Tristan Ducharme

White winged scoter in water

White winged scoter in water with mussels in mouth

White winged scoter in water with mussels in mouth

White winged scoter in water with mussels in mouth

Some more shots of him 🪶

White winged scoter in water with mussels in mouth

Did some long weekend birding and watched this White-winged scoter foraging for zebra mussels. 🌿📷🪶

A great ambassador choice! It took me a while to finally get a group of them

evening grosbeaks in tree

Another shot of them 🪶🌿📷

evening grosbeaks in tree

A collection of Evening Grosbeaks from this morning, one of Ontario's Northern residents. 🪶📷🌿

Opossum on snow

Canada's only marsupial, the Virginia Opossum just outside my office today. 🌿📷🦊

Very cool to see a Spotted Towhee in Ontario 🌿📷🪶

Swamp Sparrow

Caught this Swamp sparrow skulking around a frozen pond. Swamp sparrows tend to be an uncommon winter bird, but a few stick around in Ontario every year. 🌿📷🪶

Large white gull flying with white background

If I had to pick a favourite bird group it would probably be gulls. And if I had to pick a favourite gull, it would be hard not to choose the Glaucous gull. I was lucky to run into this 1st year bird this morning 🪶🌿📷

Really excited to get my lifer Townsend's Solitaire in Ontario today. Usually the farthest east they'll come is Saskatchewan. 🌿📷🪶

Thank you!!!

Black bird walking with leaves and branches around

It's been a pretty good bird year so far. Found this Rusty blackbird hiding amongst leaf litter 📷🪶🌿

Goose grazing

White goose standing on grass

A few more pics of the Ross's Goose

Goose profile

My first Ross's Goose, an uncommon Ontario species that sometimes flocks with Canada Geese. 🪶🌿📷

Beaver on ice eating branch

Caught this beaver working his way through some branches 🪶🌿📷

Screenshot of letterboxd list

With the year coming to an end, here are my top movies of the year. 📽️🎥🎬

For album of the year I have 🎶🎵:

1. Lonely people with power by Deafheaven
2. Let God sort them out by Clipse
3. Private Music by Deftones

Long eared owl hidden among trees

Long eared owl hidden among trees

Long eared owl hidden among trees

A Long-eared owl I spotted while on my finch hunt. I find Long-eared owls tend to rest too close to trails, so when I see them I try to leave the area so as not to disturb them. This owl was being mobbed by smaller birds which explains why he was awake and alert during the day. 🌿🪶📷

Quite possibly haha

Thank you!

Barred owl on branch

I was hunting for finches when I noticed something else was watching me, a Barred Owl. 🪶📷🌿

Redpoll on dry grass

Ran into a Redpoll hiding among a group of American Tree Sparrows 🌿🪶📷

Horned lark foraging on small stones

Another Horned lark 🪶🌿📷

I was sitting around in a field waiting for raptors when a group of Horned Larks wandered close to me 🌿🪶📷

Thank you!

King Eider sitting on water

Not every day you run into a King Eider. This male is about a year out from his full adult plumage. Next year his bill will protrude to give a square headed look and he'll start to get green coloration around the eye. 🌿🪶📷

Thank you! I was duck watching and this one snuck up on me haha

Northern harrier in flight

Northern harrier in flight

Northern harrier in flight

Northern Harrier in flight 🪶🌿📷

One of the worst parts of winter is not having a lot of daylight, this means I sometimes have to do my nature watching in my office. Last week I found this Western conifer seed bug with Tachinid fly eggs (likely from the genus Phasiinae). #insects 🌿🪰

Coopers Hawk on branch

Cooper's Hawk profile

Cooper's Hawk from this morning 🪶🌿📷

Swamp sparrow on branch

Swamp sparrow on branch

One of my favourite underrated Ontario birds is the Swamp Sparrow. They can be difficult to pick out until you learn to recognize their call. I was happy to spot a late one yesterday morning attempting to overwinter. 🌿🪶📷