFFzZWtzMGoMiyvMtgU8bHjAiKMq-V9lTsHi13ys3jyGVMqAhCMT4oAfGX1zfScFBA_FKQclHhGJXlI0jHtecxL3rdbByTtGBW_dvXNEUfT30m1vK8K8J5EchOsiYW-fOWtQxtHkq-SYdHlU1aQPzx2PHZLe_c/s2274/DSC_0129%20(3).JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: large;">Winter </span><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large;">gulls</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large;">on farm pond</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large;">near the Holland Marsh</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large;">in York Region</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: large;">Ontario</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: georgia;"><b><i>Please comment if you wish</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: georgia;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-23360761532663863662024-02-09T00:00:00.025-05:002024-02-09T00:00:00.243-05:00Goldeneyes on Vancouver Island, B.C.<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUUDb0YlztbSn24MsIqVYY1onwwxLE_VONll1xRKCZqNjw4VnBAwsX0QjPdBcGFH82ghBYEdTlW4qe_ZDG2oepKzU4fteXDk8FmdPJYbGz6Q2bYxS8-_CbwodVuJ_DtpqB-AmhWvpL0QrYb2ngLH4Hke3o0NKuACRRKoxR5e_03uBPQToR9N68J_hTNU/s1648/4M3A0171%20A%20Pair%20Of%20Goldeneyes%20In%20Flight.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="1648" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUUDb0YlztbSn24MsIqVYY1onwwxLE_VONll1xRKCZqNjw4VnBAwsX0QjPdBcGFH82ghBYEdTlW4qe_ZDG2oepKzU4fteXDk8FmdPJYbGz6Q2bYxS8-_CbwodVuJ_DtpqB-AmhWvpL0QrYb2ngLH4Hke3o0NKuACRRKoxR5e_03uBPQToR9N68J_hTNU/w640-h360/4M3A0171%20A%20Pair%20Of%20Goldeneyes%20In%20Flight.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b>Photos by Dave Kemp</b></div></span> </i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpVHZOXiTRHs86CwKoDw-2TG-OAjvFy_9dSasdZC6OwxEJSlus2-DGrkrN_E6xnvfxv5FsxFKkodcSElnQBfzFxCXGoO1Jha80QMUr63F3bX3GWXJGPWDQUUTnwduMdoaQaxznf0vjZgmAWC9evhruZqsMWHJaHxBzUgEiNYnYAPM5QsoFwZrVg6eri8/s2230/4M3A9940%20Common%20Goldeneye%20female.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1453" data-original-width="2230" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpVHZOXiTRHs86CwKoDw-2TG-OAjvFy_9dSasdZC6OwxEJSlus2-DGrkrN_E6xnvfxv5FsxFKkodcSElnQBfzFxCXGoO1Jha80QMUr63F3bX3GWXJGPWDQUUTnwduMdoaQaxznf0vjZgmAWC9evhruZqsMWHJaHxBzUgEiNYnYAPM5QsoFwZrVg6eri8/w640-h418/4M3A9940%20Common%20Goldeneye%20female.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Female Goldeneye</b></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Please comment if you wish.</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>BarrytheBirder</b></span></p>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-90938740815852891902024-02-08T00:00:00.033-05:002024-02-08T13:41:40.347-05:00Bald Eagle on Vancouver Island...<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDO2o3GD6jUhFrQnewgTbojUhZcMYKAKf4eDwm_F2PY3upiUGEEi4HfBtEzYL_dMwutO6OINx3Rjt6CQdjJjm7cq84o787fm_EsPKweD584GPdAAGmPOFomycyffytBWU7QkhI4jys_2Xsc9VOZCLKFR3eY0MXC1B0ulCtVaMGLXRCbMsIU6HFF5wKOs/s1469/4M3A0173%20The%20Catch.