Rondeau Ric

  We have been heating the gnatcatcher for a while and today I managed to get an image as it bounced around the hedge. Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada , July 4, 2024. Polioptila caerulea.  The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher's grayish coloring and long tail, as well as the way it mixes snippets of other birds' repertoires into its own high, nasal songs, have earned it the nickname "Little Mockingbird." source- all about birds.org

 Lots of activity at the wren house these days. I think they are on their second nesting. Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, July 1, 2024. Troglodytes aedon.  House Wrens nest inside tree holes and nest boxes. As the season progresses their nests can become infested with mites and other parasites that feed on the wren nestlings. Perhaps to fight this problem, wrens often add spider egg sacs into the materials they build their nests from. In lab studies, once the spiders hatched, they helped the wrens by devouring the nest parasites. source - allaboutbirds.org