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Favourite Bird of the North Woods |
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Gray Jay after eating snow.
Many Canadians prefer its former name Canada Jay. 5 January 2011. |
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2011 Index |
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December |
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Hybrid Common
x Barrow's Goldeneye at Oshawa Second Marsh on 29 December 2011 |
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Smew and
John Vanderpoel's Big Year link to three page article in Toronto
Ornithological Club Newsletter |
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Smew at Whitby
Harbour near Toronto on 27 and 28 December 2011 |
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2011 Toronto Christmas Bird Count - Tommy Thompson Park (Spit)
Route - 18 December 2011 |
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Adult Slaty-backed Gull at Niagara Falls, Ontario on 3 December
2011 found by Kevin McLaughlin. |
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First winter Black-legged Kittiwake at Whirlpool 3 December
found by Kyle Holloway |
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November |
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Collared Plover on a sandbar in the Napo River in Ecuador on 21
November 2011 |
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The Galapagos Islands
11 to 18
November 2011. Nine pages of photos of birds, reptiles, tortoises,
and more with
Quest Nature Tours |
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Pacific,
Red-throated and Common Loons at Oshawa Harbour on 1 November
2011 |
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October |
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Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Recognition Dinner article October
2011 OFO News by Dan Bone |
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Variant female
Redheads with white heads. |
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Small
Winter Loon ID an article by Ron Pittaway and Michael King that
discusses fine points of identifying small loons in the fall |
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Cackling Geese at Reesor Pond in
Markham on 27 October 2011 |
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Hudsonian Godwits in juvenal plumage at Frenchman's Bay,
Pickering, near Toronto on 5 October 2011 |
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Shorebirds and shorebirders at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on
Lake Ontario east of Toronto on 4 October 2011 |
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September |
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Winter Finch Forecast 2011-2012 by Ron Pittaway posted 23
September 2011 |
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Red Knot and Shorebirds at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on Lake
Ontario on 22 September 2011 |
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Second Whimbrel, Goshen, shot in Guadeloupe on 12 September
2011 |
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Whimbrel Machi shot in Guadeloupe on 12 September
2011 |
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July -
August |
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James Bay Red Knot and Shorebird Surveys. 16 July to 14 August 2011.
8 pages of photos of Red Knots,
shorebirds, other birds, butterflies, toads, mammals & crew. |
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Alaska 2011 from 27 June to 12 July 2011 |
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June |
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Willow
Ptarmigan at Darlington Nuclear Station on Lake Ontario east of
Oshawa, 12 June 2011 |
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Brewer's
Blackbirds near Sauble Falls, Bruce Peninsula, on 3 June 2011.
See link to article about panting and thermoregulation, which may be
limiting Brewer's Blackbird range in Ontario. |
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May |
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Horned Grebe, Tufted Titmouse, Yellow-breasted Chat, Eastern Towhee at Point Pelee on
11, 13 and 17 May 2011 |
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Common Nighthawk, Summer Tanager, Barn Swallows and
Yellow-billed Cuckoo at Point Pelee on 16 May 2011 |
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Carden Alvar -
Loggerhead Shrike, Bobolink, Golden-winged Warbler, Olive-sided
Flycatcher, Virginia Rail and cattle on 27 May 2011 |
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Fox family in
my garden in Brookbanks Ravine in Toronto on 26 May 2011 |
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Whimbrel migrating at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto on 25
May 2011 |
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Two Red-necked Phalaropes at Shoeless Joes in Leamington near Point Pelee on 20
May 11 |
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Common Nighthawk on Concession E near Point Pelee on 20 May 2011 |
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Glossy
Ibis at the mini golf on Bevel Line Road near Point Pelee, 19
May 2011 |
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Gull with yellow legs at Point Pelee on 18 May 2011. Five
photos. |
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Point
