Hairy Downy as HairyDowny ♉

A stunning sunset tonight from Port Lambton, Ontario, on the St. Clair River. Wildfire smoke from Alberta in the atmosphere may enhance the colours this evening in parts of the province.

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-Patricia

Image courtesy of Kyle via Ontario Storm Reports

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A stunning sunset tonight from Port Lambton, Ontario, on the St. Clair River. Wildfire smoke from Alberta in the atmosphere may enhance the colours this evening in parts of the province. Do you have pictures to share? Please include your location. -Patricia Image courtesy of Kyle via Ontario Storm Reports … See more ...read more

    The active little Downy Woodpecker is a familiar sight at backyard feeders and in parks and woodlots, where it joins flocks of chickadees and nuthatches, barely outsizing them. An often acrobatic forager, this black-and-white woodpecker is at home on tiny branches or balancing on slender plant galls, sycamore seed balls, and suet feeders. Downies and their larger lookalike, the Hairy Woodpecker, are one of the first identification challenges that beginning bird watchers master. ...read more