tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185371072024-03-19T04:47:40.024-04:00Rondeau RicAn amatuer birder/naturalist living in the country near Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, CanadaRondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.comBlogger3490125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-78956851691706797502024-03-16T10:59:00.001-04:002024-03-16T19:30:03.951-04:00Shall we dance?<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_XIPJmpNEdv-dQ14DeVLVZUr_1M4vCiNZsdeJFxyoHHG0Yf0CXu7TxDH76wFyz_rrEpYE7Q4PIyjDCxaT6wa0nZyqMhYY8xvllkpvNf0nyRqaUJIaEONjUkx6MTGpb7jF6xExUsfBnKJVMt2bJ_3lJMyh6sNyw9fmFMCv0WUC4MMUo4iFRup3A/s2100/may%2010%2021%20fox%20iso%201600%20560mm%20f18%201-200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="2100" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_XIPJmpNEdv-dQ14DeVLVZUr_1M4vCiNZsdeJFxyoHHG0Yf0CXu7TxDH76wFyz_rrEpYE7Q4PIyjDCxaT6wa0nZyqMhYY8xvllkpvNf0nyRqaUJIaEONjUkx6MTGpb7jF6xExUsfBnKJVMt2bJ_3lJMyh6sNyw9fmFMCv0WUC4MMUo4iFRup3A/w640-h426/may%2010%2021%20fox%20iso%201600%20560mm%20f18%201-200.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A pair of fox kits playing while waiting for mom to bring food.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">May 10, 2021, Shrewsbury, Ontario.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Vulpes vulpes</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">The red fox, is a member of the Canid family, which also includes the wolf, coyote and jackal. The Cree word for red fox is “Wah-kus,” while among the Chippewa it is known as “Nak-ee.” To French Canadians, the fox is “le renard”. In 1650, the European red fox was imported to the Atlantic coast of what is now the United States. The foxhunting settlers who imported it had found the local grey fox unable to give their horses and hounds a suitable chase. Eventually, a red fox native to more northern areas of the continent encountered and interbred with the imported fox producing the strain found today.</span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-14303083395511612042024-03-15T11:50:00.002-04:002024-03-15T12:18:43.933-04:00Black-billed magpie<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jeBlWyCKM_nkPuUpb3ZBXUUWVeRD1Yl6B9kgINY7THHlc3fHCVLyQFllj4-SBa5osBe4bxZVo6gmlJ4O49aBib36fU7Vfx_glZFWubZXnUS0jGPvILGOI4kDHqLQjqB61L1HAeir46CK_7MPvAskDjruzEcI3SlYKUyxpUH_9MtmORtsEor1HQ/s2100/mag%20iso%20800%20428mm%20f8%201-160%20mar%2014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="2100" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jeBlWyCKM_nkPuUpb3ZBXUUWVeRD1Yl6B9kgINY7THHlc3fHCVLyQFllj4-SBa5osBe4bxZVo6gmlJ4O49aBib36fU7Vfx_glZFWubZXnUS0jGPvILGOI4kDHqLQjqB61L1HAeir46CK_7MPvAskDjruzEcI3SlYKUyxpUH_9MtmORtsEor1HQ/w640-h426/mag%20iso%20800%20428mm%20f8%201-160%20mar%2014.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Black-billed magpie, March 13, 202<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">4, Fargo Line Near Blenheim, Ontario.</span><p></p><p>Followed up on a report of a black-billed magpie in the neighbourhood. Rare here, common further west and north.</p><p>Got 2 for the price of 1</p><p>Not a super shot but you take that you can get.</p><p><em style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-family: Gibson, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit;"><br /></em></p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pica hudsonia</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em;">The Black-billed Magpie frequently picks ticks from the backs of large mammals, such as deer and moose. The magpie eats the ticks or hides some for later use, as members of the crow and jay family often do with excess food. Most of the ticks, however, are cached alive and unharmed, and may live to reproduce later.</span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-54708549645330368182024-03-12T13:19:00.001-04:002024-03-12T13:20:05.951-04:00Golden-crowned kinglet.<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNy6dSI9xgp_UcR3Do_Y9AGh4tF90wxtQp4vZGjGZ_leKgfZJfAMl3-4EG0XVp_fUv48lA-LUs-FEsP_5XPCliamipVJ7bhJvZ0KVLO3zv-TLpIAeWegv9O0di2iHf556DWAvlO2bNWNluGH9pY05_PUH9JM6rgpklMcGY9AlAOUgU601IG2pvEQ/s2100/iso%203200%20300mm%20f7.1%201-400%20gold%20king;et.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="2100" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNy6dSI9xgp_UcR3Do_Y9AGh4tF90wxtQp4vZGjGZ_leKgfZJfAMl3-4EG0XVp_fUv48lA-LUs-FEsP_5XPCliamipVJ7bhJvZ0KVLO3zv-TLpIAeWegv9O0di2iHf556DWAvlO2bNWNluGH9pY05_PUH9JM6rgpklMcGY9AlAOUgU601IG2pvEQ/w640-h426/iso%203200%20300mm%20f7.1%201-400%20gold%20king;et.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Golden-crowned kinglet, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.,April 3, 2023.<p></p><p>This little speedster stopped long enough to get an image. </p><p>Normally the are flirting around so much you can't get one in focus.