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1469" data-original-width="935" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDO2o3GD6jUhFrQnewgTbojUhZcMYKAKf4eDwm_F2PY3upiUGEEi4HfBtEzYL_dMwutO6OINx3Rjt6CQdjJjm7cq84o787fm_EsPKweD584GPdAAGmPOFomycyffytBWU7QkhI4jys_2Xsc9VOZCLKFR3eY0MXC1B0ulCtVaMGLXRCbMsIU6HFF5wKOs/w408-h640/4M3A0173%20The%20Catch.JPG" width="408" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>Photos by Dave Kemp</i></b></span></div><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The Catch by a Bald Eagle</b></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGMQCBer871u0rAMnPyS-_12eXyPGHzsH_O2oxSAnqIXTrjIbQedaZugYyWf6TT77pw4VWB80D73ubdUPtStzh1s33EjTvLfevISEgP83WMmDodgSWE5XEH4u1NH2c7xzYjaVNo0wPk6Ab7gQqmlnYxkEQHc8kzosYZBtX0fhIPlWbDPaWbt77YyZn0o/s1101/4M3A0174%20Bald%20Eagle.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1101" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGMQCBer871u0rAMnPyS-_12eXyPGHzsH_O2oxSAnqIXTrjIbQedaZugYyWf6TT77pw4VWB80D73ubdUPtStzh1s33EjTvLfevISEgP83WMmDodgSWE5XEH4u1NH2c7xzYjaVNo0wPk6Ab7gQqmlnYxkEQHc8kzosYZBtX0fhIPlWbDPaWbt77YyZn0o/w640-h626/4M3A0174%20Bald%20Eagle.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><div style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Success</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Please comment if you wish.</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">BarrytheBirder</span></div>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-3239256291710618332024-02-05T09:55:00.002-05:002024-02-05T09:55:37.819-05:00Some of my favourite Juncos pictures...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHgy1a_nG3fEDcToUyREjC2mg6ST4h12rb9n7jVTNXNgJShR4wloOiBVvLBFUQTYwuXBTK1LaAwO4eWIkqUFNYw3UV7sWZxwANjE03id8zuQmKXSpl7BKAmYesI1738zS1rDUWsVA3QdeMZj9soYivNy_SFtkmX9VFY9zLfleCqCWbtW9NjHHpqRQ8KfE/s378/DSC_0598%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="378" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHgy1a_nG3fEDcToUyREjC2mg6ST4h12rb9n7jVTNXNgJShR4wloOiBVvLBFUQTYwuXBTK1LaAwO4eWIkqUFNYw3UV7sWZxwANjE03id8zuQmKXSpl7BKAmYesI1738zS1rDUWsVA3QdeMZj9soYivNy_SFtkmX9VFY9zLfleCqCWbtW9NjHHpqRQ8KfE/w400-h394/DSC_0598%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrGFzOgmzDvrqChlYoiUuMC8jbHj_8mze2ZCNQJATiEo-V5oIRJruXU7zhpCQCf359mU5MIznmkDRz08fTTZhJNWssloP94MzRkH5-FxaJhn9pJZItmrrJbUCMvM3b21LvBCEAe1bDfPXtaHpRBU3cGPBBg2D3xa1PaOKDSKLId93FFFVjG0U18YH2Jk/s2381/Junco&Ice%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2037" data-original-width="2381" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrGFzOgmzDvrqChlYoiUuMC8jbHj_8mze2ZCNQJATiEo-V5oIRJruXU7zhpCQCf359mU5MIznmkDRz08fTTZhJNWssloP94MzRkH5-FxaJhn9pJZItmrrJbUCMvM3b21LvBCEAe1bDfPXtaHpRBU3cGPBBg2D3xa1PaOKDSKLId93FFFVjG0U18YH2Jk/w640-h548/Junco&Ice%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">BarrytheBirder</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMf9BCdZP-z0_tuzr1culpO-_QIRaNQmg4y7u6giW2Bp0XQsKJKU_MmNcRC16sV7H3_wKx2HZrLihyphenhyphenJq2slzt6o189VzaGNFlR-9WfbTr_idSGhZNoFiXoogneBp0CzTY9fZAQcC6auvc3dKsdZ3QdRIKZmVP1-Lmp-0XKtyxN_IpycQMuKtWQsQi1hAc/s1576/Junco11%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1576" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMf9BCdZP-z0_tuzr1culpO-_QIRaNQmg4y7u6giW2Bp0XQsKJKU_MmNcRC16sV7H3_wKx2HZrLihyphenhyphenJq2slzt6o189VzaGNFlR-9WfbTr_idSGhZNoFiXoogneBp0CzTY9fZAQcC6auvc3dKsdZ3QdRIKZmVP1-Lmp-0XKtyxN_IpycQMuKtWQsQi1hAc/w640-h504/Junco11%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqwRlzr7inzlpbLfqXL-Ok1LktKBTo0_L_HnqKwi2lBSpMYuhpQzp9fh_xZn6AZSV9DD6fEnTKTEV-EmaogjASWEGJJwbV2tW6NfOljxzgdXkmoOHzHWfuxW3VugI80V1dpCS5HpyoXStdH-rlAJTWF9fRi7k52ujoEe2tWviut-rLnGk2g69XV_tKLU/s1664/Junco2010b%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="1664" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqwRlzr7inzlpbLfqXL-Ok1LktKBTo0_L_HnqKwi2lBSpMYuhpQzp9fh_xZn6AZSV9DD6fEnTKTEV-EmaogjASWEGJJwbV2tW6NfOljxzgdXkmoOHzHWfuxW3VugI80V1dpCS5HpyoXStdH-rlAJTWF9fRi7k52ujoEe2tWviut-rLnGk2g69XV_tKLU/w400-h321/Junco2010b%20(2).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Please comment if you wish.</i></b></span><div><b><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: helvetica;">BarrytheBirder</span><br /></b><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-8882166482905806112024-02-04T13:30:00.003-05:002024-02-04T13:45:12.730-05:00Vancouver Island - early February<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLlyTGJwxooCNpa3ZDEUMoObDcxthKDEVNgvKapM_dZCpbgxtMTz53OIS7KEDxmexGhVufJe_HFQ_eMHhdaQmIQTxIjY3HQ5Da1JrdZy4gAmKIfKsIzFehkGAIDU3ngsnRC8_ghKKZcFZe9YqOk8LN5fT4eYV7sS2yDj9Ac0vzcSqIU33roxQZ1Ma6RI/s948/thumbnail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="948" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLlyTGJwxooCNpa3ZDEUMoObDcxthKDEVNgvKapM_dZCpbgxtMTz53OIS7KEDxmexGhVufJe_HFQ_eMHhdaQmIQTxIjY3HQ5Da1JrdZy4gAmKIfKsIzFehkGAIDU3ngsnRC8_ghKKZcFZe9YqOk8LN5fT4eYV7sS2yDj9Ac0vzcSqIU33roxQZ1Ma6RI/w640-h194/thumbnail.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB4xOfOkSikNgFfmruB5LbjgxVpFzl-L5NLJWlqT9sj_sPg_q4jVlagBGNLAAJxSX2u44LMF05AVm7_obqCvoo29vPyVEzVAxjTUZeFj_CTyf5srRY_CXAYKH3GObznASJxBGXRC_8oJ6g7hj7QMt_v6Y4RNUAIfx-Fe7eAxbxDGuPlG9oo7tTwWf2WYo/s827/4M3A0259%20Common%20Goldeneye.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="827" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB4xOfOkSikNgFfmruB5LbjgxVpFzl-L5NLJWlqT9sj_sPg_q4jVlagBGNLAAJxSX2u44LMF05AVm7_obqCvoo29vPyVEzVAxjTUZeFj_CTyf5srRY_CXAYKH3GObznASJxBGXRC_8oJ6g7hj7QMt_v6Y4RNUAIfx-Fe7eAxbxDGuPlG9oo7tTwWf2WYo/w400-h319/4M3A0259%20Common%20Goldeneye.