Dave Van De Laar

House Sparrow on Milkweed a female House Sparrow

Snowy Owl

Red-tailed Hawk

Red Morph Eastern Screech Owl

Eastern Screech Owl Eastern Screech Owl taking residence in a tree on my property

Northern Shoveller

Juvenile Great Blue Heron

Osprey Osprey bringing in nesting material

Short-billed Dowitcher

PIping Plover

Short-Billed Dowitcher

Eastern Bluebird

Sandhill Crane Sandhill Crane guarding the nest

Black-Crowned Night Heron

Sandhill Cranes

Eastern Bluebird after the rain a photo of an Eastern Bluebird after a downpour

Eastern Bluebird

Double Crested Cormorant

Mute Swan

Ross's Goose a rare bird in my part of the world

Blue Jays

snow bunting

Downy Woodpeckers male Downy Woodpeckers

White-Crowned Sparrow

Red-Winged Blackbird

Female Northern Cardinal

Turkey Vulture

Vultures a Black Vulture and Turkey Vulture sharing a perch

Northern Mockingbird Northern Mockingbird on Firethorn branch

Juvenile Northern Mockingbird Northern Mockingbird on Firethorn Branch

semipalmated sandpiper

Northern Mockingbird on Firethorn

nesting Piping Plover

Snowy Owl

Great Blue Heron

Melanistic Great Blue Heron These is a bit of discussion among the birders in the Hamilton, Ontario, Canada area. Some people think this is a Melanistic Great Blue Heron and some people think the dark colour is due to oil.

Willet

Piper Plover

Black-Crowned Night Heron

Ring-billed Gull juvenile Ring-billed Gull

Blue Jay

Tree Swallow

Downy Woodpeckers male and female Downy Woodpeckers

Turkey Vulture

White-breasted Nuthatch

Taking Off

Brown Thrasher

Dark-eyed Junco Dark-eyed Junco on Crabapple branch

Northern Cardinal female Northern Cardinal

Cardinals male and female Northern Cardinals

Mallard in flight female mallard (Hen)

American Tree Sparrow an American Tree Sparrow on a sunflower

Great Gray Owl this was a captive bird

Northern Gannets a pair of Northern Gannets in the fog. Taken in Perce, Quebec

Bald Eagle

Great Blue Heron

American Bald Eagle the crop is a bit tight but he was a bit too close for a takeoff :-) Taken at Advocate Harbour in Nova Scotia

Osprey an osprey bringing in nesting material for the 2 juveniles

Northern Gannet I just finished a 3 week vacation in Eastern Canada and of those 3 weeks I spent 4 days in Perce, Northern Quebec. Just north of Perce is Bonaventure Island where (according to the biologist) there were 51,000 pairs of Northern Gannets nesting. Three o

Eastern Bluebird male Eastern Bluebird

Mute Swan male Mute Swan standing guard while mom and the babies are nearby

Eastern Bluebird male Eastern Bluebird

Redhead Duck drake Redhead Duck

Bald Eagle

Northern Cardinal female Northern Cardinal

Piping Plover

Dark-eyed Junco

Turkey Vulture

Red-tailed Hawk

Northern Pintail this is a male Northern Pintail

Dunlin

Ruddy Turnstone

Black Bellied Pover non breeding plumage

Great Blue Heron

Snow Owl Profile this was a captive bird

Great Blue Heron a Great Blue Heron licking his chops after a meal

Northern Cardinal

Red-breasted Nuthatch

House Sparrow female House Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Double Crested Cormorant The throat of the cormorant turns blue during breeding season

Eastern Bluebird female Eastern Bluebird

Mute Swan While taking photo's of BIF duck shots at the local beach I noticed this guy laying on the shore with his head under his back feathers. As I went closer he would lift his head up for a few seconds and then put it back under his/her feathers. I made so

Red-Winged Blackbird

Snowy Owl taking off

Black Vulture

Gadwall

Long-tailed Duck

Female Northern Cardinal and berries