Birds of Algonquin Provincial ParkOntario Ministry of Natural Resources, 1982 - Algonquin Provincial Park (Ont.) |
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... perches to seize flying insects in the forest . Swallows hunt on the wing , capturing other flying insects low over lakes and clearings . Swifts carry this trend to its extreme because they hunt high in the sky at tremendous speed . In ...
... perches to seize flying insects in the forest . Swallows hunt on the wing , capturing other flying insects low over lakes and clearings . Swifts carry this trend to its extreme because they hunt high in the sky at tremendous speed . In ...
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... perch and seizing a frog or a minnow . Having made a successful strike they return to the same or similar , nearby perch and hammer the prey thoroughly with their bill before swallowing it whole . This " pre- softening " process ...
... perch and seizing a frog or a minnow . Having made a successful strike they return to the same or similar , nearby perch and hammer the prey thoroughly with their bill before swallowing it whole . This " pre- softening " process ...
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... perch from which they dart out and pick off flying insects . With the exception of the Kingbird , which is often quite visible along roads and watercourses , the retiring habits and drab colouring of the flycatchers make these birds ...
... perch from which they dart out and pick off flying insects . With the exception of the Kingbird , which is often quite visible along roads and watercourses , the retiring habits and drab colouring of the flycatchers make these birds ...
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21 Rare Algonquin birds Algonquin Park Algonquin Provincial Park ALLIES Family American Arrival Departure Record Average Arrival Average Average Latest Average Departure Latest Barn Swallows beaver ponds Bécasseau Birds of Algonquin Bittern Black Black-billed Cuckoo Black-capped Chickadee Blackbird Boreal Chickadee breeding Brown Thrasher Bunting Calidris Canada Canard Chestnut-sided Chimney Swift cliff colour Common Merganser Conspicuous migrant Cowbird Crossbill Dendroica Departure Latest Record Duck Earliest Average Eastern eggs falcons Fauvette finches Flycatcher forest Gray Jay Grosbeak Gull hardwood Hawk Heron Hirondelle Hummingbird jaune July June Kingbird Kingfisher Loon male Meadowlark Moucherolle nest noire Northern numbers Oriole perch Peregrine Pinson plumage poitrine rare Family Rare in summer rare in winter Raven Record Arrival Red-breasted Nuthatch Red-eyed Vireo Ruby-crowned Kinglet Ruffed Grouse S/W Mar Sandpiper Sapsucker Scoter snow song species Troglodyte uncommon Viréo Warbler Waxwings White-throated Sparrow wings winter records Winter Wren Woodpecker