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^ to/?, // fo right: Carolina wren and ruby-throated humming 

 bird. Just below, left to right: cardinal, little blue heron, osprey, 

 yellow-breasted chat. Next in line: coot, egret, kingfisher, redheaded 

 woodpecker. Bottom line: red-winged blackbird, ruddy duck. 



majority of the wild duck family follow similar flight plans. 



Although their flights aren't as picturesque, many of our 

 common songbirds are also indefatigable tourists. It seems 

 incredible that the indigo buntings we often see making their 

 springtime journey to Ontario have passed the winter in Cuba 

 or Central America. But the songsters do get around. Robins, 

 bluebirds, wrens, thrushes, thrashers, pipits, warblers, orioles, 

 sparrows, nuthatches, finches, martins, and gnatcatchers wing 

 north to nest and south to winter. 



It's too bad that our migratory feathered friends don't speak 

 our language. Their observations could be most valuable to us! 



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