Pelee Mammals: Beaver, Bat and Muskrat |
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Bell's
Vireo at the Tip tram stop at Point Pelee on 13 May
2011. |
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Dickcissel and Kentucky Warbler opposite Pelee Wings on Point
Pelee Drive on 11 May 2011 |
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American
Bittern and Pacific Loon at Point Pelee on 9 May 2011 |
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Canada
Warbler and Red-headed Woodpecker at Point Pelee on 8 May 2011 |
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Prothonotary Warbler, American Woodcock, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Great
Horned Owls on 7 May 2011 |
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Yellow-throated and Kirtland's Warblers on 6 May 2011 |
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April |
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Jean's Spring Garden - a natural garden in Toronto - two
pages of photos |
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Carden Alvar - Least Bittern, Upland Sandpiper,
Wilson's Snipe, Ospreys and More on 30 April 2011 |
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March |
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Mystery
Disappearance of House Sparrows |
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Greater Snow Geese with neck collars near Lancaster, Ontario on
28 and 29 March 2011 |
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Spectacular concentrations of Greater Snow Geese near Lancaster,
Ontario, on 28 and 29 March 2011 |
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Adult Common Gull Larus canus canus at Cobourg Harbour on 23 March 2011 |
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Cory's Least
Bittern, a very rare colour morph of the Least Bittern at the
Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto |
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Yellow-nosed Albatross and Northern Gannet specimens at Royal
Ontario Museum on 22 March 2011 |
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Female
Mountain Bluebird at Ridge Road Estate Winery on Ridge Road in
Stoney Creek, Hamilton, on 20 March 2011. |
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Quest Nature Tours trip to Belize and Guatemala 21 February to 4
March 2011. Eight pages of photos of birds, mammals. flowers, caves
and more. |
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February |
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Volunteering for Bird Conservation on James Bay - Article in
OFO News Vol 29(1):1-3, February 2011 |
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Black-legged Kittiwake at Cobourg Harbour on 14 February 2011 |
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Varied
Thrush and feeder birds at Weimar Line, Wellesley near Waterloo
on 10 February 2011 |
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Spotted and
Eastern Towhees at Monarch's Landing, Port Burwell on Lake Erie
on 9 February 2011 |
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Juvenile
Red-shouldered Hawk at Whitby on 5 February 2011 |
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Barred Owl at Cranberry Marsh on 5 February 2011 |
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January |
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Redpolls
attracted to European Black Alder at Ashbridges Bay, Toronto on
29 January 2011 |
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Variation in Kumlien's Iceland Gulls at Bluffers Park, Toronto,
25, 29, 30 & 31 January 2011. Three pages of photos of 21
individuals. |
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Glaucous Gulls at Cherry Beach and Bluffers Park in Toronto on
25 and 30 January 2011 |
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Leucistic
Trumpeter Swan at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 29 January 2011 |
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First
winter male Harlequin Duck and Gulls at Whitby Harbour on 26
January 2011 |
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Bohemian
Waxwings at Balsam near Toronto on 23 January 2011 |
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First year female Snowy Owl with ear tufts at Holland Marsh
north of Toronto on 21 January 2011 |
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Tundra or
Trumpeter Swan? Six photos of a swan on the Niagara River on 17
January 2011 |
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Northern Saw-whet Owl and Eastern Screech-Owl in Toronto,
January 2011 |
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Evening
Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls and Pileated Woodpecker at feeders in
Uphill, Carden Alvar, on 10 and 14 January 2011. |
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Gray Jay,
Canada Jay, Whisky-Jack, Camp Robber - 8 photos and text about
our favourite bird of the north woods. 5 January 2011. |
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Northern
Hawk Owl & Common Redpolls - Carden Alvar, 3, 5 and 10 January 2011 |
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Niagara's Purple Sandpipers - where to find them in
winter, 2 January 2011 |
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Leucistic Bonaparte's Gull at the Whirlpool, Niagara
River on 30 Dec 2010 and 2 January 2011 |
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