Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Shortsighted on August 09, 2025, 03:52:20 PM
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Not much wind this morning and this made it seem even warmer. Out east I was hoping to find a few new shorebirds but all that I saw was a single Semipalmated plover and a couple of Sanderlings. Fortunately a Green-backed heron showed up but only after I quit my favoured position. At Rotary Park in Ajax I was hoping to find the gallinule and the Least bittern. I glimpsed the gallinule behind reeds but it did not come out into the open. The Least bittern also mostly stayed within the reeds.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-d4Rx3WX/0/KLJLzpHhW98gBqjMH9tJrBwJ4V5n2Qp5KJq5nHV6t/L/SP%20plover%2C2%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-d4Rx3WX/A)
(http://httsps://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-d4Rx3WX/0/KLJLzpHhW98gBqjMH9tJrBwJ4V5n2Qp5KJq5nHV6t/L/SP%20plover%2C2%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-d4Rx3WX/A)
Semipalmated plover
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-KXm7K7r/0/K3c4ZpLp6rH2tVz5pM9wdkTC3sPNv6H2M32Z4fDG7/L/Sanderling%20x%202%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-KXm7K7r/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-7X2dL3X/0/LVxDBHNhCks9cMH5HtMWXnMJvNLpq9ZJ6vLQB8Hsn/L/Sanderling%2Cclose%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-7X2dL3X/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-QwLQKkj/0/K3NszvDc227R6Jp4TtqbNS8LNKbcHVbZGKRhqgrcm/L/Heron%20on%20beach%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-QwLQKkj/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-zxXkNXL/0/M7JxcpPkJcxqXkFN6qVZxbXRNFXNds45wrw22Qr4L/L/G.heron%2Cwhiteout%2C2%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-zxXkNXL/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-dHxWGwS/0/NQVsJ9Rp3w8zpnQmLRCHSqTGDg64pBfc2QcWHG8MJ/L/Heron%20head%20down%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-dHxWGwS/A)
Say NO to drugs
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-fXm33hM/0/LfB2LGpzHdz6r3zB84VbnctbXzr4ZC5mBMdVF9mGr/L/Heron%27s%20head%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-fXm33hM/A)
Green-backed heron
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-4GmqGRK/0/KVP9XjRnnwgMQTDNzz44RTJfQFsLLSSt7K6zm2dNT/L/Gull%2Ccatfish%2C2%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-4GmqGRK/A)
Successful catch
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-zKFhQQ4/0/Nhd3DzG44rNQq82Gpm7Ft9hRBkpc7gsxMgWpdKgdx/L/Bittern%2Cpose%2Cfar%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-zKFhQQ4/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-TNBXG4M/0/MvhgkMnZ7jdFGqRQKLhhJRv978bxDdcjMKk4stFgj/L/L.%20Bittern%2Cfar%2C9th%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-TNBXG4M/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-BKFSPz3/0/NS5wcds2czjnB6P3dFn8DrJw2gNcTVpxmKWnj6XCc/L/Bittern%20in%20reeds%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-BKFSPz3/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-F52DQfS/0/NXFGjBMktj2wWgSpQNZcMwhK9XLK2MnXvpX594ZNR/L/Bittern%2Cclose%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-F52DQfS/A)
Least Bittern
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Still many good catches!