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Regulus satrapa</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em;">The tiny Golden-crowned Kinglet is hardier than it looks, routinely wintering in areas where nighttime temperatures can fall below –40° Fahrenheit.</span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-91491382208615447322024-03-08T20:43:00.001-05:002024-03-08T20:43:24.363-05:00The reflection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5IBrYqzaj0NSUSuvr61hhzmsqNhn1CFdB0aoTbOD9o9fkqROU91O4UNYYyEjGXOPzGxr0Wxwj4c3VYxvcgYm0-0EkbKFKBxQZ4D2h-iAqDmzbb1Zn1zvVSX4p0XBtSjlJyhA2Fv266_GtNydygIzN31fzJVWcAJvXUBiDgZQJehpS_61HWtAnQ/s3453/feather.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2762" data-original-width="3453" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5IBrYqzaj0NSUSuvr61hhzmsqNhn1CFdB0aoTbOD9o9fkqROU91O4UNYYyEjGXOPzGxr0Wxwj4c3VYxvcgYm0-0EkbKFKBxQZ4D2h-iAqDmzbb1Zn1zvVSX4p0XBtSjlJyhA2Fv266_GtNydygIzN31fzJVWcAJvXUBiDgZQJehpS_61HWtAnQ/w640-h512/feather.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The reflection</p><p>As light as a feather, Rondeau Bay, Ontario, Canada.</p><p> 3, 2017</p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-27090161006793568682024-03-06T20:16:00.000-05:002024-03-06T20:16:24.853-05:00Red-eyed vireo.<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4FqqGMPBtA0PQoAqkk-mtt28v9e1sh8ShFXP_8Ey5MS1s6V-EhucJFoMAAIoreatNoC3pCrWbD88Vz0tQvVqNit1vGFPr-_tOfQkJhTg-WaDDH7xbjZ-fnkJlxwWu1GU9ghFmvrNbE0rEfY4NLWbc8I7lkxo3xvAiQQOpgt5hV2ESqP1q7KKRA/s3190/red%20eyed%20aug%2027%2021%201-250-f8%20iso%201600%20560mm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2127" data-original-width="3190" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4FqqGMPBtA0PQoAqkk-mtt28v9e1sh8ShFXP_8Ey5MS1s6V-EhucJFoMAAIoreatNoC3pCrWbD88Vz0tQvVqNit1vGFPr-_tOfQkJhTg-WaDDH7xbjZ-fnkJlxwWu1GU9ghFmvrNbE0rEfY4NLWbc8I7lkxo3xvAiQQOpgt5hV2ESqP1q7KKRA/w640-h426/red%20eyed%20aug%2027%2021%201-250-f8%20iso%201600%20560mm.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Seems to be unhappy with something or he is signing on territory.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, August 27, 2021.</span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Vireo olivaceus</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em;">On May 27, 1952, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence counted the number of songs sung by a single Red-eyed Vireo seeking a mate on his territory 180 miles north of Toronto. He sang 22,197 songs in the 14 hours from just before dawn to evening, singing for 10 of those hours.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em;">source-allaboutbirds-org.</span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-12944157294150895182024-02-28T20:29:00.000-05:002024-02-28T20:29:33.121-05:00Mute swans<div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnrC6P_Wc3KO5_3EDaefnYoGphwL3h5VmVX-u35DnyRsAMhGyHLxU78vA7ekMVSndOWayOJPoOox5p-49OGKVdQYdM_xDqt-CWprH-J0Yl1lVfA5usJ2OSQGHEN1nEPga4AWFNPGp-MW_f8OUVReWKOZUbmasZ4hIYM47Ta_OYhxVIG6_TIO60g/s4739/swans%20in%20a%20row,%20feb%204%2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3159" data-original-width="4739" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnrC6P_Wc3KO5_3EDaefnYoGphwL3h5VmVX-u35DnyRsAMhGyHLxU78vA7ekMVSndOWayOJPoOox5p-49OGKVdQYdM_xDqt-CWprH-J0Yl1lVfA5usJ2OSQGHEN1nEPga4AWFNPGp-MW_f8OUVReWKOZUbmasZ4hIYM47Ta_OYhxVIG6_TIO60g/w640-h426/swans%20in%20a%20row,%20feb%204%2023.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Don't know about ducks, but I've got my swans in a row.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">February 4, 2023, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Mute swans Cygnus olor</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The black knob at the base of the male Mute Swan's bill swells during the breeding season and becomes noticeably larger than the female's. The rest of the year the difference between the sexes is not obvious.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>source-allaboutbirds-org</div></div>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-8889428766585742352024-02-27T19:19:00.004-05:002024-02-27T20:03:19.889-05:00House finch.<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyKitR8-8Egn9TCCQfXoV9LB0MvHx0fLn7GluPyxmyXXdM_2XL6otEVdvlKz21Ubw2oCdpvUFWZklfZlqIyL-Y_1A7UAdK__0nPkhjGby3Qol29BeFcwo-M0PwCoLZZ0GJXaxBCsoych-d2ULVYXPmBW4v8UHvT-FdSjenH9GeHBkLTl_GJKH2g/s6960/may%2030%2023%20house%20finch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4640" data-original-width="6960" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyKitR8-8Egn9TCCQfXoV9LB0MvHx0fLn7GluPyxmyXXdM_2XL6otEVdvlKz21Ubw2oCdpvUFWZklfZlqIyL-Y_1A7UAdK__0nPkhjGby3Qol29BeFcwo-M0PwCoLZZ0GJXaxBCsoych-d2ULVYXPmBW4v8UHvT-FdSjenH9GeHBkLTl_GJKH2g/w640-h426/may%2030%2023%20house%20finch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> House finch, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, May 30, 2023, waiting its turn at the water.