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  Bath time, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario , Canada, July 19. Colaptes auratus Although it can climb up the trunks of trees and hammer on wood like other woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker prefers to find food on the ground. Ants are its main food, and the flicker digs in the dirt to find them. It uses its long barbed tongue to lap up the ants.

  A yellow warbler, juvenile, with its blotchy feathers. June 28, 2024, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. Waiting its turn in our small water feature. Setophaga petechia The oldest-known Yellow Warbler was a female and was at least 11 years old when she was recaught and rereleased during banding operations in New York.