Two of my favourite Osprey photos...

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OSPREY

(Pandion haliaetus)

 King Township, Ontario

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Two of my favourite Oriole photos...

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Male Baltimore Oriole

(Icterus galbula)

Female Baltimore Oriole

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Dark-eyed or "Slate-coloured " Junco

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What is it about Juncos that endears them to us so?  They are small, shy, not colourful, but a favourite of birders all over North America.

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Banquet time for Blue Jays...

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Blue Jays are always in a hurry 

but  never take just one nut.

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Young 'hummers' keep the backyard busy...

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This summer's batch of baby hummingbirds has taken over the backyard and I feel like I'm constantly ducking my head as they shoot by.   The females are constantly chased away from the feeders by the young males (pictured here) but it's very confusing because they are so fast.   They all seem to survive however and there will, no doubt, be a batch of healthy and strong hummingbirds to head south in the fall.

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Cardinal at the birdbath...

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East meets west in the Rockies...

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Photo by Dave Kemp

Pictured at top is a Blue Jay taken by me in eastern Canada and beneath it is a picture of a Steller's Jay taken by Dave Kemp in western Canada.   Dave is an avid bird photographer in British Columbia on Canada's west coast and has been sharing many of his bird photos with me for several years.   These two jays meet and overlap somewhat in the eastern Rocky Mountains.   In the new and seventh edition of National Geographic's Field Guide to the Birds of North America, authors Jon Dun and Jonathon Alderfer state that where the ranges of these two birds overlap in the eastern Rockies, the Steller's Jay and the Blue Jay may hybridize.   Now there's a hybrid I would very much like to see.

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My bird carving collection favourites...

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Atlantic Puffin

I believe I purchased this about 15 years ago and I think the work was created by a person named Dale Davies.  It was part of a limited edition, if memory serves.

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My bird carving collection favourites...

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This one of my favourite bird carvings but I'm sorry

to say I do not have the carver's name.   I recall making a trip down to Fergus, Ontario, to visit relatives, who directed me to the carver's home in rural countryside, where I fell in love with the gentleman's work.   I don't even recall if the carving was to be a heron or a crane.   C'est la vie.

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My bird carving collection favourites...

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Western Grebe

Carver: Liza Chiu ~ 1987

Toronto, Ontario

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My bird carving collection favourites...

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Common Loon

Carver: Ron Sadler ~ 1983

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My bird carving collection favourites...

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Ruddy Duck

Carver: Jim Harkness

Stayner, Ontario ~ 1982

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My bird carving collection favourites...

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Sandpiper

Carver: F. Smith

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My bird carving collection favourites...

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Northern Cardinal

Carver: D. Phillips (1967)

Green River, Ontario

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Bird of Paradise bloom in Bermuda...

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BIRD OF PARADISE

Now where did it get that name?

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Favourite Bird photos that I have taken...

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European Starling

So common but so colourful

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Favourite bird photos that I have taken...

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American Crow

Inspecting a tasty morsel

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Favourite bird photos that I have taken...

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Spotted Sandpiper (immature)

Lake Huron ~ Ontario

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Favourite bird photos that I have taken...

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Bananaquit

Antigua

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Favourite bird photos that I have taken...

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Tri-coloured  Heron

Playa del Carmen ~ Mexico

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Favourite bird photos that I have taken...

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Pine Siskin

In our backyard in King City, Ontario

Sharing one of the birdbaths

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Favourite bird photos that I have taken...

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American Robin

After the bath
In our backyard at King City, Ontario

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Favourite bird photos that I have taken...

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Great Blue Heron
Holland Marsh ~ King Township
With such long legs, it is rarely seen this deep in water

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Favourite bird photos that I have taken...

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White-crowned (left) and White-throated (right)

 Sparrows

King City, Ontario

Posing side-by-side in the backyard

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Favourite bird photos that I have taken...

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Chickadee

In the backyard

with a beakful of nesting materials

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Favourite bird photos that I have taken...

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Mourning Dove duo

In the backyard

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Favourite bird photos that I have taken...

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 Mute Swan

Richmond Hill, Ontario
Slumbering at Mill Pond Park

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Favourite bird photos that I have taken...

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Trumpeter Swan

Glenville Pond ~ King Township

Orange colouring from rust-coloured oxide in the water

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Favourite bird photos that I have taken...

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Red-bellied Woodpecker

Schomberg, Ontario

Showing its not-often-seen red belly

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Favourite bird photos that I have taken...

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House Wren

Our backyard in King City, Ontario

Nested one summer with us

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Favourite bird photos that I have taken...

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Headless Turkey Vulture

King Township, Ontario

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