<p></p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Haemorhous mexicanus.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em;">The red of a male House Finch comes from pigments contained in its food during molt (birds can’t make bright red or yellow colors directly). So the more pigment in the food, the redder the male. This is why people sometimes see orange or yellowish male House Finches. Females prefer to mate with the reddest male they can find, perhaps raising the chances they get a capable mate who can do his part in feeding the nestlings.</span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-64709879073799007432024-02-22T13:14:00.002-05:002024-02-22T19:26:35.081-05:00Great blue heron on the wing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLZANpL4zAsPvpUiokaa4oI7-OkrR0JWJQdResmn0nY3R9xMvXrxalKWxxHRyQfEZeel7tPEfiTT8LIa0Sq7OzNPHjc84SkT2QBMazn8WSqlTbq0d8u92zllO4KtRB9TGfke6j7L_wijdWSnDSniiOQuLpnJ6Cnrbq4pp3K4Pvjj0YZkgYiXUCQ/s5472/gbh%20oct%2014%2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLZANpL4zAsPvpUiokaa4oI7-OkrR0JWJQdResmn0nY3R9xMvXrxalKWxxHRyQfEZeel7tPEfiTT8LIa0Sq7OzNPHjc84SkT2QBMazn8WSqlTbq0d8u92zllO4KtRB9TGfke6j7L_wijdWSnDSniiOQuLpnJ6Cnrbq4pp3K4Pvjj0YZkgYiXUCQ/w640-h426/gbh%20oct%2014%2021.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> Take from the pontoon boat at Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, October 14, 2023.</p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ardea herodias, </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em;">Great Blue Herons can hunt day and night thanks to a high percentage of rod-type photoreceptors in their eyes that improve their night vision.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2e261f; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); letter-spacing: 0.18px;">source-allaboutbirds-org</span></span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-91624543060926172392024-02-20T08:51:00.002-05:002024-02-20T08:51:37.400-05:00Blackburnian warbler<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGz3ieiTQUUP9aoIIo_PorGG-Iy6jKP34h4_NGLkYdAiwXCIX7mR-uDLePXL5-y3xi80oAD38QmHPRp82xFNHQMJNR4pw1MFM84bPCxureqiF3rFErMlNOyyl3CcAu9Mss3_8Y6vz6cDZIFgvnsw6C0rcfetyZZ4NXNHS1wNghxEsTbCWUmnqDOw/s3763/may%2021%2023%20blackburnian.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2509" data-original-width="3763" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGz3ieiTQUUP9aoIIo_PorGG-Iy6jKP34h4_NGLkYdAiwXCIX7mR-uDLePXL5-y3xi80oAD38QmHPRp82xFNHQMJNR4pw1MFM84bPCxureqiF3rFErMlNOyyl3CcAu9Mss3_8Y6vz6cDZIFgvnsw6C0rcfetyZZ4NXNHS1wNghxEsTbCWUmnqDOw/w640-h426/may%2021%2023%20blackburnian.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>May 21, 2023, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.</p><p>Sitting on a branch above the small water feature.</p><p><em style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-family: Gibson, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit;"><br /></em></p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Setophaga fusca. </span></span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-size: 2rem; font-weight: 100; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.32; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em;">If your backyard has plenty of trees, you might attract Blackburnian Warblers on migration or in summer. They may remain hard to find in the tree canopy, but they may come down into view if you offer a bird bath or water dripper. See more ideas for</span><span style="font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em;"> </span><a href="http://content.yardmap.org/learn/water/?__hstc=75100365.1adb77a1d5a17d30e8bf2785a7385abf.1701985725761.1708376687334.1708436836554.40&__hssc=75100365.2.1708436836554&__hsfp=207445280" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #2e261f; cursor: pointer; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-color: var(--link-tint);">creating water features</a><span style="font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em;"> in your yard. Warblers don’t come to seed feeders, although they may stop by if you offer mealworms.</span></span></h2><div><span style="font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">source-allaboutbirds-org</span></span></div>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-86171856261866838372024-02-15T20:31:00.004-05:002024-02-15T20:31:55.230-05:00Tennessee warbler<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhov2edtkViLrOCPlwlXYE9ocdEH6c6Jl2HM3GERKoocgM_I6zrH-14U8OPYlSwed6jVH7MHvQYVGcsK8A8ExjbiPuB2qAFwjFs2mXDceWSU2_egFEb6O10ME1kGW27BNKkv46cjwwYObqjXt9EzVFIpWFJemUwXb-o7PQhnZanSococRmIfizHlA/s4053/may%2021%2023%20tennessee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2702" data-original-width="4053" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhov2edtkViLrOCPlwlXYE9ocdEH6c6Jl2HM3GERKoocgM_I6zrH-14U8OPYlSwed6jVH7MHvQYVGcsK8A8ExjbiPuB2qAFwjFs2mXDceWSU2_egFEb6O10ME1kGW27BNKkv46cjwwYObqjXt9EzVFIpWFJemUwXb-o7PQhnZanSococRmIfizHlA/w640-h426/may%2021%2023%20tennessee.