Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Shortsighted on May 13, 2025, 01:10:43 PM
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The air was still, without the usual cacophony of bird song & calls, although people's voices could still be heard talking on their coveted devices while perambulating the park. That never seems to go away. It must be near the end of the warbler migration although there are species that I have not yet seen, such as Wilson's and Blackpoll. Some brief periods of sunlight and long periods of high cloud. I only saw three warblers this morning: female American Redstart, Northern Parula and Palm. One parula was down low instead of way up in the trees and therefore I took advantage of that opportunity. The highlight yesterday was an unexpected Eastern bluebird and the highlight today was a Red-headed woodpecker. While this species had made an appearance the previous two years, I was all but convinced that it would not appear this spring. Unfortunately, I lost sight of it and it never appeared again. There was only one, while last year there were three of them. Many of the WT sparrows are gone. There was no sign of any kind of thrush besides robins.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-qkrFqxw/0/K2Qr4wcGn3cDH5KpBqrhqqMc7Mq64fFDd62zpXBcx/M/Redstart%2CF%2C13%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-qkrFqxw/A)
Female American redstart
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-8KRsTj9/0/KvShjQjvK5VQpLCJ2LjCTMGvvTPPWRqq392DMh8jn/M/Catbird%2C13th%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-8KRsTj9/A)
Gray catbird
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-vhZx39x/0/LxwB4gDHFvs84tZZpZQkhTpwdtkB33gLQnszKNKRv/M/Oriole%2CF%2Csinging%2C13th%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-vhZx39x/A)
Female oriole
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-cRRtL8r/0/LdM9dG8n7B2vgNQSqC8rCHdGXgNjtxmQwq7gJ2dsP/M/Parula%2Cclose%2Cside%2C13th%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-cRRtL8r/A)
Eye-level Northern parula
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-PL9FzP6/0/Kv6FXcn5HjXrbgj4zJLqxCWjKJt9ZHNZj7Qt8j2Rz/M/RHWP.13th%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-PL9FzP6/A)
Red-headed woodpecker
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Quiet? Really?