Tag: Birds
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March's digital download
Hang in there, parks-lovers — spring is on the way! One of our favourite signs of spring? The male Black-capped Chickadee’s mating call: “Feebee!” What are your favourite signs of spring? This month’s FREE digital download features a Black-capped Chickadee.
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Canada Jays: the real early birds
“The early bird gets the worm” usually makes us think of robins. But the real early bird isn’t Robin Red-Breast. It’s the Canada Jay, also known as the whiskeyjack or Gray Jay.
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Woodpeckers 101
Today’s post comes from Barb Rees, our Discovery Program and Marketing Specialist in the Northwest Zone of Ontario Parks. Winter is a great time to watch for woodpeckers. Why? Simply because there are less leaves on trees making most birds more visible. Typically, there are also more birdfeeders placed out in the winter than the summer…
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Tracking the mysteries of migration
Today’s post comes from Bronte Creek Provincial Park Discovery Ranger Hannah Stockford and Darlington Provincial Park Piping Plover Student Jax Nasimok. Once upon a time, bird migration was a great mystery! Early ideas about migration by philosophers and scientists from hundreds of years ago were quite unusual. They varied from thinking birds hibernated in the mud…
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Loons are like campers — they love their park!
`In today’s post, Kettle Lakes Provincial Park‘s senior park naturalist Sarah Wiebe shows us that loons and campers aren’t so different! Just like many families, Common Loons choose Kettle Lakes as the place to stay with their family in the summer. You could say that loon families love parks as much as we do! Like…
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3 ways to level up your birding
Today’s post comes from marketing specialist and birding enthusiast, Tanya Berkers. When Ontario Parks signed on as a supporter of the third Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas, I eagerly volunteered on one of the organizing committees. I love birding, and the Atlas is an important volunteer-dependent project that supports conservation and environmental policy across the entire…
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Fall warbler migration at Rondeau Provincial Park
Today’s post comes from Laura Penner, a Discovery Program Group Leader at Rondeau Provincial Park. Thousands of birdwatchers flock to Rondeau each spring to take part in one of natures most spectacular events, the annual songbird migration. The male warblers, in their attempt to attract mates, are in their finest plumage with bold patterns and…
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The spring bird migration
Today’s post was written by Laura Penner, a Discovery leader at Rondeau Provincial Park. Watching the world wake up and spring back to life after a long winter is something almost everyone looks forward to. While the winter has charm and stunning beauty, the thought of those long, warm days simply change the pace of…