BIRD PHOTOS OF THE DAY: PORT PERRY, ON

      Today Sharon and I went to Port Perry, ON, which is on Lake Scugog.  It started to rain on the way and by the time we got there it was pouring rain.  We had lunch and luckily it stopped raining.  However, it was very windy, which made photography difficult.
   The highlight of the afternoon was the sighting of an osprey.  It was flying around and finally found a fish for lunch.  We saw it from the Scugog Causeway (Route 7A).  We managed to photograph it flying and after it had caught the fish and landed.
   We sighted and photographed the following birds:

• Osprey
• European Starling, both breeding adults and a juvenile
• American Robin
• Red-winged Blackbird

ABOVE 5 PHOTOS: OSPREY
OSPREY IS FLYING, IT CATCHES A
FISH AND LAND & THEN STARTS
EATING 

ABOVE 3 PHOTOS: EUROPEAN STARLING
TOP 2 PHOTOS: ADULTS IN BREEDING PLUMAGE
LOWER PHOTO: JUVENILE

AMERICAN ROBIN

MALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD

ADDITIONAL BIRD PHOTOS FROM PANAMA

Here are more bird photos from our trip to Panama:

• Variable Seedeater
• Willet
• Laughing Gull in breeding plumage
• Female Bronzed Cowbird
• Palm Tanager

There are still a few more birds I'm trying to identify.  Of the above birds the Variable Seedeater and the Palm Tanager are new species for my Life List.

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS: VARIABLE SEEDEATER
TOP: MALE  BOTTOM: MALE ON LEFT,
FEMALE ON RIGHT

WILLET

LAUGHING GULL IN BREEDING PLUMAGE

FEMALE BRONZED COWBIRD

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS: PALM TANAGER

PHOTOS FROM YESTERDAY AT RICHMOND GREEN PARK

   Yesterday afternoon Sharon and I took our dog Kenya for a walk in Richmond Green Park.  In the pond we came across a famale Mallard with her brood of chicks.

Here are their photos plus some other photos.

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS: FEMALE MALLARD
AND CHICKS

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS: RING-BILLED GULL

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS: FEMALE RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRD

SHARON & KENYA


FLOWERS AT RICHMOND GREEN PARK

BIRD PHOTOS FROM TRIP TO PANAMA

   This morning Sharon and I returned from a week long trip to Panama.  We stayed at the Royal Decameron Beach Resort in Farallon ( Playa Blanca),  Panama.  The resort is on the Gulf of Panama on the Pacific Ocean side of Panama.  While staying at and enjoying the resort we sighted and photographed numerous birds.  Here is a list of the birds  and other fauna we have so far identified and whose photos follow:

• Yellow-crowned Night Heron
• Red-crowned Woodpecker
• Blue-gray Tanager
• Brown Pelican
• Great-tailed Grackle
• Boat tailed Flycatcher
• Tropical Kingbird
• Tropical Mockingbird
• Franklin's Gull
• Shiny Cowbird
• Majestic Frigatebird
• Indian or Blue Peafowl
• Iguana
• Variegated Squirrel

   Of the 12 bird photos, 9 are new species and have been added to my Life List.  The ones that aren't new: Yellow-crowned Night Heron and Brown Pelican.  The Indian Peafowl isn't eligible, as it is domesticated. 

   Franklin's Gull and the Laughing Gull bear a close resemblance to each other.  I was able to I.D. the gull as a Franklin's Gull from the photo with the wings spread open. You can make out the white band separating the black wing tips from the rest of the wing. This occurs on the Franklin's Gull, but not on the Laughing Gull.

   As I identify the birds in the other photos I will add them to the blog.

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ABOVE 3 PHOTOS: YELLOW-CROWNED
NIGHT HERON

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS: RED-CROWNED
WOODPECKER

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS: BLUE-GRAY TANAGER

ABOVE 3 PHOTOS: BROWN PELICAN

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS:  GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE
TOP: FEMALE; BOTTOM: MALE

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS: BOAT-BILLED
FLYCATCHER

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS: TROPICAL KINGBIRD

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS: TROPICAL MOCKINGBIRD

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS: FRANKLIN'S GULL

FEMALE SHINY COWBIRD

MAJESTIC FRIGATEBIRD

ABOVE 4 PHOTOS: INDIAN OR BLUE PEAFOWL
TOP 3 PHOTOS: MALE - PEACOCK
BOTTOM PHOTO: FEMALE - PEAHEN

ABOVE 2 PHOTOS: IGUANA

ABOVE 3 PHOTOS: VARIEGATED SQIRREL

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