Jean Iron's Photos

9 Lichen Place, Toronto ON M3A 1X3, Canada.  Email Jean Iron  phone: 416-445-9297

Adult male Varied Thrush in definitive basic plumage at Cold Creek Conservation Area, near Toronto, Ontario on 11 January 2009.

 

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Female Snowy Owl at Holland Marsh on 7 February 2010

Snow Goose and Mute Swans in Whitby Harbour on 3 February 2010

Arizona Birding 14 - 28 January 2010. Eight pages of photos.

Female Pileated Woodpecker drilling for carpenter ants in a live Eastern Hemlock in Brookbanks Ravine, Toronto, 12 January 2010

Adult male Varied Thrush in definitive basic plumage at Cold Creek Conserv- ation Area, near Toronto, Ontario on 11 January 2009.

Common Gull (Larus canus canus) adult in winter (basic) plumage near Adam Beck, Niagara River, 6 January 2010

Mew Gull (Larus canus brachyrhynchus) adult in winter (basic) plumage near Adam Beck, Niagara River, 1 January 2010

Harlequin Ducks at Saddington Park, Port Credit near Toronto, 28 Dec 2009

Wilson's Warbler male, at Sedgewick Park in Oakville on 27 December 2009

Thayer's Gull adult in basic plumage at Ashbridges Bay, Toronto, 20 Dec 2009

Purple Sandpiper and Dunlin at Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Ontario, on 8 Dec 09

Barred Owl at Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Ontario, on 8 December 2009

Black-legged Kittiwake in juvenal plumage, Niagara River above Falls, 5 Dec 09

Ross's Goose adult, Niagara River between Chippawa & Fort Erie, 5 Dec 09

Merlin at north side of Whirlpool, Niagara River on 28 November 2009

European Herring Gulls in England and Wales, October & November 2009

Some Welsh Gulls at Porthcawl, Wales on 31 October and 1 November 2009

California Gull in third basic (winter) plumage on the Niagara River near Sir Adam Beck on 21 November 2009

Phainopepla in Brampton, Ontario, near Toronto on 12 November 2009.

Common Eiders at Cape May and Avalon, New Jersey, on 7 November 2009

Mediterranean Gulls at Porthcawl, Wales, on 31 October and 1 November 2009

Some Japanese Birds 5 photo pages, 25-27 Sept. 09. Osaka & Kyoto, Japan.

Bull-headed Shrike nesting in Toru Iwata's Takasago City garden, Japan, 2009.

Juvenal Long-billed Dowitcher with broken lower mandible, Presqu'ile, 13 Sept.

Black-legged Kittiwake 1 & photo 2, juvenal, Van Wagners Beach, 7 Sept 2009

Black-throated Sparrow at Port Burwell on 30 August 2009

American Avocet 3 photos, Pringle Creek in Whitby on 24 August 2009

Sanderling with lime green flag at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 24 August 2009

Black Bears at the Minden Dump on 21 and 22 August 2009

Olive-sided Flycatcher in my Toronto garden on 11 August 2009

James Bay Shorebird and Red Knot Surveys Ontario, 16-29 July 2009

Carden Alvar in June and July. Three pages of photos.

Spring Long-billed and Short-billed Dowitcher Identification

Broad-winged Hawk and Barred Owl Deep Bay Road near Minden, 28 June '09

Western Sandpiper in first alternate plumage at Windermere Basin, Hamilton, on 8 June 2009

Purple Sandpiper 1, photo 2 in alternate plumage, Cobourg Harbour, 29 May '09

Banded Piping Plover 4 photos at Darlington Provincial Park, 27 & 28 May 2009

Black Terns photo 1 & photo 2 at Port Perry Sewage Lagoons, on 26 May 2009

Whimbrel migration in Toronto on 24 May 2009. 1814 birds counted.

Common Loon and Northern Mockingbird at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto on 23 May 2009.

Hudsonian Godwit 1, photo 2, photo 3, male in alternate plumage, Whitby, 23 May 2009

Long-billed Dowitcher 1 and photo 2 at Hillman Shorebird Cell on 17 May 2009

Western Willets photo 1 and photo 2 at tip of Point Pelee, 10 May 2009

Hendersoni Short-billed Dowitcher at Hillman Shorebird Cell,10 May 2009

Long-billed Dowitcher at Hillman Shorebird Cell, 9 May 2009

Male Ruff in breeding plumage 4 photos. Britannia/8th Line, Milton, 5 May 09

Panama 2009 5 pages at Canopy Tower, 29 March to 2 April 2009

Costa Rica and Panama 2009 with Quest Nature Tours, 12 to 26 March 2009

Some Winter Wildlife in Algonquin Park 2 pages of birds and a Pine Marten, 7 March 2009

 Great Gray Owl - How to Age It Holland Landing on 5 March 2009

Digiscoping

How to make a Spice Jar Lid Adapter

 

Ron Pittaway Articles

 

Recognizable Forms Index

 

Female Goldeneye Bill Colour PDF

 
Recognizable Bird Forms of Canada PDF
 
Carden Alvar Birding Guide
 
Lake Ontario Pelagic Trap Pelagic birding at Hamilton, Ontario PDF
 
Southbound Shorebirds PDF
 

Fall Hawkwatching PDF

 

Recognizable Forms Subspecies of the Horned Lark PDF

 

Jean Iron Articles

 Book Review   

Shorebirds of North America, Europe, and Asia by Richard Chandler

First published in the Toronto Ornithological Club Newsletter No. 200 December 2009

 

Product Review

BirdsEye for Apple iPhone

First published in the Toronto Ornithological Club Newsletter No. 201  January 2010

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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