Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Dinusaur on July 29, 2013, 08:04:52 PM
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For almost three weeks I have been watching a pair of Killdeer bringing up two chicks around 108 Ormont Drive in Toronto (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=108+Ormo ... a&t=m&z=16 (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=108+Ormont+Drive,+Toronto,+ON,+Canada&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=53.961216,135.263672&oq=108+ormont&hnear=108+Ormont+Dr,+Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario+M9L+1N6,+Canada&t=m&z=16)). One of the parents stand there all day long while the chicks move around foraging. It is a heavily industrialized area with big trucks going back and forth. Amidst this industrial jungle nature finds a little oasis. Last week I saw a pair of mocking birds bringing up their chicks at the same location. Occasionally Killdeer chases the mocking bird away and the mocking bird does the same to a flock of starlings. It's all played out there in broad day light. Last Friday I saw a groundhog coming out in the sun, the mocking birds immediately started harassing him. I took a few pictures of both pair and their respective chicks, I'll post them at a convenient time.