Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Bird Brain on April 17, 2013, 04:29:24 PM
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Hi everyone. From 4:15-4:20pm, an Osprey was flying past my livingroom window numerous times and circling above the NW corner of Lake Aquitaine. A very rare sighting for me!
Lake Aquitaine: SE corner of Glen Erin Dr./Aquitaine Ave., behind the Meadowvale Community Centre.
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Wouldn't that be exciting to have an Osprey nest at Aquitaine!!!
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Heres one I snapped last week in the Kingston area.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8390/8647118058_00444a5f45_c.jpg)
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Bob - that would be really awesome! :D Many years ago, they used to nest at ... Britannia and 8th Line??? Large nest at top of hydro pole.
Paul - a truly beautiful Osprey photo! Thank You for posting this. :D
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Wow, Brittania and 8th Line, Awesome. I have doing "drive by-s" there over the last 2 weeks.
There are 2 (farmers) fields ( looks like corn from last year) on the north east corner - very flooded
Yesteday's finds were
Geese - too many to count
Mallards - same
Norhtern Pintail - 4 pair M&F
Northern Shoveler - 8 Pair M&F <at least>
American Widgeon - 6 pair M&F
Redheaded ducks - about a dozen
Kingfisher - 1 flew by into the woods on the east side of the fields
Yellowlegs - 18 counted - I think they are greater - pretty huge ones!
Brown headed Cow bBirds - 2 M, 1F
RWB - 4 counted
Last week I went there to see "the Wilsons Snipe" - there were 3, as well as about 8 birders watching them!
We were also looking for the reported Ross's Goose - no luck
Happy birding,