Swamp Sparrows seem most at home deep in tangled vegetation, and don't often overwinter in my part of southern Ontario. This one seems to be succeeding well so far.

Tags:   Melospiza georgiana Swamp Sparrow bird perched branch shrub winter southern Ontario Canada

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Red-bellied Woodpecker male

Tags:   Melanerpes carolinus Red-bellied Woodpecker male bird perched clinging dead tree trunk bark winter southern Ontario Canada

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A juvenile Green Heron, with some remnant natal down still atop her/his head, pauses while hunting fish and frogs

Tags:   Butorides virescens Green Heron bird juvenile immature young standing log water pond profile backlit summer southwestern Ontario Canada

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Red Admiral butterfly nectaring on a flower of Common Buttonbush

Tags:   Vanessa atalanta Red Admiral butterfly insect nectaring foraging feeding Common Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis flower blossom shrub summer southwestern Ontario Canada

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...at least it was for the Great Blue Heron; not so much for the fish.

Tags:   Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron bird hunting fishing prey waterfall river summer southwestern Ontario Canada

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