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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Shortsighted on April 29, 2025, 03:12:37 PM

Title: April 29th
Post by: Shortsighted on April 29, 2025, 03:12:37 PM

A thinly overcast morning with little wind.  In some places, like my car, there was no wind at all, although as previously acknowledged that is not guaranteed.  The first thing that I noticed was the call of a Baltimore oriole.  It didn't take long to locate it.  There were two males at the top of the tree and they stayed way up there, out of reach like a high-minded concept.  The second bird that I noticed was a male towhee, which quickly vanished as a towhee is wont to do.  Between 8 o'clock and 8:45 there were a few warblers, such as Myrtle, Palm, Nashville and Yellow.  They soon vanished as well.  I saw no GC kinglets but a few RC kinglets could be heard.  I noticed a pair of wood ducks in a tree.  The male was obstructed by branches but the female was fair game.  There was another pair as well and two pair beats a pair in any game.  A RTH showed up, perched itself like a potentate and scanned the deadwood.  Briefly spotted a Winter wren and heard a House wren singing.  Saw a Hermit thrush eating berries.  A few flicker were flying around screaming like children in a playground and a couple of Red-bellied woodpeckers.  Not much else.

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Baltimore oriole FOY

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-PK4WwBK/0/M8N3JjhqNPcw7S8F7X4wMRPQ9xPQ946tfPv4qpcWP/M/Yellow%2C29%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-PK4WwBK/A)
Yellow warbler (male) FOY

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-qHVLwkk/0/MjtXVbHz3vPcJSFGhMDpwTxJKGTwS8dsDV7qfbPTC/M/Palm%2C29%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-qHVLwkk/A)
Palm warbler

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-5bmMGwD/0/Ks8NLS6Zcx6FSrqr6DQmWTkD3xczntz43ZfJsq77Z/M/Nashville%2C29%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-5bmMGwD/A)
Nashville warbler over a mini wet woods  FOY to photograph

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-8MXngFH/0/NFRtz3Sqd2DxgXnpPPWP6Kxh37GkhCsM67M75P8n5/M/Nashville%2C29%2Ccrown%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-8MXngFH/A)
Nashville warbler (starboard side)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-7XH3vxm/0/KtgVJpVwz23nmS2TSgw9XH4XzTLvmrkG3C5P6bqzP/M/W.%20duck%20in%20tree%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-7XH3vxm/A)
Female Wood duck

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-V6Nmv8X/0/KnTQw7JbXGH7vJFt6VcR53V57hNkp6Cs9gmW9QLq8/M/Thrush%2C29%2Cberry%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-V6Nmv8X/A)
Hermit thrush eating red berries

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-Z6Fjn9M/0/MZQRQJ5TRRxjstX7FzMHBws4D4zrdGphCvDp7xH3Q/M/H.%20thrush%2C29%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-Z6Fjn9M/A)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-tnFNcCR/0/Kj8F3Xk6PDRJDZ7NgmvktKr8vsgnzB4ZTRb2zt25n/M/RBWP%2C29%2C2%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-tnFNcCR/A)
Red-bellied woodpecker  (note the red belly patch)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-PDtKhN2/0/MxM7ZvfHWGjfnjbTzb2wjp2R8MKHSHh6ZHK9Fb3DG/M/RBWP%2C29%2Ccloser%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-PDtKhN2/A)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-J8kmcTg/0/KtnBP7VcqSMWXjntDsfMbSXRNKJ426jvpHHLwdtfg/M/RTH%20side%2C29%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-J8kmcTg/A)
Red-tailed hawk

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-7b5LMWh/0/MQgrSLdMGsbDrJWc5HbGqwPJZzHQHjpxqJNhsNcgP/M/RTH%2Ceye%20to%20eye%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-7b5LMWh/A)

 

Title: Re: April 29th
Post by: Dr. John on April 30, 2025, 10:26:41 AM

I love seeing wood ducks in trees.  It always seems so wrong to see a duck in a tree.