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<\/a><\/p>\nWell, in this case it says almost nothing. Although Fox Sparrows are supposed to have a lovely song the two I saw were too busy eating black oil sunflower seeds to entertain passersby.<\/p>\n
Although these photos don\u2019t show it well, these Foxes had a bright rusty-coloured tail.<\/p>\n Actually, the Carolina Wrens probably never left. Like the Cardinals they are year-round residents at Riverwood. They still manage to trick me when they sing, though. Their song is loud, pretty and should make finding them a breeze. Instead, I find myself looking everywhere until I suddenly spot one perched only yards away on a bare branch, a few feet above the ground, looking straight at me.<\/p>\n Of course, they almost always fly as soon as I lift a camera lens in their direction. Taunting me: that\u2019s what they\u2019re doing!<\/p>\n This time, however, I did get a photo of the closest of the two birds.<\/p>\n Somewhat to my surprise, since it was the second week of November, I found 3 dragonflies during my journey. Each was soaking up the sun\u2019s warming rays: two on the fine gravel and dust roadway along the riverbed and one on the wooden boardwalk near the House Wren\u2019s nesting box.<\/p>\n According to more knowledgeable Odonate-watchers, these are Autumn Meadowhawks. These adults are not expected to survive the winter.<\/p>\n The other usual suspects were also present. Chickadees, Downy, Hairy and Red-Bellied Woodpeckers, White- and Red-Breasted Nuthatches, Blue Jays and Cardinals all could be found at or near the feeders.<\/p>\n And that\u2019s not mentioning the dozens of Red, black and Gray Squirrels. But not one Chippie was still out and about.<\/p>\n Turkey Vultures, Red-Tailed Hawks, a Cooper’s Hawk and the omnipresent Ring-Billed Gulls circled in and out of view overhead.<\/p>\n All in all, Riverwood was a lovely place to spend an hour in admiration of the guests and residents.<\/p>\n Related Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n Join In<\/strong> Besides the dozens of squirrels, what’s visiting the feeders at Riverside? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[125,213,260,77,144],"class_list":["post-2973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rambles","tag-cardinals","tag-carolina-wrens","tag-fox-sparrows","tag-mississauga","tag-riverwood-conservancy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2973"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8371,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973\/revisions\/8371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\nThe Ventriloquist Birds Are Back<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nDefiant Dragonflies<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nA Supporting Cast of Hundreds<\/h2>\n
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\nHave you visited a favourite park this fall? Did any particular animal or bird catch your eye? Please share your sighting with a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"