Owlettes, Green Heron and Indigo Bunting Point pelee

2 nesting Great Horned owlettes


Fledged Great Horned owlette

One of 6 Indigo Buntings

Green Herons

Vireos, Gnatcatcher, Plovers and more May 2011

Gnatcatcher - all birds from Point Pelee trip


Black Bellied Plovers

Ruddy Turnstones

Tom the turkey


White eyed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Rump Warblers, May 2011

Banded Rose-breasted Grosbeak

We spend an afternoon watching the banding at Hillman Marsh. The two following birds I released.
Banded Yellow Rump


Banded Female Red-Winged Blackbird - see the red on both shoulders


Banded Common Yellowthroat Warbler


Janice

Blackburnian, Northern Parula, Chestnut-side, Nashville Warblers May 2011

Blackburnian Warbler

a few more shots of warblers from Point Pelee

Northern Parula


Chestnut0-sided Warbler


Nashville Warbler

Baltimore Orioles and Rose Breasted Grosbeak May 2011

Baltimore Orioles. I have 8 of them right now.




Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak - one of 6

Hummingbirds, Cardinals, Finch and more May 2011

Hummingbirds


My backyard is full of birds, 8 orioles, 5 hummingbirds, cardinals, finches, gosbeaks and more. Also have a resident cooper hawk that lands on top of the feeder.
Cardinals Male


Purple finch


Female Red Winged Black Bird

Red Tailed Hawk Release with Chris May 20 , 2011

Flight to freedom. Today Chris (volunteer at Toronto Wildlife Centre) was doing a few releases. I was thrilled as supporter of the centre and friend to go with Chris.
Chris carefully opens box of hawk on the top of a hill facing a wooded lot.

Red-Tailed Hawk was ready to go and flew out of the box to freedom

Once he arrived at the tree he just sat there. Within minutes he was harassed by a mockingbird, robin and crow. When we left he had moved around the tree.