This image is hopelessly irrelevant with respect to timeliness of posting, however, I still have a few more hummingbird photos from summer that I want to post to flickr so I don't 'lose' them. Posting this on a cold, snowy December 1st is somehow satisfying, though.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird immature male

Tags:   Archilochus colubris Ruby-throated Hummingbird bird young male immature flying bird in flight b.i.f. hovering wings Cigar Plant Cuphea ignea flowers blossoms summer southwestern Ontario Canada

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Shore birds, in this case a Lesser Yellowlegs, are amazing in their ability to find their very small prey through murky water and often within the mud substrate of shallow waters. In watching them, I found that when they strike, they seldom come up empty.

Tags:   Tringa flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs bird wading water foraging fall migrant fall migration autumn southern Ontario Canada

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Common Merganser (immature)

Tags:   Mergus merganser Common Merganser immature young juvenile duck bird swimming water river profile summer southwestern Ontario Canada

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I imagine that not all moments in this Green Frog's world are as serene as this one appears to be.

Tags:   Lithobates clamitans Green Frog amphibian laying water pond lily pad goldfish summer southwestern Ontario Canada

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This Great Blue Heron finished a lengthy preening session with a good fluff and shake of the feathers.

Tags:   Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron bird young juvenile immature wading water river plumage feathers fluffed ruffled summer southwestern Ontario Canada

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