![White-winged Crossbill](http://www.birdingpictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/White-winged-Crossbill-resized_IMG_9522-copy_edited-1.jpg)
This week I am continuing to relive last winter’s trip to Canada to see Boreal birds. I still haven’t seen any Snowy Owls this season, though everyone else has, but at least I have pictures from our trip and don’t feel like traveling hundreds of miles to get a picture of a white dot far back in a field! If you missed it, see Snowy Owls from last week. However, we were able to see more than owls, and were even able to hand feed Gray Jays, Red-breasted Nuthatches, and Black-capped Chickadees which was great fun! Boreal birds such as White-winged Crossbills, Pine Grosbeaks, and Bohemian Waxwings were strikingly beautiful, and seeing a Pine Marten at Algonquin’s Nature Center was the icing on the cake.
![Gray Jay](http://www.birdingpictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Gray-Jay-resized_IMG_9136a-copy_edited-1.jpg)
Gray Jays quickly learn that humans are a good source of food, and readily came to eat from our heavily mittened hands.
![Bohemian Waxwings](http://www.birdingpictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Bohemian-Waxwings-resized_IMG_8448a-copy_edited-1.jpg)
Bohemian Waxwings travel together, just like Cedar Waxwings. Notice the russet under their tails rather than white; and black, yellow, and white on their wings along with red spots.