Bird rescues bird

                                                                                  Photo byTed Bird

SStarling stuck in Schombergg

My long-time friend, Ted Bird, of Schomberg, discovered a Starling, (pictured above), trapped in a birdseed feeder on his backyard deck, a day or so ago.   How it got into the feeder is a mystery, but Ted says it was easily released.  This is a simple reminder of the winter-feeding imperative of our feathered friends.

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Ontario Winter Birds - 17

 Photos by Geoff Simpson  

Sharp-shinned Hawk

(Accipiter striatus)

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Ontario Winter Birds ~ 16

Photos by BarrytheBirder

RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH

(Sitta canadensis)

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Ontario Winter Birds - 15

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White-breasted Nuthatch

(Sitta Carolinensis)

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Ontario Winter Birds - 14

 Photos by BarrytheBirder

SNOWY OWL

(Bubo scandiacus)

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Ontario Winter Birds - 13

 Photos by Barry Wallace

RED-TAILED HAWK

(Buteo jamaicensis)

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Ontario Winter Birds - 12

 Photos by BarrytheBirder

TRUMPETER SWAN

(Cygnus buccinator)

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Ontario Winter Birds - 11

 Photos by BarrytheBirder

WILD TURKEY

( Meleagris gallopavo)

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Ontario Winter Birds ~10

 Photos by Barry theBirder

American Tree Sparrow

(Spizella arborea

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On Canada's West Coast...

Photos by Bob Kemp

What a treat to receive photos from my British Columbia friend, Bob Kemp, during the bitterly cold recent days in southern Ontario.   His photos include the the Steller's Jay, at top; the Anna's Hummingbird, below; then the Northern Shoveler Duck , and at the bottom, a group of Green-winged Teals.   I hope Bob's photos take some of the deep January chill out of your day.

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2-day thaw suits this possum

Photo by Barry Wallace

A bitter cold late December and early January finally broke for a couple of days and brought this opossum out for a day to check on the seeds around the bird feeders.   He or she didn't hang around for long however.

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Ontario Winter Birds ~ 9

Photos by BarrytheBirder 

Snow Bunting

(Plectrophenax nivalis)

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Ontario Winter Birds - 8

Photos by Barry Wallace

VARIED THRUSH

(Ixoreus naevius)

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Ontario Winter Birds ~ 7

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BLUE JAY
(Cyanocitta cristata)

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Ontario Winter Birds - 6

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Chipping Sparrow

(Spizella passerina)

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Ontario Winter Birds ~ 5

 Photos by Barry Wallace

Mourning Dove

(Zenaida macroura)

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Ontaerio Winter Birds ~ 4

     

                                                                     Photos by BarrytheBirder
American Goldfinch
(Carduelis tristis) 

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Ontario Winter Birds ~ 3

 Photos by Barry Wallace

Black-capped Chickadee

(Poecile atricapillus)

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Ontario Winter Birds ~ 2

 Photos by Barry Wallace

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco Hyemalis

Male

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Ontario Winter birds ~ 1

 Photos by BarrytheBirder

Northern Cardinal

(Cardinalis cardinalis)

MALE

FEMALE

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