Rondeau Ric

Sparkling fresh from her bath. October 8, 2024, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. Pipilo erythrophthalmus Eastern Towhees are birds of the undergrowth, where their rummaging makes far more noise than you would expect for their size. Their chewink calls let you know how common they are, but many of your sightings end up mere glimpses through tangles of little stems.

Nellie, one of our new kitten/cats is fascinated by the birds coming to the window feeder. She spent hours sitting and watching and then jumps up multiple times trying to catch hate birds. Strictly an indoor cat. November 22, 2024.

 Not rare but hard to photograph as it sits in the bushes then dives down, splashes in the water and is gone again. Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, October 1, 2024. Vireo solitarius Blue-headed forages for insects and their larvae in trees, moving deliberately along branches, where it can be challenging to spot. Males sing a slow, cheerful carol, often the first indication of the species’ presence in a forest.

 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.