{"id":671,"date":"2013-01-11T13:50:04","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T18:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/?p=671"},"modified":"2025-05-14T18:32:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T22:32:54","slug":"warblers-winter-insects-sedgewick-park-oakville-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/warblers-winter-insects-sedgewick-park-oakville-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"Warblers in Winter? Insects a Plenty in Sedgewick Park Oakville Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently many bemused birders have been flocking to Sedgewick Park in Oakville Ontario to see several warblers: in winter! There have been authenticated reports of an Orange-crowned Warbler and a Nashville Warbler and although there seems to be some confusion also reports of a Bay-breasted Warbler (which might be a Blackpoll Warbler.)<\/p>\n<p>Mark Crawford, while commenting on a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/joshvandermeulen.blogspot.ca\/2012\/12\/december-warblering.html\"><strong>blog post (with photos!) by Josh Vandermeulen about the warblers at Sedgewick<\/strong><\/a>, stated that for the Christmas bird counts in south Peel:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yellow-rumped Warblers have been seen annually since 2006<\/li>\n<li>Orange-crowned Warblers have been seen three times, and<\/li>\n<li>Nashville Warblers have been seen twice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There have also been reports of a Golden-crowned Kinglet in the park. Kinglets, though adorable, are not uncommon, even in winter. Want to guess which bird I saw when I visited Sedgewick?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/warblers-in-winter-insects-a-plenty-in-sedgewick-park-oakville-ontario\/sedgewickparkkinglet300dpiceyingme\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-674\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-674\" title=\"SedgewickParkKinglet300dpiCEyingMe\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SedgewickParkKinglet300dpiCEyingMe.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Golden Crowned Kinglet at Sedgewick Park Oakville Ontario in January\" width=\"287\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SedgewickParkKinglet300dpiCEyingMe.jpg 287w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SedgewickParkKinglet300dpiCEyingMe-126x200.jpg 126w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SedgewickParkKinglet300dpiCEyingMe-252x400.jpg 252w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SedgewickParkKinglet300dpiCEyingMe-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/warblers-in-winter-insects-a-plenty-in-sedgewick-park-oakville-ontario\/sedgewickparkkinglet300dpiyellowcap\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-675\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-675\" title=\"SedgewickParkKinglet300dpiYellowCap\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SedgewickParkKinglet300dpiYellowCap.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Blurry of Golden Crowned Kinglet at Sedgewick Park Oakville Ontario in January\" width=\"235\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SedgewickParkKinglet300dpiYellowCap.jpg 235w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SedgewickParkKinglet300dpiYellowCap-175x200.jpg 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(I included the blurry photo to show a bit of the golden crown.)<\/p>\n<p>Given that we had several inches of snow on the ground and temperatures well below 0 Celsius, many of us may be wondering what these colourful little tufts of feathers were eating.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out Sedgewick has a smelly secret. It&#8217;s home to a sewage treatment plant. The water is warm from decomposition and is aerated as part of the process. And where there&#8217;s warm open water, you can get bugs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/warblers-in-winter-insects-a-plenty-in-sedgewick-park-oakville-ontario\/insectssedgewickparkoakville300dpi\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-677\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-677\" title=\"insectsSedgewickParkOakville300dpionNaturalCrooksDotCom\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/insectsSedgewickParkOakville300dpi.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Flying Insects at Sedgwick Park in Oakville in January on NaturalCrooksDotCom\" width=\"550\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/insectsSedgewickParkOakville300dpi.jpg 550w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/insectsSedgewickParkOakville300dpi-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/insectsSedgewickParkOakville300dpi-400x269.jpg 400w, https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/insectsSedgewickParkOakville300dpi-444x300.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I realize this photo may make you squint a bit, but if you look closely or use your imagination, you&#8217;ll see there are dozens of mosquito-sized flies buzzing around this tree. Speaking as someone who walked through these clouds, I can attest to the fact that the bugs are plentiful and plump.<\/p>\n<p>While these warblers are not flycatchers they are capable of catching flying insects. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Orange-crowned_Warbler\/lifehistory\">Cornell University<\/a> says the Orange-crowned warbler, &#8220;sometimes hawks for arboreal or flying insects.&#8221; Nashville warblers, Cornell says, usually glean insects from the tips of branches and other spots. Bay-breasted warblers can also eat a bit of fruit in winter, says Cornell.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further Information<\/strong><br \/>\nTo read some of the discussion about the warblers visiting Sedgewick and to see links to videos of the warblers, please see the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mail-archive.com\/birdalert@ontbirds.ca\/msg29260.html\">Videos of Warblers at Sedgwick Park, Oakville by Luc Fazio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Join In<\/strong><br \/>\nHave you had warblers winter near you? If so, do you have an enviable southern abode or was there some unusual food source available? Please share your experiences with a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Sedgewick Park is providing plentiful insects for eager warblers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[335,355,54,965,964],"class_list":["post-671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rambles","tag-golden-crowned-kinglet","tag-nashville-warbler","tag-oakville","tag-orange-crowned-warbler","tag-sedgewick-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671","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=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9637,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions\/9637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}