Rondeau Ric

 Not a woodpecker species we see at the water very often. We have had various ones bath but not drink. Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, November 15, 2024 Dryobates pubescens.  Woodpeckers don’t sing songs, but they drum loudly against pieces of wood or metal to achieve the same effect. People sometimes think this drumming is part of the birds’ feeding habits, but it isn’t. In fact, feeding birds make surprisingly little noise even when they’re digging vigorously into wood.

Very slow at the stream the last few days. This is a regular species in the yard in the late fall. Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. November 6, 2024.

Don't care if it is Daylight Savings or Standard Time. My bladder tells me it's time to get up. I eat when I'm hungry and go to bed when I'm sleepy.

 A Nashville warbler and a black capped chickadee in close proximity in our water feature. Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, October 12, 2024. Poecile atricapillus Black-capped Chickadee. Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla

 While the creeper isn't rare in our area, they can be hard to find as they blend in very well. Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, October 22, 2024. Certhia americana Brown Creepers burn an estimated 4–10 calories (technically, kilocalories) per day, a tiny fraction of a human’s daily intake of about 2,000 kilocalories. By eating a single spider, a creeper gains enough energy to climb nearly 200 feet vertically.

 Starlings can be very pretty, one at a time. Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, October 21, 2024. The problem comes when hundreds descend into your yard and take over all the feeders, carpet the lawn and monopolize the water feature. Sturnus vulgaris Starlings are great vocal mimics: individuals can learn the calls of up to 20 different species. Birds whose songs starlings often copy include the Eastern Wood-Pewee, Killdeer, meadowlarks, Northern Bobwhite, Wood Thrush, Red-tailed Hawk, American Robin, Northern Flicker, and many others.