Changing Colours
The first signs of frost in the mornings heralded a change of colours in the trees and bushes. The sun no longer burned but provided a pleasant warmth, and thank goodness, there were next to no mosquitoes. I have to say that fall is undoubtedly my favourite time of the year. Warblers had been making their return journey south for their winter. Feeding on the insects that were plentiful on the sunbathed bushes that edge the Wetlands. And that is where this common yellowthroat was found. I also came across a blue-headed vireo that did not seem perturbed at all by what it had found. A stinkbug! A female magnolia warbler. And a yellow-rumped warbler of which there were many. They tended to congregate with these white-throated sparrows. Warblers are currently still moving southward through Ontario. This is a black-throated blue warbler from a few days ago. Golden-crowned kinglets were also working through the woodland. Passing through the Wetlands was a new bird for me. This is a...