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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Very excited to find a Nelson's sparrow hiding within reeds in a marsh. One of Ontario's rarer sparrows. 🪶🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Caught this Willet foraging in a small pond 🪶🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A Sanderling patrolling the beach early this morning 🪶🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A least sandpiper forages for food in a shallow puddle 🌿🪶📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Fly appreciation post. For a long time my favourite taxon has been diptera or flies, mostly because of the immense variation. Here are 4 of my favourite recent fly shots. 1. Ringed Pixie 2. Antlered flutter fly 3. Eutreta noveboracensis 4. Hystricia abrupta 🌿📷🦋 #inverts #insects #wildlife

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Awesome to find a photogenic Wilson's Phalarope in Ontario yesterday. This one was hidden among a large group of various shorebirds. 🪶🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Young Gray Treefrog hiding on a leaf 🐍🐸🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

A rare Western Grebe spreads it's wings 📷🪶🌿

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

A few more inverts I found this year 🌿🦋 #inverts #insects #moths 1. Northern Black Widow 2. Orange-barred Carpet Moth 3. Spiny Oak Slug moth 4. Northern Apple Sphinx

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Bank Swallows out on the waterfront today 🌿🪶📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Mothing has quickly become one of my favourite hobbies. So many to see and so much variation. Here are a few of my favourites from my field season 🌿🦋 #inverts #insects #moths 1. Arched Hooktip 2. Elegant Prominent 3. Nais Tiger Moth 4. Promethea Silk moth

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Some pretty amazing insects at the field research site this year! #insect 🦋🪲🪰 1. Oidematops ferrugineus 2. Elfin Skimmer 3. unidentified pygmy grasshopper 4. Antelope Beetle

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I heard Blue jays calling and investigated to see what was bothering them. Turns out a Gray ratsnake had climbed their tree. Gray rats are shockingly adept climbers and can often be found in tree branches. 🐍📷🌿

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Have you ever seen a Ruffed Grouse having a bath? I caught this Grouse, having a dust bath on the side of the road. 🪶🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

A few highlights from my most recent lakewatch. Wilson's Phalarope and Hudsonian Whimbrels 🪶🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Nice to get a Lark Sparrow today in Ontario 🪶🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A piping plover foraging the beach from this morning 🪶🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

A few more pictures, including ones of him running up to me

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I had an incredible once in a lifetime experience when a Willow Ptarmigan came walking up to me. I hid behind a tree about 50 feet away to keep some distance and then it ran up to me. Never been so scared I'd flush a bird. I stood still as a statue until he left. 📷🪶🌿

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

An Eastern Garter Snake making a meal out of an American Toad. Found as part of the London City Nature Challenge for iNat 🐍🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Angry Merlin I found watching me on my way to work 🪶🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Black-bellied Whistling ducks out in Ontario today! 🪶🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Killdeer flights this morning 🪶🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Nice to get my first Eastern Towhee of the year last weekend. The birds return!🪶🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Red-necked Grebes have started mating! 🪶🌿📷

Red-necked grebes facing each other with beaks open

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Had a nice American Wigeon out on the lake 🪶🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Uhhh Am I interrupting? Caught some Cooper's hawks mating today🪶🌿📷

Cooper's hawk on top of another Cooper's hawk

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The upside of flooding on campus, Beavers! 🦊🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Brown Creeper just outside my office this morning 🪶🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Had to make a quick roadside stop when I saw this distant Snowy Owl off the highway. 🪶🌿📷

Snowy owl on middle of the 3 searchlights

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Always nice to see a surprise afternoon Rusty Blackbird 🪶🌿📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

A common bird here but I'm always happy to see a Bufflehead up close 🪶🌿📷

Bufflehead in water swimming towards camera

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

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

White winged scoter in water with mussels in mouth

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

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

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

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

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

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

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

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. 🌿📷🪶

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

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 🪶🌿📷

Large white gull flying with white background

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

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

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

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

Black bird walking with leaves and branches around

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

A few more pics of the Ross's Goose

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

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

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

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

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

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. 🌿🪶📷

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Tristan Ducharme @tisoffwork.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

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

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