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Came across this one a few mornings ago (8.30am,clock wrong, and heavy shadow). Did not have time to change to a slower shutter speed so ISO 6400). Looks pretty similar. Don't see them as much as I ...

Thanks Paul. Excellent reference article and following a quick review I am tending towards your conclusion. I will go through it more carefully and then decide. After 60 years of bird "study", ...

Southern Ontario, summer of 2017. Still going through my huge (well, fairly big) backlog of photos. I was always better at taking photos than organizing and identifying. Always struggled a little ...

I could not resist taking a look. I was initially tending towards Tufted Duck but it does not seem to match exactly any of the options mentioned so far (bill tip, crest etc.). Apparently ...

Very nice image, great colors and nice contrast between subject and background.

All nice shots, I especially like No.2. Also jealous of your Peregrine as all I seem to find are Merlins.

Hi Paul, now that you have pointed it out - the split white eye-ring is key. I went back to some of guide books and none of them show such a distinctive eye-ring as this one. Excuse the terrible ...

Thanks BirdShooter for the added confirmation. Does the very distinctive white eye-ring  look typical for the birds you see?

Thanks Paul, much appreciated. The white eye ring on my bird is much more distinct than those shown in my bird guides; excuses, excuses. However, as it is considered rare to uncommon in Ontario I ...

Southern Ontario. I was out doing my bit for the Big Day, but really quiet. My best guess for this one is female Nashville Warbler. Very active so could not get a decent image. Any and all ...

Thanks, much appreciated. I was leaning that way but the lighter area below and in front of the eye looked different. Regards.

Southern Ontario. I don't come across many thrushes so would appreciate the help. This one looks chunkier than the usual ones I see and the area below the eye looks different. Hope someone can pin ...

I also like your cat - not "just a cat" but quite a menacing one. Although I am a dog person I have always been fascinated by cats. I tended to agree with the previous poster that a tighter crop ...

I suspect the number of 24 is quite low. We have had four or five in the vicinity of my Snowy Owl summer residence town in Central Ontario all summer. Over the past five years or so they have ...

Hi Dave, Yes, I also promised myself that I would avoid these threads and did quite well for a while, but eventually got sucked in again. As I said this was mainly because I have been surprised by ...

I also began to enjoy photography quite a while ago (sixty years) and was not enthusiastic about the new digital world. For a long time I objected in principle to "photo-shopping", but I came ...

Reilly, very much appreciated and possibly more than I had anticipated in view of your somewhat "playful" responses elsewhere. I find very little to disagree with and this tends to support my own ...

I suspect this is primarily a plug for your buddy's new app which is fine. Of the adjectives you used I would select "unusual". If it works for you that is fine (probably mostly internet ...

Reilly, I acknowledge your comment regarding the relative importance of issues. However, as you appear to be a happy user of Adobe products I would be very grateful if you could provide a thoughtful ...

I quite liked the original image so was looking at it more closely than usual and spotted the horse. Regards.