Ontario Nature Blog

As our cold long winter finally came to an end, the bird sounds outside my window enticed me to get outside and observe the early spring migration. On-line bird forums informed me that spring migrants such as red-winged blackbirds, white-throated sparrows, tundra swans and sandhill cranes were beginning to arrive. At the end of March, ...

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Spring has, technically, arrived in Ontario, though below-freezing temperatures would suggest otherwise. Nevertheless, robins and cardinals are singing, killdeer are flying overhead, and the red-winged blackbirds’ unmistakable trilling song has returned.

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When I started birdwatching, I had no idea that it was a year-round sport. Although winter birding lacks the tremendous variety of spring birding – with its flashes of multi-colored warblers – it has a great deal to offer.

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I recently did something I never imagined I would do. I went to bird camp. Last month, I spent a week studying fall migration at Hog Island Audubon bird camp on the coast of Maine. Led by renowned naturalist and writer Scott Weidensaul, the week in Maine made me rethink my relationship with birds.

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Hello, my name is Robert Ormston, but you can call me Bob. I live in Trenton, a town near Prince Edward County. I am 16 years old and in grade 11 at Bayside Secondary School. From a young age, I have been interested in birds. I enjoy watching them at feeders, observing them in the ...

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