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Kate Dalgleish
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Director of Annual Giving @birds.canada • Raising funds for bird conservation • Based in Ontario’s Near North • Exploring with my kids and dogs
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Happy #WorldMigratoryBirdDay to all who celebrate! I’m digging my most abundant buds of the day — the American Robin. I love seeing great big flocks cleaning out the mountain ash.
October 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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“Something touched my leg!”
- Song Sparrow 🪶
A spunky little song sparrow struts through a puddle, checking out its own reflection like it's the hottest bird in the marsh.
April 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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“Oh sweet Canada, Canada, Canada”

A big welcome back to these forest songsters. We’ve missed you, White-throated Sparrow.
A White-throated Sparrow perched among the branches of a cedar tree. The bird is partially hidden by green foliage, with its distinctive white throat, black-and-white head stripes, and yellow lores clearly visible.
April 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Sharpie in the hood! 🪶

This bird has been drawn to the feeders to the great dismay all other yard birds both large and small.

#ProjectFeederWatch
A Sharp-shinned Hawk gives a fierce, slightly judgmental stare straight at the camera. Its sharp gray feathers are crisp in the foreground, with a soft, wintry blur of snow and trees behind—clearly not amused to have missed out on its lunch.
April 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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TIL that turkeys have beards. 🪶
A close-up of a wild turkey with dark brown feathers and a strikingly colourful head, featuring a blue snood hanging over his beak and red wattles. There is a hairlike patch of feathers protruding from its chest, this is the turkey’s beard.
April 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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I could not be happier to welcome back all the glorious blackbirds!

Grackles have a pretty bad rep — they’re big, they’re noisy, they chase off smaller species, but dang they are fun to watch.

There has been high drama at the feeders since their return! 🪶

#ProjectFeederWatch
Three Common Grackles at a snow-covered bird feeder. Two of the birds are gripping the metal mesh feeder filled with peanuts, while the third is flapping its wings below as they jostle for position. Three Common Grackles perched on the top of a bird feeder during a snowfall. The birds have glossy black feathers with iridescent blue heads, and their bright yellow eyes stand out. One bird on the left has its wings and tail slightly spread as it makes its characteristic readle-eak call.
March 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Spring is here!! Song Sparrows are singing, rain is falling, its a perfect day to #getoutside
🪶
A song sparrow perches on the edge of a tube feeder, its streaked brown and white plumage is slightly fluffed against the cool rain.
March 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Kicking off March Break with another beautiful snowy day. This winter just keeps delivering!
A black stream winds through the deep snow. Fresh snow and blue skies in the spruce bog. Brown mutt dog appears to be smiling at the top of a mountain
March 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Making the most of the last days of winter! Nothing better than fresh snow and blue skies 😍
A trail splits the spruce forest with tall snow-covered trees. The sky is bright blue and the fresh snow is gleaming!
March 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Our homemade suet feeder is finally bringing the birds to the yard! Just a couple holes in a log with some lard jammed it 🤌 Mr. and Mrs. Hairy are regular customers. 🪶
A male hairy woodpecker perched on a birdfeeder that is really just an old log strung up on a hanger with several lard-filled holes.
March 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Good day sunshine!

Morning bog walk to check up on the black-backed woodpecker. No luck there but the Hairys were drumming and a couple of Ravens were busy building a nest!
Sun rises behind a stand of tall black spruce.
March 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Celebrating 9 years with Sadie dog by taking a snowy walk to the bog. Perfect post storm conditions for trudging through the snow.
Large brown dog on a snow-covered trail through the woods. Surrounding pine tree boughs weighed down with several centimetres of fresh snow.
March 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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One pound of strawberries from the US costs to same amount as a case of mangos from Peru. #mangosfordays
A case of glistening red mangos
February 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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A photo of Uriel and Union, two of the wolf siblings at the #HalibutonWolfCentre. Seeing the wolf pack interacting at the education center was pretty darn magical.

#wildlife
Two Timber Wolf siblings, one black and one grey, stand side by side staring intensely with their yellow eyes.
February 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Lifer mammal today! My first Pine Marten very aptly perched in a red pine. A trip to #AlgonquinPark never disappoints.
A fluffy America Marten stares into camera from its perch on a red pine branch while snow falls around it.
February 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Another great #IceFollies exhibit! The highlight for us was Beastie Bones by Studio Nude Beach but it’s always a blast to get out on Lake Nipissing to enjoy some #art in the depths of winter!
Artist description: Large glowing arches form a ribcage that have given way to a vibrant enchanted decay. The site suggests folklore of a massive beast long forgotten – its evidence re-emerging from the waters below. Wide angle view of several installations including a large tent with patchwork cover in the foreground. Vibrant dome-shaped long house sits upon frozen lake with circular appliqués that represent indigenous stories.
February 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Sparkle sparkle ✨

Good morning from #AlmaguinHighlands!
February 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Mikisew Morning ❄️🌲

Photos don’t do justice to the beauty and quiet of the woods in winter. #NearNorth
A trail winds through the deep snow in a mixed forest of hemlock, birch, and pine.
February 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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One interesting fact from worldwetlandsday.org: Wetlands are our most effective land-based ecosystem for addressing the climate crisis. By absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it in their soil and biomass,
wetlands help mitigate climate change.

Hug a cattail #WorldWetlandsDay
Alert swamp sparrow peeks around a cattail.
February 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Beauty morning in Almaguin Heights. First visit to the Moose Mountain Trail and it certainly won’t be our last! #NearNorth
Entrance sign with map of the Moose Mountain Trail Caution sign to warn hikers of the steep cliff ahead Sun rising over snowy conifers
February 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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My feeders have been pretty quiet this winter. The best days are when big flocks of American Goldfinches pay a visit #ProjectFeederWatch
It’s a finch frenzy! Two American goldfinches flying toward a yellow and black tube feeder, while two other goldfinches pick away at the nyjer seed.
January 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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My little red squirrel is wondering why I haven’t cleaned the snow off the platform feeder.
Adorable red squirrel nibbling on some sunflower seeds with a snow covered head.
January 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Blue skies and sparkling fresh snow at Mikisew #nearnorth
The sun rising over a snow covered lake with clouds creeping in, threatening to overtake the bright blue sky
January 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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A little hike at Arrowhead Provincial Park, arguably the best @ontarioparks.bsky.social to visit in the winter. #nearnorth #hiking
January 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Young dog with a sundog.

The cold weather brings the best skies.
Sundog rises up between the trees on the left, with the sun rising on the right. Large dog bounds through the deep snow.
January 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM