Thick Billed Murre

[Paul O'Toole]

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.

[Dinusaur]

Wow.

[thouc]

Great for you with such a rarity near home! Great picture too.

[gary yankech]

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/

[Paul O'Toole]

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).

[Rotarran]

Awesome pic.  I tried for it this morning but could not find it.  Maybe it will be rediscovered.  Congrats on a great rarity!

[mr.sharp-photo]

he looks displeased

this is the bird with the bad leg, right?

[Paul O'Toole]

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.

[BoboBird]

Awesome...