Brandon Holden Photography
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What's New?
As I update various sections on the webpage, they will be listed below along with the date they were added to the site.
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Quick Update! - Black Swift Photos can be seen here:
Black Swift - Point Pelee - May 17
Home from Florida!!! incredible adventure. Updates will appear on my "Florida Page"
Florida Page - Facts, route, locations visited and photos! -
I should note that the main page is a work in progess, check back for updates!
Locations online as of Mar 29th:
Cruickshank Sanctuary, Gatorland Rookery - 1st visit, Tigertail Beach - Marco Island, St. Augustine Rookery, Fort Myers Beach - Little Estero Lagoon, Cape Coral - Burrowing Owls, Everglades National Park - Flamingo Area and Anhingia Trail, Gatorland Part 2, Kissimmee Swamp Tours - Snail Kites, Fort De Soto
Florida: Bird Species Photographed... Check the Florida Page, for links to the photos!
April 8th
Red Knot
Wilson's Plover
American Coot
American Oystercatcher
Snail Kite
Black-necked Stilt
Little Blue Heron
Osprey
Short-tailed Hawk
Swallow-tailed Kite
Crested Caracara
Snowy Plover
Eastern Meadowlark
Black Skimmer
Royal Tern
Black Vulture
White Ibis
Anhinga
April 3rd
Reddish Egret
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Stork
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Pied-billed Grebe
Sora
Florida Scrub Jay
Tricoloured Heron
March 29th
Osprey
Snowy Egret
Tricoloured Heron
Snowy Plover
Florida Scrub Jay
Great Egret
Limpkin
Snail Kite
March 19th:
Blue-winged Teal
Mottled Duck
Green-winged Teal
Laughing Gull
Reddish Egret
February 17th, 2009
Horned Lark
Rough-legged Hawk
Glaucous Gull
Iceland (Kumlien's) Gull
Snowy Owl
Lesser Scaup
Wilson's Phalarope (yes, another one)
Greater Scaup
American Black Duck
Red-shouldered Hawk
And the gull parade continues!
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3rd ba - feb 3 - waterdown
Thayer's Gull - juv/1stba - feb 3 - waterdown
Iceland Gull - strange for the Kumlien's I usually see. Very well marked. Jan 8, 09
Kumlayer's Gull - another presumed Thayers/Iceland mixture - Feb 6 - adult
Kumlayer's Gull - yet another dangerous bird inbetween Iceland and Thayer's Gull
Herring Gull - 2nd ba - from early december, which was obviously blue on the mantle
Herring Gull - 1st ba - March 18, 08 - with a tailband
Herring Gulls - 1st ba's - Jan, 08 - both with tailbands
February 2nd, 2009 - some recent duck photos:
Red-breasted Merganser
Long-tailed Duck
Common Merganser
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
White-winged Scoter
Dun-dun-dun-dunnn.... Gulls!
Glaucous Gull X Great Black-backed Gull - Juv/1st ba
Gull species - juv/1st ba - very pale Herring-like beast. Slaty-backed/Thayers like as well.
Kumliens Gull - 3rd ba
Nelson's Gull (Herring X Glaucous) - 2nd ba
Another pale-winged gull beastie - Nelsons??
January 18th, 2009 - Owls.... Snowy Owls!
Snowy Owl page 17 new photos added
January 1st, 2009!! - Stuff!
Golden-winged Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Ovenbird
Belted Kingfisher
Dark-eyed Junco
Dragonflies!
Calico Pennant
Crimsion-ringed Whiteface
Eastern Pondhawk
Slaty Skimmer
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Black-tipped Darner
Canada Darner
Common Green Darner
Cyrano Darner
Fawn Darner
Green-striped Darner
Lake Darner
Mottled Darner
Ocellated Darner
Azure Bluet
Eastern Forktail
Ebony Jewelwing
Familiar Bluet
Stream Bluet
Rainbow Bluet
Black Saddlebags
Blue Dasher
Carolina Saddlebags
Spot-winged Glider
Wandering Glider
White-faced Meadowhawk
Black-shouldered Spiny Leg
Stream Crusier
Gulls, gulls gulls gulls!!!!!!!!!!!
