{"id":1857,"date":"2022-12-01T17:44:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T22:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/?p=1857"},"modified":"2022-12-01T17:44:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T22:44:48","slug":"theyre-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/2022\/12\/01\/theyre-back\/","title":{"rendered":"They\u2019re Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some lucky feeder operators in Ontario are enjoying our very colourful Evening Grosbeaks once again. In 2020 there was a movement that saw birds in a number of locations but last winter was not as good. While small flocks showed up in 2021, most moved on. This year thousands have descended from the boreal forest across a broad area from Southern Ontario, through Hamilton, Toronto and into the east, with several to a few dozen appearing regularly in backyards. In some areas it is reminiscent of flights in the 1960s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1f9a9726b.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1f9a9726b.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1f9a9726b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1f9a9726b-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1f9a9726b-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1f9a9726b-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of their large size and tendency to appear in flocks, platform feeders are particularly appealing. There they will devour black-oil sunflower seeds, earning them the nickname Evening \u2018Greedy\u2019. One bird was observed to consume 96 seeds in five minutes! They are not only feasting on handouts however.&nbsp; In the woods they will be searching for tree seeds, notably Manitoba maple, various berries and fruit. Listen for their calls, which have been described as being like a glorified House Sparrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Birding!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian Morin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher of Ontario Birding News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some lucky feeder operators in Ontario are enjoying our very colourful Evening Grosbeaks once again. In 2020 there was a movement that saw birds in a number of locations but last winter was not as good. While small flocks showed up in 2021, most moved on. This year thousands have descended from the boreal forest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26,60,61,76,17,31],"class_list":["post-1857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uns-birding-blog","tag-birdseeds","tag-birdwatching","tag-canadawildbirding","tag-unsbirds","tag-urbannaturestore","tag-winterbirds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}