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Seen December 28, 2009: 215. Thayer's Gull Seen at the local dump with a large number of gulls, but too far away to photograph. Much thanks to an experienced local birder for picking him out!

Seen November 15, 2009: 213. Long-eared Owl 214. Short-eared Owl A trip to Amherst Island added two more owls to my year list. Too bad neither species was cooperative for taking photos! (I can't believe we'll be starting our year lists all over again in just one month!)

Seen November 1, 2009: 209. White-winged Scoter 210. Horned Grebe Seen November 7, 2009: 211. Black Scoter 212. Greater Scaup The Black Scoter was surprisingly close to the shore and looked almost as though she were going to drift right up to the rocks where I was sitting.

Seen October 15, 2009: 205. Ross's Goose Seen October 16, 2009: 206. Long-tailed Duck Seen October 25, 2009: 207. Red-necked Grebe 208. Cackling Goose

Seen September 19, 2009: 202. Marbled Godwit Seen October 2, 2009: 203. Rusty Blackbird 204. Orange-crowned Warbler

Seen August 22, 2009: 196. Canada Warbler 197. Cape May Warbler Seen August 23, 2009: 198. Black-billed Cuckoo 199. Red-necked Phalarope Seen September 7, 2009: 200. Pectoral Sandpiper 201. Long-billed Dowitcher

My year list is badly out of date, mostly because I've been focusing on putting up my wildlife photos on Pbase for the last two and half months. I now have over 1,000 images in my galleries, and there are still more to come. You can view images of birds (of course!), reptiles, amphibians...

Seen June 28, 2009: 190. Scarlet Tanager Seen July 1, 2009: 191. Wood Thrush Too bad the sun hadn't been shining on Sunday when I saw the tanager...it was a beautiful brilliant red male, perched on a branch with no leaves.

Seen June 6, 2009: 185. Alder Flycatcher 186. Willow Flycatcher Seen June 7, 2009: 187. Brant 188. Indigo Bunting Seen June 14, 2009: 189. Eastern Towhee It's strange to think I saw both Alder and Willow Flycatchers on the same day, just in two different conservation areas! I am used to...

Seen May 20, 2009: 180. Tennessee Warbler Seen May 24, 2009: 181. American Bittern 182. Blackpoll Warbler 183. Clay-colored Sparrow Seen May 31, 2009: 184. Semipalmated Sandpiper

Seen May 16, 2009: 172. Red-eyed Vireo 173. Eastern Wood-Pewee 174. Least Sandpiper 175. Semipalmated Plover Seen May 17, 2009: 176. Philadelphia Vireo Seen May 18, 2009: 177. Eastern Bluebird 178. Wilson's Warbler 179. Ruby-throated Hummingbird I was so startled when the yellow bird I saw...

Seen May 12, 2009: 167. Veery 168. Spotted Sandpiper 169. Least Flycatcher 170. Bobolink Seen May 15, 2009: 171. Brown Thrasher

Back in Ottawa... Seen May 11, 2009: 163. Black-throated Green Warbler 164. Northern Parula 165. Black-crowned Night Heron 166. Great Crested Flycatcher

The last birds from my trip to s. Ontario Seen May 5, 2009 (Rondeau Park): 149. Rose-breasted Grosbeak 150. Ovenbird 151. Magnolia Warbler 152. Warbling Vireo 153. Blackburnian Warbler 154. Black-and-White Warbler 155. Chestnut-sided Warbler 156. Marsh Wren Near Erieau: 157. Mute Swan Seen...

Seen May 4, 2009 (Point Pelee): 144. American Redstart 145. Carolina Wren 146. Sandhill Crane 147. Eastern Kingbird 148. American Coot The last birds from Point Pelee. The Sandhill Crane flew right over us and landed close by, though it was screened by all the branches. I wish I had gotten...

Seen May 4, 2009 (Point Pelee): 139. Black-throated Blue Warbler 140. Yellow-throated Vireo 141. Grasshopper Sparrow 142. White-crowned Sparrow 143. Prothonotary Warbler I actually found the Yellow-throated Vireo through it's song, which is on the Peterson's audio guides I've been studying...

Seen May 4, 2009 (Point Pelee): 133. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 134. Orchard Oriole 135. Sanderling 136. Common Tern 137. Hooded Warbler 138. White-eyed Vireo I wish I had taken more than just the one photo of the White-eyed Vireo, but it and the Hooded Warbler had emerged into the open at the same...

Seen May 4, 2009 (Hillman Marsh): 126. Lesser Yellowlegs 127. Black-bellied Plover 128. Dunlin 129. Bonaparte's Gull 130. Caspian Tern 131. Bank Swallow Seen May 4, 2009 (Wheatley): 132. Forster's Tern The terns were fun to watch, particularly the Forster's at the beach of our motel. I...

From my trip to southern Ontario! Seen May 2, 2009 (Cambridge, ON): 120. Northern Rough-winged Swallow 121. Chimney Swift Seen May 3, 2009 (Tremblay Beach CA): 122. House Wren 123. Baltimore Oriole 124. Common Yellowthroat 125. Palm Warbler My trip to southern Ontario last week was...

Seen April 26, 2009: 111. Blue-winged Teal 112. Virginia Rail 113. Wilson’s Snipe 114. Merlin 115. Purple Martin 116. Pine Warbler Seen April 27, 2009: 117. Hermit Thrush 118. Yellow Warbler Seen April 28, 2009: 119. Nashville Warbler