Merlin on branch

Merlin on branch

Angry Merlin I found watching me on my way to work 🪶🌿📷

4 ducks standing on reeds in wetland

3 ducks standing on reeds in wetland, facing forwards

4 ducks standing on reeds in wetland

4 ducks standing on reeds in wetland

A few more shots of them 🪶

4 ducks standing on reeds in wetland

Black-bellied Whistling ducks out in Ontario today! 🪶🌿📷

Killdeer in flight

Killdeer in flight

Killdeer flights this morning 🪶🌿📷

towhee foraging

towhee foraging

A few more pics

orange and black bird jumping

Nice to get my first Eastern Towhee of the year last weekend. The birds return!🪶🌿📷

Red-necked grebes facing each other with beaks open

Red-necked Grebes have started mating! 🪶🌿📷

Duck in water

Had a nice American Wigeon out on the lake 🪶🌿📷

Cooper's hawk on top of another Cooper's hawk

Uhhh Am I interrupting? Caught some Cooper's hawks mating today🪶🌿📷

Beaver in water holding a branch

Beaver in water holding a branch

The upside of flooding on campus, Beavers! 🦊🌿📷

brown creeper on tree

Brown creeper on bark

Brown Creeper just outside my office this morning 🪶🌿📷

Snowy owl on middle of the 3 searchlights

Had to make a quick roadside stop when I saw this distant Snowy Owl off the highway. 🪶🌿📷

Thanks @tisoffwork.bsky.social for taking me to this gem. Here’s my proof that I was there too haha

Haha thank you for joining me! All credit goes to you for spotting it first!

Rusty Blackbird on branch

Always nice to see a surprise afternoon Rusty Blackbird 🪶🌿📷

Bufflehead in water swimming towards camera

A common bird here but I'm always happy to see a Bufflehead up close 🪶🌿📷

White winged scoter in water

White winged scoter in water with mussels in mouth

White winged scoter in water with mussels in mouth

White winged scoter in water with mussels in mouth

Some more shots of him 🪶

White winged scoter in water with mussels in mouth

Did some long weekend birding and watched this White-winged scoter foraging for zebra mussels. 🌿📷🪶

A great ambassador choice! It took me a while to finally get a group of them

evening grosbeaks in tree

Another shot of them 🪶🌿📷

evening grosbeaks in tree

A collection of Evening Grosbeaks from this morning, one of Ontario's Northern residents. 🪶📷🌿

Opossum on snow

Canada's only marsupial, the Virginia Opossum just outside my office today. 🌿📷🦊

Very cool to see a Spotted Towhee in Ontario 🌿📷🪶

Swamp Sparrow

Caught this Swamp sparrow skulking around a frozen pond. Swamp sparrows tend to be an uncommon winter bird, but a few stick around in Ontario every year. 🌿📷🪶

Large white gull flying with white background

If I had to pick a favourite bird group it would probably be gulls. And if I had to pick a favourite gull, it would be hard not to choose the Glaucous gull. I was lucky to run into this 1st year bird this morning 🪶🌿📷

Really excited to get my lifer Townsend's Solitaire in Ontario today. Usually the farthest east they'll come is Saskatchewan. 🌿📷🪶

Thank you!!!

Black bird walking with leaves and branches around

It's been a pretty good bird year so far. Found this Rusty blackbird hiding amongst leaf litter 📷🪶🌿

Goose grazing

White goose standing on grass

A few more pics of the Ross's Goose

Goose profile

My first Ross's Goose, an uncommon Ontario species that sometimes flocks with Canada Geese. 🪶🌿📷