A male Red-Bellied Woodpecker is still present in South Porcupine (South Porcupine is near Timmins, in Northern Ontario's Cochrane District, 700 km north of Toronto). I spotted the Red-bellied Woodpecker yesterday (Jan 11) at the entrance of the Bart Thompson Trail (located at the end of Legion Drive and Hellen avenue in South Porcupine). First sighting of this bird was on Nov 22, 2013, and it is regularly being spotted in the neighbourhood since then. Although the weather is mild at this moment, this bird has been adapting surprisingly well considering the sustained extreme freezing temperatures (ranging from minus 40 C to minus 54 Celsius with wind chill factor) during the last week of December and the first week of January. Roxane Filion, South Porcupine, Cochrane District For more info, email: [email protected] Photos can be viewed here: http://porcupinemoonbeambirds.blogspot.ca _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
