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  Scarlet tanager, fall colours, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, Sept 25, 20323. Such a drastic change from its spring colours of a red body with black wings. Piranga olivacea The response of the Scarlet Tanager to habitat fragmentation varies from place to place. Results from the Cornell Lab’s Project Tanager indicate that in the heart of the species’ range in the Northeast, it can be found in small forest patches. In the Midwest, similar sized forest patches tend to have no tanagers Source - allaboutbirds org

  Blackpoll warbler, Rondeau Provincial Park, September 20, 2023. Photo by Anne. Warblers seem sparse this year, we get a little flurry every few days and that is it. Setophaga striata The song of the Blackpoll Warbler will put your hearing to the test. Most birds sing at a frequency between 1,000 Hz and 8,000 Hz, but the Blackpoll’s song can reach 10,000 Hz, even higher than the song of a Brown Creeper.

Sharp shinned Hawk, Rondeau Provincial Park, Sept 10, 2023. Photo by Anne.Had a sharpie come to the pond and spend about 15 minutes bathing. At one point it stood at the "waterfall" and hung its tail over as if it was washing its bottom. It spent another 20 minutes grooming in the hedge. Oddly, we had no other birds in the yard.