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Drab first-year Baltimore Orioles are a fascinating, and daunting, study. In their 1998 paper detailing female Bullock’s vs. female Baltimore Orioles in the journal, Birding, Cin-Ty Lee and Andrew Birch discuss the following: Continue reading Bullock’s vs. Baltimore Oriole: females in winter
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Today (November 23) from 1020 h to 1300 h, I gull-watched at the Ottawa Valley Waste Recovery Centre in Renfrew County. 6 species of gull including: Iceland (4 kumlieni ), Glaucous (1), Lesser Black-backed (1). I also observed and photographed a first cycle “Nelson’s” Gull. Continue reading Gulls at the Ottawa Valley Waste Recovery Centre
As fall progresses and winter takes hold, top tier predators such as Great Horned Owls often switch hunting strategies in order to sustain themselves: they wander, often widely, in search of prey. This is especially true of birds in the north (i.e., in the boreal forest region). Continue reading Great Horned Owls in Winter
One golden rule of thumb that I’ve learned from advanced and expert hawkwatchers is: shape trumps plumage! Plumage details are easily lost at a distance and/or obscured by a variety of lighting conditions. Continue reading Raptors at a Distance: shape trumps plumage