BUT this one is a Hepburn's! Yes, amazingly, we now have two subspecies of Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch in Manitoba. This "Hepburn's" (also referred to as "coastal" or littoralis subspecies) has recently shown up in Winnipeg... the last time this subspecies was recorded in Manitoba may go back all the way to 1978 (Winnipegosis area)...
What a winter! But wait, I also found some incubating Great Horned Owls today - so maybe it is really spring?
I am a conservationist and ornithologist. I now work for the Canadian Wildlife Service. I coordinated the Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas (http://birdatlas.mb.ca), chair the Manitoba Important Bird Area program (https://importantbirdareasmb.ca) and am involved in a variety of Species At Risk conservation projects, including the Keep Grazing project for grassland Threatened species (http://www.mbbeef.ca/sarpal/). My PhD examined the effect of human density on Eastern Screech-Owls. I am passionate about citizen-science, avian monitoring and conservation. I have published many articles on Manitoba’s avifauna and am committed to public outreach, giving public presentations on natural history and conservation to a wide variety of audiences. I enjoy traveling and wildlife photography, having photographed over 3600 species of birds (my photos appear in many magazines & books). My photos are also viewable at https://inaturalist.ca/observations?place_id=any&user_id=chartuso&verifiable=any and https://www.flickr.com/photos/artuso
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