Evening grosbeak


Evening grosbeak, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, Nov 25, 2018.
Not a regular visitor to Rondeau but they showed up this year.
We had a few stop in the yard for about 5 minutes then they were off again.

Coccothraustes vespertinus
Though they’re ferocious seed-crackers in the wintertime, in summer Evening Grosbeaks eat insects such as spruce budworm, a serious forest pest. The grosbeaks are so adept at finding these tiny caterpillars that the birds often provide a first warning that a budworm outbreak has begun.
source - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Evening_Grosbeak/

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