2013 Index

First year Northern Shrike on the Carden Alvar on 29 March 2013

 
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December 2013

Arctic Gulls in Toronto on 28 December 2013

 

Trumpeter Swans interact at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 26 December 2013

 

Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 18 December 2013

 

Purple Sandpiper in Toronto on the Toronto Christmas Bird Count, 15 December 2013

 

Snowy Owls in Toronto, 15 December 2013

 

Do Snowy Owls Have Ear Tufts? Link to two page Article

 

Purple Sandpiper in Toronto on 10 December 2013

 

King Eider on Lake Ontario on 8 December 2013

 

Northern Common Eider (borealis) on Lake Ontario on 6 December 2013

 

Thick-billed Murre at Kingston, Ontario, on 4 December 2013, and more.

 

Pale-winged Thayer's Gulls in the Canadian High Arctic - Posted 3 December

 

November 2013

Red Phalarope molting into first winter plumage at Niagara Falls, Ontario, 30 November 2013

 

Interesting Gull with Yellow Legs at Niagara Falls Ontario on 28 November 2013.

 

Variation in Belcher's Gulls at Paracas and the Ballestras Islands, Peru. 31 October and 1 November 2013.

 

Elegant Tern at Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, on 24 November 2013

 

Peru with Quest Nature Tours. 29 October to 13 November 2013

 

Franklin's Gulls and Elegant Terns on the coast of Peru, 31 October and 12 November 2013 with Quest Nature Tours

 
 

October 2013

Juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull at Van Wagners Beach in Hamilton on 12 October 2013

 

Rusty Blackbirds at Cranberry Marsh on 1 October 2013

 

September 2013

First winter Little Gull with Bonaparte's Gulls at Wheatley Harbour near Point Pelee on 26 September 2013

 

Marbled Godwit and Long-billed Dowitcher at Mitchell's Bay on Lake St. Clair, 30 September 2013

 

Brown Pelican at Point Pelee on 29 September 2013

 

Laughing Gull molting into first winter plumage at Hillman Marsh, near Point Pelee on 28 September 2013

 

WINTER FINCH FORECAST 2013-2014 by Ron Pittaway

 

Canada's Northwest Passage and Greenland Expedition Cruise with Worldwide Quest and Canadian Universities Alumni, 25 August to 6 September 2013

 

August 2013

Olive-sided Flycatcher in the backyard in Toronto on 18 August 2013

 

Solitary Sandpiper in worn breeding plumage on the Carden Alvar 14 August 2013

 

July 2013

James Bay Shorebird Surveys at Hannah Bay four pages - 16 to 30 July 2013

 

Iceland with Quest Nature Tours, 25 June to 5 July 2013

 

June 2013

Carden Alvar Wildlife on 14 June 2013

 

Shorebirds and Climate Change - article with photos about shorebird research on Hudson Bay, Ontario, in June 2013 OFO News

 

Carden Alvar birds, flowers and a butterfly on 5 June 2013

 

May 2013

Whimbrel resting between storms at Col. Sam Smith Park Toronto, 29 May 2013

 

Whimbrel Migration Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto, page 2, on 27 May 2013

 

Whimbrel Migration at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto, page 1, on 23 May

 

Gray Treefrog singing to another tree frog on the Carden Alvar, 26 May 2013

 

Carden Alvar Birds on 20 May 2013 - Prairie Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Upland Sandpiper and Bluebird Box 10

 

Shorebirds at Hillman Marsh and Wheatley Harbour near Point Pelee in May 2013

 

Hillman Marsh Shorebird Cell near Point Pelee - new shorebird shelter - May 2013

 

Short-billed Dowitchers at Hillman Marsh on 15 May 2013 - video

 

Black-bellied Plovers at Hillman Marsh on 15 May 2013 - video

 

First summer Piping Plover at the Tip of Point Pelee on 12 May 2013

 

Young Killdeer and American Robins at Point Pelee on 17 and 18 May 2013

 

Gulls at the Tip of Point Pelee from 4 to 18 May: Laughing, Little, Glaucous, Lesser Black-backed, and Bonaparte's Gulls

 

Female Kirtland's Warbler at Point Pelee on 18 May 2013

 

Blackburnian, Hooded, Worm-eating, Kirtland's Warblers and more at Point Pelee, May 2013

 

Video of Loggerhead Shrike eating an Eastern Fox Snake at Point Pelee. 8 May.

 

Red-headed Woodpeckers, Swallow-tailed Kite, & Loggerhead Shrike at Point Pelee

 

Red and Grey morph Eastern Screech-Owl at Point Pelee 10 & 11 May 2013

 

April 2013

Eastern Wolves and Moose Carcass in Algonquin Park - 20 and 21 April 2013

 

Algonquin Park Sightings on the OFO trip and more - 20 and 21 April 2013

 

Loggerhead and Northern Shrikes on the Carden Alvar on 9 April 2013

 

Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler competes with American Robin at the suet feeder. 4 April 2013.

 

Wonderful news - establishment of Carden Alvar Provincial Park is posted on the Ontario Government's Environmental Registry

 

March 2013

Yellow-rumped Warbler in Toronto molting into first breeding plumage. 31 March 2013.

 

First year Northern Shrike on the Carden Alvar on 29 March 2013.

 

How to age Bohemian Waxwings - photos taken in Toronto on 22 March 2013.

 

Bohemian Waxwings eating crab apples in Toronto, Ontario, on 22 March 2013.

 

Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary in Belize - three pages of photos from 12-14 March 2013.

 

Jaguar search in Belize with Ernesto Saqui, 9-12 March 2013

 

Belize and Guatemala 2013 with Quest Nature Nature Tours. Six pages of photos of birds, mammals, reptiles, flowers and more from 25 February to 8 March 2013.

 

Bohemian Waxwings eating crab apples in Markham, Ontario on 17 March 2013.

 

First year Red-headed Woodpecker at Whitevale near Pickering, now molting. 17 March 2013.

 

Western Grebe at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto, Ontario on 17 March 2013.

 

February

 

Barred Owl at Cranberry Marsh, Halls Road, Whitby, on 10 February 2013.

 

Yellow-rumped Warbler survives record snowstorm in Toronto, 7, 8, 9 February 2013.

 

Hoary Redpoll still at our feeders in Toronto on 5 February 2013.

 

More Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 3 February 2013.

 

January

Tundra Swans on the Niagara River between Chippawa and Fort Erie. 27 Jan 2013.

 

Hoary and Common Redpolls in Toronto on 20, 23 and 25 January 2013.

 

Juvenile Glaucous Gull at Niagara Falls on 8 January 2013.

 

Adult Male Snowy Owl at St. Catharines, Ontario, 2 January 2013.

 

Barred Owl at Thicksons Wood in Whitby,,Ontario at sunset on 1 January - finally.