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This one is for Denise, she asked for more warblers while waiting for the birds to show up.<p></p><p>Tennessee warbler just above our little water feature. Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.</p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Leiothlypis peregrina. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em;">The Tennessee Warbler is a common nectar "thief" on its wintering grounds in tropical forests. Most nectar-eating birds, bats, and insects probe a flower from the front to get the nectar, spreading pollen on their faces in the process. But Tennessee warblers pierce the flower tube at the base, lapping up the nectar without helping pollinate the flower.</span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-68309577186798364332024-02-13T19:14:00.003-05:002024-02-13T20:35:49.161-05:00Canada warbler.<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6GWM3nnUjlUT6y9jHoc9yrgPXKJ5ZFzm4TIqd1tjk7FXkx4j_BtCg1wU-_dz3R7zhdTdKkldIyhv7nWEA_Kzq2rjgtuAkj1plGpbnusfm6y4VN7_5iwcY7kT2bIRAkGe1unAdYkeCPOB_YKIhkV_iGBZeXU277tJeJfJfRnSkgVjx2VTuswBOg/s3120/may%2021%2023canada.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2080" data-original-width="3120" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6GWM3nnUjlUT6y9jHoc9yrgPXKJ5ZFzm4TIqd1tjk7FXkx4j_BtCg1wU-_dz3R7zhdTdKkldIyhv7nWEA_Kzq2rjgtuAkj1plGpbnusfm6y4VN7_5iwcY7kT2bIRAkGe1unAdYkeCPOB_YKIhkV_iGBZeXU277tJeJfJfRnSkgVjx2VTuswBOg/w640-h426/may%2021%2023canada.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Continuing a theme, grey, snow shower and limited species of birds sent me back to the archives, </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">May 21, 2023, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada</span></p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cardellina canadensis. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(46, 38, 31); color: #2e261f; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: 0.01em;">Canada Warblers fly more than 3,000 miles from their wintering grounds in South America to their breeding grounds in the United States and Canada.</span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-60529345732483475042024-02-12T19:46:00.001-05:002024-02-12T20:02:05.395-05:00Nashville warbler<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8Hl2VhFl6iT_H3GZ3qK7M_G6b-0i7qR00ua3iplR6V5lJO0LZXu9fbFxSX2lIXdbDwA4mfXOG_7aTuKWSVLVbzsnSreqv-vF5cDcIrKFY53Lgw9jSn_50ypZbSYJN3G-NkXwQixBQaRmS3o-xaJV3KashRRWCG0dPa5-j8IN1Y7Tt_w4sLPHPA/s3884/may%2021%2023%20nashville.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2589" data-original-width="3884" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8Hl2VhFl6iT_H3GZ3qK7M_G6b-0i7qR00ua3iplR6V5lJO0LZXu9fbFxSX2lIXdbDwA4mfXOG_7aTuKWSVLVbzsnSreqv-vF5cDcIrKFY53Lgw9jSn_50ypZbSYJN3G-NkXwQixBQaRmS3o-xaJV3KashRRWCG0dPa5-j8IN1Y7Tt_w4sLPHPA/w640-h426/may%2021%2023%20nashville.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Still waiting for the spring migration.</p><p>Another from the archives, May 21, 2023, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.</p><p>Waiting for its turn in the water feature.</p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16.639999px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Leiothlypis ruficapilla. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.04em;">Nashville Warblers don't breed anywhere near Nashville, Tennessee, although they do migrate through. The species got its name because Nashville was where Alexander Wilson</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.04em;"> first saw it, in 1811, and went on to name it.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10);">source-allaboutbirds-org</span></span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-71703403351875781092024-02-12T09:26:00.003-05:002024-02-12T09:26:46.673-05:00Prothonotary warbler,<h2 class="editable meta-field photo-desc " id="yui_3_16_0_1_1707747876134_2128" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 36); clear: both; color: #212124; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7Pwa4UEcGxsu_PPo4MEdectLIQFGDpd4uR8atA4z64GovvH_x3hBiKcMcD-W-U-DVTHk01FmQGAKKaRNgJbSTu8X6jDiTJru1FQvS2_XBzATb9iMdh0B6BobZvzEJgVMCf2ejq5q8oSwbMDvNQTttPGlBc1vxL6RJNdQM2fOtsN00RF63wl49A/s3002/may%2025%2023%20prothonotary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2001" data-original-width="3002" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7Pwa4UEcGxsu_PPo4MEdectLIQFGDpd4uR8atA4z64GovvH_x3hBiKcMcD-W-U-DVTHk01FmQGAKKaRNgJbSTu8X6jDiTJru1FQvS2_XBzATb9iMdh0B6BobZvzEJgVMCf2ejq5q8oSwbMDvNQTttPGlBc1vxL6RJNdQM2fOtsN00RF63wl49A/w640-h426/may%2025%2023%20prothonotary.