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The problem with being the first one through the dunes, you gather all the spider webs with your face. Rondeau Provincial Park, June 6, 2023. Odocoileus virginianus . -is the most widely distributed and the most numerous of all North America’s large animals - leaves its fawn unattended for hours at a time - may have difficulty surviving the winter, particularly if there are too many dee competing for food or if the snow is too deep.

Gray catbird at the water, Rondeau Provincial Park, June 5, 2023. An enthusiastic bather. Dumetella carolinensis. The Gray Catbird’s long song may last for up to 10 minutes.

Northern bobwhite continues to visit our yard. Today he came within 10 feet of me and didn't really seem concerned. Rondeau Provincial Park, June 4, 2023 Colinus virginianus. The oldest Northern Bobwhite on record was 6 years, 5 months old. They have short lifespans but make up for it with prolific breeding abilities. In a single breeding season under good conditions, a bobwhite pair can produce 2 or 3 broods, totaling 25 offspring or more.

American redstart, Rondeau Provincial Park, June 2, 2023. Looks like a young male growing into breeding plumage. Setophaga  ruticilla Young male American Redstarts have gray-and-yellow plumage, like females, until their second fall. Yearling males sing vigorously in the attempt to hold territories and attract mates. Some succeed, but most do not breed successfully until the following year when they develop black-and-orange breeding plumage.

Wilson's warbler and a yellow warbler in the stream. Rondeau Provincial Park, June 2, 2023.

Red-winged blackbird showing his colours, Rondeau Provincial Park, June 1, 2023. Came for the peanuts, stayed for the mixed seed we put out for the Northern bobwhite. Agelaius phoeniceus The oldest recorded Red-winged Blackbird was 15 years, 9 months old. It was banded in New Jersey in 1967, and found alive, but injured in Michigan in 1983. It was able to be released after recovering from its injuries.

Rondeau Provincial Park, May 31, 2022. Don't see many of the females. We have had one or more around, with a male, for several days now. 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.

Bob our Northern Bobwhite showed up in the yard again today. He ranges up and down the dunes covering about 6 km - 3.5 miles. Anne put out some mixed seed for him and 16 blackbirds showed up. None when near Bob. Maybe he's the bad, bad, LeRoy Brown of the bird world. Rondeau Provincial Park, May 30, 2023. Colinus virginianus. The bobwhite genus is represented by more than 700 known fossils, dug up in sites ranging from Florida to Arizona to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. Some of these fossils are at least 2.5 million years old. source- https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Bobwhite/