by Wendy | Apr 30, 2017 | Blog, Cardinal, Northern #16, Cardinals & Grosbeaks #14, Perching
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by Wendy | Apr 29, 2017 | Blog, Brown Thrasher #178, Perching, Thrushes
Wow these birds are the kings of song, with 3000 distinct songs, they win. This one was just moving through and stopped in the yard during a rain storm, I was lucky to see...
by Wendy | Apr 28, 2017 | Blog, Perching, Sparrow, Chipping #173, Sparrows
I am sure some birds detect the focus beam on my camera, he didn’t even look my way until the focus was prompted… then he looked straight at the...
by Wendy | Apr 26, 2017 | Blog, Finch, American Goldfinch #23, Finches, Perching
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by Wendy | Apr 26, 2017 | Blackbirds & Orioles, Blog, Cowbird, Brownheaded #6, Perching
Cowbirds are brood parasites. They deposit their eggs in nests belonging to birds of other species. Some of the birds they parasitize remove the eggs from their nests or cover them with new nesting material so they are not incubated. They do like to be around large animals such as cows so they can eat bugs caused by the herd disturbing the...
by Wendy | Apr 23, 2017 | Blog, Perching, Sparrow, Sparrow, Song #177
Known for it’s song, the song sparrow is hard to imitate even for the Mocking Birds … found just about everywhere except in front of my camera… finally have a photo of...
by Wendy | Apr 18, 2017 | Blog, Crows & Jays, Jay, Gray #22, Perching
These are one of my favourite birds, easily trained to come for food, they are a delight to hand feed. They don’t migrate and stay in their territory year round. They manage to do this by storing enough food in bark and crevices to be able to feed all winter. The young have an early start, hatching mid winter, hardy as can be, true Canadians. Canadian Geographic conducted a survey and found out that this bird was voted most suitable to be our national bird and it was...
by Wendy | Apr 2, 2017 | Blackbirds & Orioles, Blog, Grackle, Common #9, Perching
Such a common bird, I can’t get over how the light reflects such beautiful colours. These early birds were digging through the leaves looking for bugs or worms, they seemed to have some success even though the ground is fairly frozen...
by Wendy | Mar 30, 2017 | Blog, Crows & Jays, Jay, Blue #20, Perching
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by Wendy | Mar 27, 2017 | Blog, Nut Hatches White & Red #33 #172, Perching
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