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Common Goldeneyes</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i><b>Photos by Dave Kemp</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9X7v79pZ_SXcl49uD_N8gUBw3_TveA9sJmWx3PjkHY7l5wJHyRN9GGlaueMp_oKRvQHR3Qtwbbsms-ltDJGQsdyRgk7khd5t9jVjL1tHulLM8m-4ZIhiv_uQPiCYgklpIrKeDhUlLnoJXjOXjgOf4W74v4rD0C9Mv4-V_RvKX2RK9z40oEEJVfkgf6gE/s845/thumbnail%20(5).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="845" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9X7v79pZ_SXcl49uD_N8gUBw3_TveA9sJmWx3PjkHY7l5wJHyRN9GGlaueMp_oKRvQHR3Qtwbbsms-ltDJGQsdyRgk7khd5t9jVjL1tHulLM8m-4ZIhiv_uQPiCYgklpIrKeDhUlLnoJXjOXjgOf4W74v4rD0C9Mv4-V_RvKX2RK9z40oEEJVfkgf6gE/w640-h256/thumbnail%20(5).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HRj9KkaPbMvJpS16XJuO2mJ4DKYM8IlfM_cCMjxLl3rVKMd-H7gMSlJoar-8cbRyR1RNBwtLCSDXlOX1Odul1zBWMXnHnz118VJYHmfOxKp0VZYRB8kb-Pfpxcpm1CrU_ojLo5Z7VVAPIEagwkNFZr9VWnk3HzFiW34yF5QdOLMQ7h907JxxZNSyttk/s879/thumbnail%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="879" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HRj9KkaPbMvJpS16XJuO2mJ4DKYM8IlfM_cCMjxLl3rVKMd-H7gMSlJoar-8cbRyR1RNBwtLCSDXlOX1Odul1zBWMXnHnz118VJYHmfOxKp0VZYRB8kb-Pfpxcpm1CrU_ojLo5Z7VVAPIEagwkNFZr9VWnk3HzFiW34yF5QdOLMQ7h907JxxZNSyttk/w640-h326/thumbnail%20(3).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Trumpeter Swans</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAE_xGaYW-ReGhKYll67XRzqyPpp73tt7ooYGCLi2SvPSV0LqnbXc6OuHkq7iPiihR69CmE1RLwIjSGuUBTjZUhvR5B_oGPGJhHUgmkFk_2irnGd0bWp0lZ8G16WOpQ4lzBQQ7ghLkO23-LcU4ufS0iDnVm2gPspKctey5mQwkbTJoArSliLTDeYB0woI/s564/thumbnail%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAE_xGaYW-ReGhKYll67XRzqyPpp73tt7ooYGCLi2SvPSV0LqnbXc6OuHkq7iPiihR69CmE1RLwIjSGuUBTjZUhvR5B_oGPGJhHUgmkFk_2irnGd0bWp0lZ8G16WOpQ4lzBQQ7ghLkO23-LcU4ufS0iDnVm2gPspKctey5mQwkbTJoArSliLTDeYB0woI/w544-h640/thumbnail%20(4).jpg" width="544" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4g_PL5haoQcxR5JR6Wj0nZ14To3DX6Lw8xe-tk1hvZkIgttPIkI2DGUo-gfacdpaM6hRyCizemIAfbEnZcvfQ_mz5-M6__ZuMCa1tdAr7Vhw2ij1NUQ4jTnPz8FVH_ZelxkgvlqZerKtSx2dvPhaFcCaR0lXhj9JjTjd3rLkuWLKVVJ54-fGjFW6vRA/s475/thumbnail%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="475" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4g_PL5haoQcxR5JR6Wj0nZ14To3DX6Lw8xe-tk1hvZkIgttPIkI2DGUo-gfacdpaM6hRyCizemIAfbEnZcvfQ_mz5-M6__ZuMCa1tdAr7Vhw2ij1NUQ4jTnPz8FVH_ZelxkgvlqZerKtSx2dvPhaFcCaR0lXhj9JjTjd3rLkuWLKVVJ54-fGjFW6vRA/w640-h530/thumbnail%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Surf & White-winged Scoters</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Please comment if you wish.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">BarrytheBirder</span></div>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-54918920443458819842024-02-03T13:50:00.001-05:002024-02-04T13:51:29.030-05:00Winter Goldfinches - King City, Ontario<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsXBFkP3crwfjViJUTwpaoGsfE-FhZuaQSEui744NNO8vkMENQtR1jbfubaN9HX5el6FhoE6CjUtyOGx21_8zYwnwPt0EIypHuaeHBsX0sATF5PgZoky0Qte-JmV9looJJLShurcaf7jULdp5gZxGj4UKg9zgnupc__8QugPtjweWJ6UbjmEqiV-I_V0/s3456/GoldfinchGroup.