Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Paul O'Toole on December 04, 2013, 05:30:17 PM
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Species: Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)
Status: Rare for Ontario
Records: This is the 3rd record for the province since 1953.
Previous records:
1995: 5-6 December, Deschenes Rapids, Ottawa River, Ottawa.
1998: 29 November, Burlington Ship Canal, Hamilton.
Location: Kingston, Ontario 4 Dec 2013
Normal Range: Arctic and near Arctic waters.
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Wow.
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Great for you with such a rarity near home! Great picture too.
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Hey,
Great shot Paul! Lucky you..... Maybe the bird will stick around a few more weeks till Christmas, then I can get out there! BTW, David Beadle has a great shot this bird on his Flicker photostream. Check it out.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10821818@N07/11213892566/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10821818@N07/11213892566/)
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Great shot there, you can see the water droplets on its body clearly and a good look at the eye. Hoping for some better light tomorrow (Friday).
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Awesome pic. I tried for it this morning but could not find it. Maybe it will be rediscovered. Congrats on a great rarity!
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he looks displeased :)
this is the bird with the bad leg, right?
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Apparently it didn't have a bad leg, my guess on this was incorrect. Other experts indicated he legs were hanging naturally for this species. The bird appears to have moved on.
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Awesome...