Townsend's Solitaire.

We went down to Point Pelee today to look for the Townsend's Solitare that has been hanging around for about 2 weeks.
At first we thought we were going to miss it as it had just left the immediate area.
About 15 minutes later it came back and put on a nice show while feeding on berries.



Myadestes townsendi
If you ever thought that you liked berries, check out a Townsend's Solitaire's appetite. One study suggested they would need to eat between 42,000 and 84,000 juniper berries to survive the winter. Now that is a lot of berries.
source -https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Townsends_Solitaire/

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Unknown said…
Great to meet you and put a face to the blog
Rondeau Ric said…
Nice meeting you as well Ian.

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