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1707747876134_2139" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1707747876134_2139" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;">Prothonotary warbler, May 23, 2023, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.</p><p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1707747876134_2131" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;">Another from the archives. </p><p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1707747876134_2132" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;"> </p><p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1707747876134_2133" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;">Protonotaria citrea.</p><p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1707747876134_2127" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;">Most warblers nest either on the ground, in shrubs, or in trees, but the Prothonotary Warbler and the Lucy's Warbler build their nests in holes in standing dead trees. They may also use nest boxes when available.</p></h2>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-46882523845200132022024-02-10T20:22:00.005-05:002024-02-10T20:22:51.435-05:00Chestnut-sided warbler.<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0QeEz-un95NCu-wqxjWf_50Un2ULO7hLEHIl-UernnH-WCgVKMNSqkhmXRrmTb0Y5Kxx4mvgwmA1HhDBkj2t88vTJLRrUD7F2UTa9nntVSnOGxFwN7zKWyWLCbq-lgaHTLz4xRSFrkkB5NdqT_hUTc3Oy4Fz_90ghY1SfeRYpqR2HUWWVPBxKw/s4233/may%2029%2023%20chestnut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2822" data-original-width="4233" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0QeEz-un95NCu-wqxjWf_50Un2ULO7hLEHIl-UernnH-WCgVKMNSqkhmXRrmTb0Y5Kxx4mvgwmA1HhDBkj2t88vTJLRrUD7F2UTa9nntVSnOGxFwN7zKWyWLCbq-lgaHTLz4xRSFrkkB5NdqT_hUTc3Oy4Fz_90ghY1SfeRYpqR2HUWWVPBxKw/w640-h426/may%2029%2023%20chestnut.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Another from the archives, May 29, 2023, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.<p></p><p>Just before its bath in our little water feature.</p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16.639999px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Setophaga pensylvanica. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.04em;">On the wintering grounds in Central America the Chestnut-sided Warbler joins in mixed-species foraging flocks with the resident antwrens and tropical warblers. Individual warblers return to the same areas year after year, joining back up with the same foraging flock it associated with the year before.</span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-23548253617210384062024-02-08T20:12:00.000-05:002024-02-08T20:12:03.410-05:00American tree sparrow.<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkczpIxZDYVsSlfmr3r9LCNWiV-1c9oaSGz7YW74F7sVEKi1NTx4ZgL612lObGur3jToSYJ2IK7yFtv_xgqkS4Bz-meEZ77zzPyZ5YGqsAkYiI2w_EC2xQ5r41kcgTIA0pwvqsjYyt2VLWmTU-eoD4CXcITr8uKt2TYKdJz_Y5tA4nEBYxr4YREw/s5940/feb%208%20tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3960" data-original-width="5940" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkczpIxZDYVsSlfmr3r9LCNWiV-1c9oaSGz7YW74F7sVEKi1NTx4ZgL612lObGur3jToSYJ2IK7yFtv_xgqkS4Bz-meEZ77zzPyZ5YGqsAkYiI2w_EC2xQ5r41kcgTIA0pwvqsjYyt2VLWmTU-eoD4CXcITr8uKt2TYKdJz_Y5tA4nEBYxr4YREw/w640-h426/feb%208%20tree.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />In the yard at Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, February 8, 2023.<p></p><p>A winter visitor taking advantage the feeders and water, puffed up against the wind.</p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16.639999px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Spizelloides arborea. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.04em;">Misleadingly named by European settlers reminded of Eurasian Tree Sparrows back home, American Tree Sparrows are ground birds. They forage on the ground, nest on the ground, and breed primarily in scrubby areas at or above the treeline.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.04em;">source -alllaboutbirds-0rg</span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-7330825695358477822024-02-07T18:12:00.006-05:002024-02-07T18:12:54.365-05:00Cerulean warbler.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CFtvFr-e1yjLpK5gQgTxE6XXbAawqoRLD8D4V6fedCCwRzFx0pHtVPfbQDXchh3fjvslRIsrA5V9FtyLUW2pHoQCpsnC-VHrv0wjlvDm0-YCScCTHNFMAoR8XmIDz4fgVkgQuKtAwk104bLKsvXt-eBcWbkz44piMMLm5ljzK7qwbrYhBR3O9w/s1666/may%2011%2019%20cerulean.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1666" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CFtvFr-e1yjLpK5gQgTxE6XXbAawqoRLD8D4V6fedCCwRzFx0pHtVPfbQDXchh3fjvslRIsrA5V9FtyLUW2pHoQCpsnC-VHrv0wjlvDm0-YCScCTHNFMAoR8XmIDz4fgVkgQuKtAwk104bLKsvXt-eBcWbkz44piMMLm5ljzK7qwbrYhBR3O9w/w640-h426/may%2011%2019%20cerulean.