Nelson's Gull - juv/1st ba. - very glaucous-like - Dec 23
Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull - adult - Dec 30
Thayer's Gull - adult - Dec 23
Thayer's Gull - 3rd ba - Dec 30
Kumlayer's Gull - juv/1st ba - dec 30
Iceland Gull - Adult - Dec 23
Iceland Gull - adult - Dec 30
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2nd ba - dec 30
December 21st- some new, mostly old!
Short-eared Owl
Snowy Owl
Blue Jay
Long-tailed Duck
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Mallard
Great Crested Flycatcher
Northern Shrike
Warbling Vireo
Song Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Wood Thrush
Red Knot
Greater Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Look out! More gulls... Highlights:
Nelson's Gull - Adult - (Herring X Glaucous) - Dec 11
Herring X Great Black-backed Gull Hybrid - Dec 5 - adult, a bit distant
possible 3rd ba. Herring X Great Black-backed Gull - a tougher call... its possible.. but it might just be a Herring Gull
Herring Gull: - check out the Herring Gull Page - for some older photos, espicially young birds with tailbands!
Adult with a massive amount of white in the primaries - December 5th, 2008
Iceland Gull
Adult - Dec 11 - Waterdown - darkish bird...
Juv - Dec 11 - Waterdown - a paleish bird, but I've seen a lot of pale birds this fall....
December 7th- finally something to put online that isnt gulls!
2 new Articles:
5 Style Tips for Photographers - a new article talking about how I try to create photographs that are different from the norm.
Little Stint at Townsend - My OBRC report detailing this bird I had in July, 2008. Seemed like a lot of work, so I figured i'd put it online
Favourite Image Gallery: Click here - or at the top navigation bar - I've finally put some work into getting my favourite images on one page. About half are working...... The ones with NA below the thumbnails are not currently active...
New website photos, some from spring - along with my limited collection from this fall:
Sabines Gull
Purple Sandpiper
Kumliens Gull
Wilson's Phalarope
Short-billed Dowitcher
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Snowy Owl
Warbling Vireo
Blackburnian Warbler
My Unusual Ontario Birds page has a few new updates as well.. Including the Fort Erie Curlew Sandpiper !
November: ya ya more gulls.... I promise i'll put the dragonflies back up eventually!
What am I? category
A strange whitish 1st ba. Herring Gull - perhaps closest to the old world forms?
adult Herring X Great Black-backed hybrid - nov 21
Great Black- backed X Herring Gull - adult - nov 24... 2nd bird in 3 days!
A paler Herring or a darker Thayers? Nov 19, 2008
Lesser Black-backed:
Thayer's Gull:
2nd Basic - Nov 14, 2008 ......... same
2nd Basic - Nov 21, 2008 ..........bird ... i think
Iceland "Kumlien's" Gull
Ring-billed Gull
2nd basic with a solid yellow (dull yellow) bill. Nov 14, 2008
Adult with reduced black on the primaries, and large white mirrors Nov 14, 08
Herring Gull
14 Nov, 2008 - is this bird actually in 2nd ba. plumage??
18 nov 2008 - 2nd ba.
19 nov 08 - showing a bit of a tail band
19 nov 08 - showing more of a tail band
18 nov 08 - two strange-ish birds standing together.. both "Northerns"? ... plus a 3rd distinctive "Northern" added for good measure
July 16th - Gulls? why gulls? isn't it summer?
I spent some time trying to get my gull pages back online. Some old birds, and a number of new birds. The below species have been updated:
Lesser Black-backed Gull page - now with 15 different birds of all ages
Nelson's Gull (Herring X Glaucous hybrid) - now with 6 different birds of all ages
Kumlien's/Thayer's Gull page - new birds added, now with 33 different individuals...
Califronia Gull - pictures of 5 different adults over the years in Ontairo.. where are the young birds?
Strange Hybrids / Mystery Birds - 5 different hybrids or unknown birds
The Unusual Ontario Birds page has been fixed up a bit more, for anyone having trouble with some of the links. One new addition to the page as well:
Laughing Gull (Pelee, May)
Finally I started to work on my Favourite Image Gallery - to start, two images of Lightning from my backyard are active.
July 4th- New/Recent Images:
Peregrine Falcon
Rusty Blackbird
Yellow Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Kirtland's Warbler
Wilson's Phalarope
June 22nd- some images from a short, bug filled, wet and very fun trip to Algonquin Park:
Northern Parula
Black-and-White Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
and an early start to the Peregrine Falcon nesting season!
UOB - King Rail - hillman marsh
And two articles for your reading enjoyment
Spring Hawk Migration through Lambton County
The Peregrine Falcons of Niagara Falls
May 29th- images!
Horned Grebe
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-throated Loon
Eastern Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Grasshopper Sparrow
Blue-winged Warbler
European Starling
White-crowned Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
Swamp Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Unusual Ontario Birds page updates :
Kirtland's Warbler
Mottled Duck
Lark Bunting
2 California Gulls
April 12th- more recent images, and an article on using photographs to notice new details in rare birds (based on two California Gulls) Click Here to read
Bald Eagle
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Bohemian Waxwing
Northern Mockingbird
A "What am I" Gull - a darkish mantled, 2nd ba/alt "thing" from Waterdown.
Older Images:
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Downy Woodpecker
Swamp Sparrow
March 12th- more images
Cooper's Hawk
American Wigeon
Rock Pigeon
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Glaucous Gull
Eastern Screech Owl
Eastern Kingbird
March 6th - A short article about finding a Barn Owl feather - and a collection of recent and older pictures:
Red-throated Loon
Blue Jay
American Goldfinch
Common Redpoll
House Finch
House Sparrow
Mourning Dove
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Northern Cardinal
Dunlin
Ruddy Turnstone
Grasshopper Sparrow
Field Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Black-throated Green Warbler
Cooper's Hawk
American Wigeon
February 6th -
A photo salon of the various plumages I have seen shown by Pine Grosbeaks - as a new article. Click Here to read - thanks to Peter Pyle for commenting on the birds!
Recent Pictures!!! :
Northern Hawk Owl
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Brown-headed Cowbird
Northern Mockingbird
Dark-eyed Junco
Glaucous Gull
Nelson's Gull (Herring X Glaucous hybrid)
Cooper's Hawk
Wild Turkey
Rough-legged Hawk
American Tree Sparrow
Great Black-backed Gull
My Winter List also added a few birds, with the highlight being the Niagara Falls Ross's Gull
January 17th - Happy New Year! Winter list added a few new species, and I learned how to feed the mockingbird in the backyard after a few tries (scroll down).
and a Handful of recent & older pictures:
Northern Hawk Owl
Hooded Merganser
Wood Duck
A few more images of a Goldeneye X Bufflehead hybrid from 2005
December 24th- a little less picture-taking and a little more birding ment some new species for my winter list - but still lots of pictures:
American Kestrel
Broad-winged Hawk
Pine Grosbeak
Merlin
Osprey
Fish Crow
Cooper's Hawk
Gray Catbird
Sage Thrasher
European Starling
Rough-legged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
December 15th- my Winter List added two Common Ravens over Guelph, but not much else. I wrote a short note about my backyard feeder birds as well! New pictures below:
Northern Hawk Owl
Pine Grosbeak
Gadwall
Wood Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Turkey Vulture
December 10th- my winter list slowed down a bit, at 68 species, mainly due to spending my time taking pictures! Read about a huge group of Pine Grosbeaks in Guelph, and see some pictures added below:
Pine Grosbeak
Northern Hawk Owl
American Kestrel
more to come of the above species!
December 4th: first day out birding this December turned up a partial albino American Crow, and got my winter list to 61 species
New pictures added:
Northern Crdinal
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Dark-eyed Junco
Orchard Oriole
Common Grackle
Bobolink
Boat-tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
December 1st: A few notes about a cormorant, an eagle trying to grab a great blue heron, and the starting of a winter list: Read more here
Also a few added pictures:
House Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
November 27th: Pictures of the Northern Gannet and two Lesser Black-backed Gulls can be seen by clicking here!
other additions:
Purple Sandpiper
Cackling Goose
Chuck-will's-widow
Chestnut-sided Warbler
November 23rd -
Pictures of Cackling Geese, Black-legged Kittiwake, Northern Shrike, Purple Sandpipers etc. Can be seen by Clicking Here!
