Bob Bell 🇨🇦

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A female purple martin standing on grassy ground, looking over her shoulder to the left side of the image. This pose makes her look muscular, like a mini-falcon.

A male purple martin perched on the entrance to his condo, yelling at something!

Purple Martins from back in the spring. The way the female is posing on the grass, she looks like a miniature falcon to me. #birds #birding

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A Canada Goose resting on top of thick, rusty pipe sticking vertically out of the water, with a sign attached to it.

Interesting spot for a Canada Goose. #birds #Birding #TommyThompsonpark #Toronto

I'm sorry, I can't - this was at one of my neighbors, and he jury-rigged it so that it was supported from the bottom rather than from the top hook.

It was manufactured for Wild Birds Unlimited, hope that helps!

A hummingbird perched on the edge of a nectar feeder, drinking, with her wings opened in a hover

A female hummingbird perched on the right side of a nectar feeder, drinking

A female hummingbird perched on the right side of a nectar feeder, sitting upright, with her head slightly cocked upwards

A female hummingbird perched on a bare branch, with her back to the camera, looking off to the right

Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird taken in late August #birds #birding #Ancaster #HamOnt #hummingbird

Loshi says thanks!

I bet, they are a beloved family members!

Loshi curled up on his attachable window perch. He's all gray in colour.

Happy #caturday to those who celebrate! Here's Loshi livin' the good life

Two soft brown baby loons floating to the left of one adult, with its red eye showing nicely

Distant shot of an adult loon with two youngsters, taken from the deck at camp, so there are blurred branches of hemlocks hanging down in the foreground

Loon family spread out on calm water, one adult on the left side of the image with a youngster next to it, and the other adult on the right side of the image with a youngster trailing behind it

Common loon family bunched up on the water - two adults and two youngsters all close together.

Common Loon family at camp back in August #birds #birding #loon #Algoma

Good question! They sure are intense.

LOL!

I think this one was too hungry to be shy!

The hawk immediately turned around in a crouched position, like a cougar about to pounce (3rd photo) and then eventually just glared towards me (last photo). #birds #birding #Bobsbackyard #Ancaster #HamOnt

A Cooper's hawk on a thick branch of a maple tree, surrounded by green leaves starting to turn. His back is to me. He's looking upwards at something

A Cooper's hawk on a thick branch of a maple tree, surrounded by green leaves starting to turn. His back is to me. He's turned his head and is looking over his shoulder to the left side of the photo

A Cooper's hawk on a thick branch of a maple tree, surrounded by green leaves starting to turn. He has swiveled around rapidly in response to the sound of a bunch of mourning doves taking off noisily. He's in a crouch as if ready to take off

A Cooper's hawk on a thick branch of a maple tree, surrounded by green leaves starting to turn. He's now sitting upright, looking directly at me with a bit of a glare

A few days ago a Cooper's Hawk swooped through my yard and landed in a neighbour's maple tree. It was perched with its back to me for a long time (first two photos), until some Mourning Doves at my feeders somehow became aware of it and took off in a panic. See more... #birds #birding #Bobsbackyard

A cute round kinglet perched on a lichen covered branch, in profile view looking to the right. You can just see a hint of his red crown.

A female dark-eyed junco foraging for seeds on a lawn, in profile view looking to the right

A white-throated sparrow perched in a tangled mess of branches running in all directions, with a green leaf backdrop. He's in profile view looking to the right and slightly downwards.

In the past few days, lots of new birds have arrived. Ironically, while I was wrapping up my sparrow cage match, lots of Dark-eyed Juncos and White-throated Sparrows arrived. This morning they were joined by a large flock of Ruby-crowned Kinglets. #birds #birding #Ancaster #HamOnt

A Swainson's thrush perched on a branch running diagonally from top left to bottom right, looking over its shoulder to the left. There are a few red leaves amongst the green ones, and some blue coloured berries on a vine.

A Swainson's thrush on a thick branch, with spruce boughs behind it. It is looking to the right, about to fly.

There are still a few Swainson's Thrush enjoying a stopover at the woodlot next to our pond. Soon they'll continue their journey south to Central and South America for the winter. #birds #birding #thrush

Barry Coombs, the chair of our bird advocacy group
@birdsonghamilton.bsky.social, continues to do a great job of working with local councilors in sharing the importance of #birds!

The @ward2hamilton team understand the importance of birds and their essential role in biodiversity. Plus, we had a blast!

LOL, love it!

Winter Finch Forecast 2025-2026 - FINCH RESEARCH NETWORK By Tyler Hoar Featured Post Photo: ©David Turgeon GENERAL FORECAST It looks to be a flight year for many species in Eastern Canada. With mostly very poor crops in the boreal forest from central Quebec...

The winter finch forecast is out and it looks very promising! Could be a very exciting winter of birding! #birds #finch #redpoll #grosbeak

finchnetwork.org/winter-finch...

Thank you for telling me this, It makes me very happy!

To be honest, me too!

Thank you very much!

I hope everyone knows that this is just for fun, and hopefully a bit educational for those who might not be as familiar with the beauty and variety of our sparrows. They are all champions in their own right and we're lucky to have such diversity here in Ontario!

A dark-eyed junco on a bare branch in my backyard, looking to the right, with his tail fanned out. The background is a blurred out gray colour. His pink beak shows nicely against his dark gray upper body colour.

Take a bow! The Dark-eyed Junco is our champion sparrow, with the White-crowned a close second.

Thanks everyone! I've really enjoyed your comments and seeing your preferences. #birds #Birding #sparrow

Thanks!

Well played! 😀