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November 9, 2025

Click or tap to watch a clip of a dozen Pine Grosbeaks going to town on a platform feeder in Ontario

Pine Grosbeak Party! The Ontario FeederWatch Cam Is Back

These chunky finches like it cold, preferring to remain in the boreal forest for the winter when food resources allow. Poor fruit and seed crops on boreal trees this year mean there could be an irruption across the northern U.S. and southern Canada this winter. Check out this pink-and-gray feeding frenzy at a feeder in central Ontario, north of Lake Superior.

FeederWatch Is Back: Make your backyard bird observations part of something bigger! Become a part our community of 30,000+ FeederWatchers monitoring winter birds in North America. Join or renew today.

Mystery bird by Brad Imhoff / Macaulay Library.

What Bird Is This?

Say hello to one of the most abundant birds across North America, and one of the most boldly colored—at least where the male is concerned. This female has her own striking appearance with golden highlights and fine brown streaks, and subtle wing markings that might help give away the species ID. Are you familiar with this bird?

Click or tap to watch a short video about Red-winged Blackbirds

Fearless Flyer: Spotlight on the Red-winged Blackbird

Is this blackbird riding a Great Blue Heron, or attacking it? Find out when you watch our latest spotlight video, a series featuring fascinating tidbits about some of the common birds across North America.

Bird News and Resources

Short Film—Islands of the Hornbills: Watch a new film documenting spectacular hornbills across Indonesian Borneo and Papua. As "farmers of the forest,” these birds help sustain the third-largest rainforest in the world.

Ducks and Geese Made Easier: Bird Academy can help you ID wandering winter waterfowl, and even tackle tricky hybrids, in this recorded webinar Odd Ducks and Wayward Waterfowl ID.

Read the Autumn Living Bird magazine: You'll find stories about Whooping Cranes, crossbills, Superb Starlings, and much more.

Attend a Bird Festival: Festivals are a great way to enjoy birds and meet like-minded people. See our bird festival directory.

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