Pictures of the strange Canada/Cackling Goose can be seen here
Nov. 17th update:
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Mallard
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Snow Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Surf Scoter
Northern Pintail
Common Goldeneye
Kirtland's Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
Lawrence's Warbler
Brewster's Warbler
Short-eared Owl
Ring-necked Pheasant
Rock Pigeon
Warbling Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Cerulean Warbler
Acadian Hairstreak
Banded Hairstreak
Bog Copper
Bronze Copper
Coral Hairstreak
Grey Hairstreak
American Snout
Atlantis Fritillary
Pearl Crescent
Mustard White
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - incl. a black female
Laughing Gull
Cackling Geese
Kirtland's Warbler
Hooded Merganser X Common Goldeneye
Tricoloured Heron
November 12th- pictures added:
Baird's Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Plover
Horned Grebe
American Coot
American Robin
Bald Eagle
Caspian Tern
Cooper's Hawk
Great Egret
Green Heron
Red-necked Grebe
Ruddy Turnstone
Wood Duck
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Hairy Woodpecker
Bay-breasted Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Canada Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Parula
Palm Warbler
Kirtland's Warbler
Grey Hairstreak
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Eastern Comma
American Lady
Black Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Common Buckeye
Hackberry Emperor
Miblert's Tortioseshell
Mourning Cloak
Question Mark
Red Admiral
Summer Azure
August 1st - a note on some strange ducks from July 30th, along with some on bird migrations. Also, the below images:
Recent Pictures!!! -
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Some new pictures from a short (but amazing) visit to Port Huron, MI in June:
Golden-winged Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warber
Black-and-White Warbler
Mourning Warbler
And some more re-added pictures:
American Redstart
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Tree Swallow
White-crowned Sparrow
July 28th- more pictures (below) and more Notes on birding
"New" New pictures to the website include:
Bonaparte's Gull - (it took me over 500 pictures to get a full frame, vertical flight shot that I was happy with)
Common Loon - (2nd and 3rd image)
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Snow Bunting
"New" re-fixed pictures include:
Blue-headed Vireo
Fox Sparrow
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Parasitic Jaeger
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Ring-billed Gull
White-breasted Nuthatch
July 22nd- more!
--- Some Notes on Marsh birds at Pelee, and bird highlights from Pelee Island.
also, some notes on a possible Slaty-backed Gull from the Island. Pictures can be seen from July 17th, July 18th, and pictures showing differences caused by the camera.
--- A few new species - images online include:
--- Old species - images added include:
American Avocet
Barred Owl
Black-billed Cuckoo
Black-bellied Plover
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Canada Goose
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Screech Owl
Eastern Wood Pewee
Great Blue Heron
Great Gray Owl
Horned Grebe
Killdeer
Mourning Dove
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Pectoral Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Red-necked Grebe
Ruff
Ruddy Turnstone
Scarlet Tanager
Summer Tanager
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Snowy Egret
Tricoloured Heron
Upland Sandpiper
Willet
Wilson's Phalarope
Wilson's Snipe
July 10th- Website is Alive Again!
After a long period of down time, I've finally got the shell of a new website up online. I've spent a lot of time not working on this site (when I should have been), and that is one of many reasons i've come up with to explain what the delay was. Either way, I should now start to re-add images (all re-done in some way) to the new website. Some stuff online includes:
A few examples of new pictures to the website:
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Northern Harrier
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Common Loon
Some old pictures that have been re-done and re-added:
Least Sandpiper
Sanderling
American Coot
Least Flycatcher
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Lesser Yellowlegs
Barn Swallow
Short-billed Dowitcher
Blue Jay
Rock Pigeon
Eastern Kingbird
American Crow
Dunlin
House Wren
Great Egret
--- The Unusual Ontario Birds page has many images up. Lots are the same as before, however there are some new additions including Black-capped Petrel, Gray Flycather, Painted Bunting etc. from the past. And also recent images I haven't had online yet, including Razorbill, Black-necked Stilt and Kirtland's Warbler (to come).
--- I've also creates a new section I've called Articles and Notes. This is a place for me to put up some ideas in an article form, or just random comments. I hope to update this part regularily. Up already is an article on how I store my images, and a note on a Laughing Gull.
--- It should be noted that dozens of links on the website don't yet work, but everything should start taking shape! Lots of spring migration pictures and "recent" fall pictures will be added very soon!
If you are interested in purchasing any of the images you have seen on my website, please see my information on Image Purchase and Use. All photographs and content on this website are © Brandon Holden and cannot be used in any way without my permission.