The birds in this gallery were photographed in our backyard in Toronto by Vincent Falardeau.  These birds spend their winters on shade coffee farms in Central and South America.  Traditional rustic coffee farms are the last refuge for these beautiful creatures as their formerly lush wintering grounds are deforested.  In recent years, even shade coffee farms are disappearing as coffee varieties are developed that have higher yields when grown in the sun.   Dr. Bridget Stutchbury, author of Silence of the Songbirds and Canada Research Chair in Ecology and Conservation Biology, says that the most important thing we can do to preserve populations of migratory songbirds is to drink certified Bird Friendly® coffee.  See www.birdsandbeans.ca