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> Still a lack of birds to photograph, so one from the archives.</p><p>Cerulean warbler, Rondeau Provincial Park, May 11, 2019, Ontario, Canada.</p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16.639999px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Setophaga cerulea</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.04em;">The female Cerulean Warbler has an unusual way of leaving a nest after sitting on it a while. Some people call it "bungee-jumping." She drops from the side of the nest, keeping her wings folded to her sides, and opens her wings to fly only when she is well below the nest.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: small;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10);">source - allaboutbirds-org</span></span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-82976796937736575102024-02-05T16:19:00.002-05:002024-02-05T16:19:18.260-05:00Least bittern<p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16.639999px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16.639999px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHuuqHa1BUAPXdvYrJCpUgNu7D5AKmRPp3P4z6px-XR9WUrCHmASGKBDxFBDyrYrZE5AuXe0UTgL35wI4mcpiBYkcElg6kJ2VUkEI_NVGquYoy5kTO6bgigyK6WsOPJh3YjIXVRiqmkA9P3E3Kop2LGbAyFhCUoVAZgMp3XA_zM05A7Sx4tqm-5Q/s4251/aug%2026%2026%20least%20bittern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2835" data-original-width="4251" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHuuqHa1BUAPXdvYrJCpUgNu7D5AKmRPp3P4z6px-XR9WUrCHmASGKBDxFBDyrYrZE5AuXe0UTgL35wI4mcpiBYkcElg6kJ2VUkEI_NVGquYoy5kTO6bgigyK6WsOPJh3YjIXVRiqmkA9P3E3Kop2LGbAyFhCUoVAZgMp3XA_zM05A7Sx4tqm-5Q/w640-h426/aug%2026%2026%20least%20bittern.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Seen at Rondeau Provincial Park, August 26, 2016, along the marsh edge.</span><p></p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16.639999px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A hard to find/see bird even without the fish it just caught.</span></span></p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16.639999px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ixobrychus exilis</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit;">John James Audubon </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit;">noted that a young captive Least Bittern was able to walk with ease in a 1.5-inch gap between two books, even though the bird's body normally measured 2.25 inches across—indicating that it could compress its body to an extraordinary degree to squeeze between marsh stems and reeds.</span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit;">source- allaboutbirds-org</span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-39457593003095411002024-02-01T11:21:00.000-05:002024-02-01T11:21:36.570-05:00Hitchin a ride part II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEBKoEIEMUBf1y4i7f9XixWD68XPELusBn8at35XVlGdSCHVKFlVQ6Dt-94mCiJJArXENsj-m9P7Xy8jEYFFNojz0xHS_kZZ_2lBLDwgJXi1YI24buVEr7HdRtrakesN8mDZmVZeDwRb8Gna3q1fPCBPH_ogmHspdkpLgbWjVWGV1FQ2w7pI-wg/s4513/jun%2029%2023%20chipmunk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3009" data-original-width="4513" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEBKoEIEMUBf1y4i7f9XixWD68XPELusBn8at35XVlGdSCHVKFlVQ6Dt-94mCiJJArXENsj-m9P7Xy8jEYFFNojz0xHS_kZZ_2lBLDwgJXi1YI24buVEr7HdRtrakesN8mDZmVZeDwRb8Gna3q1fPCBPH_ogmHspdkpLgbWjVWGV1FQ2w7pI-wg/w640-h426/jun%2029%2023%20chipmunk.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Chipmunk Rondeau Provincial Park, June 29, </p><p>Not photoshopped, its tail covered the post the sculpture is attached to.</p><p>Tamias striatus</p><p>Eastern chipmunks mate in early spring. The female usually has one litter a year with between three and five young. In some areas, a female may have a second litter. The young will come above ground when they are about six weeks old.</p><div><br /></div>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-83018109227234325142024-01-31T19:33:00.001-05:002024-01-31T20:42:57.959-05:00Hitchin' a ride.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPebI5OAaUQ8RVsAFUjkk6kCkCr48oN-BByzkJ1eec7kx89YU3k6Z8Lu6q9PCglVoEDDOiA57jwNzCV7rIQhtRY1vAAIE5wTpTOTFa2HD_BhFI7c0pY59TT9i4Ag2ctPUeSnneUgenufRz6l5OmOo8_EFucdYRrEDKjN1i-I9x1gHneGR-qSgAw/s5145/jun%2029%2023%20oriole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3430" data-original-width="5145" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPebI5OAaUQ8RVsAFUjkk6kCkCr48oN-BByzkJ1eec7kx89YU3k6Z8Lu6q9PCglVoEDDOiA57jwNzCV7rIQhtRY1vAAIE5wTpTOTFa2HD_BhFI7c0pY59TT9i4Ag2ctPUeSnneUgenufRz6l5OmOo8_EFucdYRrEDKjN1i-I9x1gHneGR-qSgAw/w640-h426/jun%2029%2023%20oriole.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Baltimore oriole, Rondeau Provincial Park, June 29, 2023.