Ontario FeederWatch Cam - Manitouwadge

Birdwatching is a treasured winter tradition, one that brings wonder, joy, peace, and community. Did you know your everyday observations of backyard birds can power scientific discovery? Watch FeederWatch's new 5-minute film to discover how a shared love of birds brings people together to contribute to one of the largest participatory science monitoring programs: https://bit.ly/4AiykLx

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Watch online with highlight clips and information about the birds at http://allaboutbirds.org/feederwatchcam

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The FeederWatch cam is located in a residential neighborhood in Manitouwadge, Ontario. This northern site is an excellent location to see winter finches like redpolls and grosbeaks as well as two species of Jays and even Ruffed Grouse! The feeders sit in the middle of a large backyard with a large birch tree that the birds love, as well as a mixed stand of conifers and several fruit and berry producing shrubs. There's a small swamp just beyond the backyard as well as larger stands of woods and a small lake. The feeder system is the product of the camera hosts' ingenuity, making use of plastic piping to support the feeders high enough above ground to foil the occasional squirrel, and a rotating set of feeders that provide black oil sunflower seeds, nyjer seed, whole and shelled peanuts, and peanut butter suet in a homemade hanging log to the dozens of species that visit.

About the Hosts
Tammie and Ben Haché have been members of Project FeederWatch since 2002, meticulously counting their backyard birds to help better understand what birds are doing throughout the winter. The years of FeederWatching have brought amazing views to the Haches; some of the highlights included counts with over 200 Evening Grosbeaks seen at once, high counts of 20+ Hoary Redpolls, an extremely out-of-range White-winged Dove, and the constant buzzing of hummingbirds in the summer. A winter of bird feeding requires a lot of food, too—in the winter of 2014, for example, over 750 pounds of sunflower seeds were consumed by the hungry birds!

About Project FeederWatch
Project FeederWatch is a winter-long survey of birds that visit feeders at backyards, nature centers, community areas, and other locales in North America. FeederWatchers periodically count the birds they see at their feeders from November through early

This live view looks out over a snowy backyard feeding station in Manitouwadge, Ontario, where a wooden platform piled with black sunflower seeds draws pine grosbeaks, including a vivid red male, and other finches. A hanging log feeder, conifers, and a wooden fence frame the scene. It's worth watching because the northern boreal location regularly attracts winter finches and other species that are rarely seen in southern Ontario, and the feeder activity offers a close, ongoing look at winter bird behavior.