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2244" data-original-width="3456" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsXBFkP3crwfjViJUTwpaoGsfE-FhZuaQSEui744NNO8vkMENQtR1jbfubaN9HX5el6FhoE6CjUtyOGx21_8zYwnwPt0EIypHuaeHBsX0sATF5PgZoky0Qte-JmV9looJJLShurcaf7jULdp5gZxGj4UKg9zgnupc__8QugPtjweWJ6UbjmEqiV-I_V0/w640-h416/GoldfinchGroup.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Photo by BarrytheBirder</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Please comment if you wish.</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">BarrytheBirder</span></div><p></p>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56668239643050844.post-44202023298866991372024-02-01T00:00:00.004-05:002024-02-01T14:40:58.412-05:00Turkeys on Vancouver Island...<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZXsAvfyFsuJzagvHpFn1Y_aQJgwAtQmEbKsL593k2JO2lCBKF7j-gRTg2CGTGkYZqqoNFkgTvhxkKufRSvsZGlyNz_BOmVFWDMqlmcsMCFh7KbQoQDpSgUzbw9nbA81mg4uAFX28RuvdFnBQVQef_y6oeK8JhIWHbNEHWJP9g2oAr_FGmsfRFLvJ68M/s2107/4M3A0146%20Domestic%20Turkeys%20gone%20Wild.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="2107" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZXsAvfyFsuJzagvHpFn1Y_aQJgwAtQmEbKsL593k2JO2lCBKF7j-gRTg2CGTGkYZqqoNFkgTvhxkKufRSvsZGlyNz_BOmVFWDMqlmcsMCFh7KbQoQDpSgUzbw9nbA81mg4uAFX28RuvdFnBQVQef_y6oeK8JhIWHbNEHWJP9g2oAr_FGmsfRFLvJ68M/w640-h454/4M3A0146%20Domestic%20Turkeys%20gone%20Wild.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Photos by Dave Kemp</b></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Dave Kemp, who sent me these pictures from Vancouver Island in B.C., identifies these turkeys as tame birds in the process of becoming wild, stream-lined versions of the barnyard birds. The photo below shows Vancouver Island mountains as a backdrop to the turkey photo.</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsodc8UBmcRgJ-v-EQJlv4Q8NdYnEBrfQA_bJiVE7ONdzvO04dw0eZEjWArCtnPkdyYmWSyR_8FDvdmKIcC6jgf0_CsKVAX-ZglZ9KkIcGk6yC8man2aOCXbF241N6bos3V6I26Oe73XEAq-7MUrE_X86uhUml4v1QLFeCxoyr-YS46PkcXG1gQm9zi4/s2434/4M3A0129%20Mountains%20Above%20Powell%20River%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="2434" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsodc8UBmcRgJ-v-EQJlv4Q8NdYnEBrfQA_bJiVE7ONdzvO04dw0eZEjWArCtnPkdyYmWSyR_8FDvdmKIcC6jgf0_CsKVAX-ZglZ9KkIcGk6yC8man2aOCXbF241N6bos3V6I26Oe73XEAq-7MUrE_X86uhUml4v1QLFeCxoyr-YS46PkcXG1gQm9zi4/w640-h330/4M3A0129%20Mountains%20Above%20Powell%20River%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Please comment if you wish.</i></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: helvetica;">BarrytheBirder</span></p>BarrytheBirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01972488800599348314noreply@blogger.com0