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Removed the sculpture support in photoshop.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Alternate title - Surfin' Bird</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Icterus galbula.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Baltimore Orioles sometimes use their slender beaks to feed in an unusual way, called “gaping”: they stab the closed bill into soft fruits, then open their mouths to cut a juicy swath from which they drink with their brushy-tipped tongues.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">source - allaboutbirds-org.</span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-51104824065677235382024-01-29T19:22:00.002-05:002024-01-29T19:22:21.409-05:00Touch of colour.<div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCk_hs9fRt-O2c7x5SNbXBe9BztzuknKL6dco21WmpxOVnNbllBLooNVxVslO2qzuoQl10UJE241xhlLy0X8KKrYXR_rhn5ZuykBCP8PQ10Wbs9zCXHL4bjRM1aY2izCUdaOOFLq5Xh73mrP0S6MzZLke9f2oIYKKMPA7OKqvgfKuCXNNFgXGAw/s4244/bfly%20close%20july%208%2023%201-250%20f7.1%20iso%20320%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2828" data-original-width="4244" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCk_hs9fRt-O2c7x5SNbXBe9BztzuknKL6dco21WmpxOVnNbllBLooNVxVslO2qzuoQl10UJE241xhlLy0X8KKrYXR_rhn5ZuykBCP8PQ10Wbs9zCXHL4bjRM1aY2izCUdaOOFLq5Xh73mrP0S6MzZLke9f2oIYKKMPA7OKqvgfKuCXNNFgXGAw/w640-h426/bfly%20close%20july%208%2023%201-250%20f7.1%20iso%20320%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Red admiral butterfly up close and personal.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Rondeau Provincial Park, July 23, 2023</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Vanessa atalanta</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Butterflies can commonly be seen wicking near muddy puddles of water. Red Admirals are also known to drink tree sap and even wick from dung. Butterflies that live in more northern latitudes migrate to the Southern states, like Texas, to avoid a loss of food resources in the winter.</div></div>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-10681187504614036542024-01-27T19:35:00.001-05:002024-01-27T20:31:54.369-05:00American goldfinch.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZcdeqbp2u_xXXCKi41HGX8nIp-Mtv0rgi8-pbmMmc-WZ7Bxt5NjfrJ5dmaKkdWhpjhdTEb-gU3FDwCnXHdvsHiO-hn-mZ5Y0P-i2ZN4QAaAowObj-008hG5R7md3_P9hOLXPIOPFRuK-hfee735yjALhNjoqvn0hnU5Ql-CK3cDuoxvL4BAQjw/s3788/goldfinch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2525" data-original-width="3788" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZcdeqbp2u_xXXCKi41HGX8nIp-Mtv0rgi8-pbmMmc-WZ7Bxt5NjfrJ5dmaKkdWhpjhdTEb-gU3FDwCnXHdvsHiO-hn-mZ5Y0P-i2ZN4QAaAowObj-008hG5R7md3_P9hOLXPIOPFRuK-hfee735yjALhNjoqvn0hnU5Ql-CK3cDuoxvL4BAQjw/w640-h426/goldfinch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>July 24, 2023, warmer times in our little water feature, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.</p><p>A few that come to our feeder still have/are getting colour. Nice to see on another dreary day </p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16.639999px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Spinus tristis. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.04em;">American Goldfinches are unusual among goldfinches in molting their body feathers twice a year, once in late winter and again in late summer. The brightening yellow of male goldfinches each spring is one welcome mark of approaching warm months.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.04em;">source -allaboutbirds-org</span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-58015025521143008412024-01-26T20:17:00.000-05:002024-01-26T20:17:24.796-05:00Long-eared owl.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiicFKCo8P-O0s34RuHTfpn2m3_3xqw_K1iwe3ankiWE2saF8hiA1TV_aguNd7gRLx4P260ceKfrFK2rM2DUuV8295DruZbekNxonrRQUkRLvGP5-B2FsP_DNt6st400ObMh-rQNvtONDKI0Q-m0MGuxNwUIAIShDdWNzFu12453YoAwA4gEedCeQ/s4304/long%20eared.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2869" data-original-width="4304" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiicFKCo8P-O0s34RuHTfpn2m3_3xqw_K1iwe3ankiWE2saF8hiA1TV_aguNd7gRLx4P260ceKfrFK2rM2DUuV8295DruZbekNxonrRQUkRLvGP5-B2FsP_DNt6st400ObMh-rQNvtONDKI0Q-m0MGuxNwUIAIShDdWNzFu12453YoAwA4gEedCeQ/w640-h426/long%20eared.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />A friend told us about 2 long eared owls that could be seen from the road.<p></p><p>Tucked away behind all sorts of twigs and branches we were able to spot both.</p><p><br /></p><p>Images taken from the car with telephoto lens to avoid disturbing the owls.</p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16.639999px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Asio otus</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.04em;">Like other owls, the Long-eared has a body adapted for silent flight and precision hunting. Flight feathers with fringed edges and downy surfaces mute the sound of the owl’s passage through air. The owls gain incredible hearing from their asymmetrically placed ear openings and large, sound-catching facial disks.</span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-33720852508932239062024-01-24T20:06:00.002-05:002024-01-24T20:06:47.114-05:00Carolina wren<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfjv8OZ5sZqliQzNRx3XfiLKKsy5X2i8dcyfemVT-NDqjw5_DFO25ElQ0DbPy9Xp09UN4lrXUKa-JYiIIQ-CM83vk1PXn5syzL_oBu-clRFWpWsEjE2w-h3aUvYYJxYoErzTUpC4KPldABtlbT9NqEy6HHvzKZ2iU0P0-t86NdolQOO8w4Ii-mA/s4286/oct%202%20carolina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2857" data-original-width="4286" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfjv8OZ5sZqliQzNRx3XfiLKKsy5X2i8dcyfemVT-NDqjw5_DFO25ElQ0DbPy9Xp09UN4lrXUKa-JYiIIQ-CM83vk1PXn5syzL_oBu-clRFWpWsEjE2w-h3aUvYYJxYoErzTUpC4KPldABtlbT9NqEy6HHvzKZ2iU0P0-t86NdolQOO8w4Ii-mA/w640-h426/oct%202%20carolina.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Fluttering after the bath, to dry off, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, October 2. 2023.<p></p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16.639999px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thryothorus ludovicianus</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.04em;">The Carolina Wren is sensitive to cold weather, with the northern populations decreasing markedly after severe winters. The gradually increasing winter temperatures over the last century may have been responsible for the northward range expansion seen in the mid-1900s.</span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-45624471580666806522024-01-21T12:03:00.003-05:002024-01-21T12:03:48.285-05:00White breasted nuthatch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WAi5-7d5w9p2fU5XL40R_9abkMvYmiDvpGluKW6s3LvGBP0VOyXIOiH9E204loiRE7PJKDT4i_VeesRGv4GkmoWC_zy2CgwtGM-WN_X0jZpSpr6GW1Gkzdd5GbaTr0DAeKQjpbaL96J1Wzth1V6ndO9q2IgnlGgQQ1WthJmVFK8v7TB9NYOd6Q/s5489/wwhite%20nutl%20feb%205%2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3659" data-original-width="5489" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WAi5-7d5w9p2fU5XL40R_9abkMvYmiDvpGluKW6s3LvGBP0VOyXIOiH9E204loiRE7PJKDT4i_VeesRGv4GkmoWC_zy2CgwtGM-WN_X0jZpSpr6GW1Gkzdd5GbaTr0DAeKQjpbaL96J1Wzth1V6ndO9q2IgnlGgQQ1WthJmVFK8v7TB9NYOd6Q/w640-h426/wwhite%20nutl%20feb%205%2023.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>It is almost warm enough for me to go back out to do photography.<div>This is from Feb 5, 2023 at Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.</div><div><em style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 16.639999px; line-height: inherit;"><br /></em></div><div><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16.639999px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sitta carolinensis. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.04em;">If you see a White-breasted Nuthatch making lots of quick trips to and from your feeder – too many for it to be eating them all – it may be storing the seeds for later in the winter, by wedging them into furrows in the bark of nearby trees.</span></div>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18537107.post-7047684432102597622024-01-18T19:12:00.000-05:002024-01-18T19:12:17.767-05:00From warmer times in the stream.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yGlxFQBkQ5R7JOgshgs_9_20o_NHzpoNRzOWvwKaSke4Segl0zIxPOhvBKYg-ienyliLTyY4a5bnCPxUuZtyLIvyuNwhqBhDD7-n_WPz9549hXL1nTcSJmcpB5GefApPz6W6bxjjcjrV_D7iZWQSkEyxLFWuWEJw7ehbEtRobzErQ3KEtnU6uw/s5125/jun%2010%20233%20rose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3417" data-original-width="5125" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yGlxFQBkQ5R7JOgshgs_9_20o_NHzpoNRzOWvwKaSke4Segl0zIxPOhvBKYg-ienyliLTyY4a5bnCPxUuZtyLIvyuNwhqBhDD7-n_WPz9549hXL1nTcSJmcpB5GefApPz6W6bxjjcjrV_D7iZWQSkEyxLFWuWEJw7ehbEtRobzErQ3KEtnU6uw/w640-h426/jun%2010%20233%20rose.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> Rose-breasted grosbeak enjoying a bath when the stream was open.</p><p>Rondeau Provincial Park,Ontario, Canada, June 10, 2023.</p><p><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16.639999px; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pheucticus ludovicianus. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.04em;">The male Rose-breasted Grosbeak takes a turn incubating the eggs for several hours during the day, while the female incubates the rest of the day and all night long. Both sexes sing quietly to each other when they exchange places. The male sometimes sings his normal song at full volume from inside the nest.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.04em;">source- allaboutbirds-org</span></p>Rondeau Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13740342799585280444noreply@blogger.com0