Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Bird Brain on October 27, 2013, 12:50:38 PM
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Hi everyone. This morning between 8:30-10am, I was walking at Lake Wabukayne and sighted the following:
Belted Kingfisher x 2 - I was thrilled as I usually just sight one male at this location - once many years ago, sighted one female. They were flying around very quickly and whirring up a storm - couldn't get a good enough look to identify gender. If you stand on the dock at the SW corner of the lake, you'll have a great chance of seeing and hearing them! 8)
Bufflehead x 1 (male)
Cardinals - lots of males and females
Mallards - lots of males and females swimming around, heads bobbing, females making a racket, chasing and biting the males tails! :lol: Perhaps some sort of mating ritual.
Mockingbird x 1 - at East end of lake above the dam area. I was feeding shelled peanuts to the Cardinals and he made an appearance.
Other: on North side of the lake, could see some Huge hornet nests. Ugh!
Walking North through Plowmans Park, sighted the following:
Cardinals - lots of males and females
Juncos - dozens of males and females
Red-breasted Nuthatches - lots
Robins - lots
Other: very cute and noisy Red Squirrel
West end of Lake Aquitaine:
Blue Jays x 3
Canada Geese - lots
Cardinals - lots of males and females
Chickadees - lots
Coopers Hawk x 1 - flew across the front of my face!
Crows x 3
gulls - lots
House Sparrows - dozens
Juncos - a few
Mallards - dozens
Mourning Doves x 6
Robins - lots
Lake Aquitaine: SE corner of Glen Erin Dr. & Aquitaine Ave., behind the Meadowvale Community Centre.
Plowmans Park: SE corner of Glen Erin Dr. & Battleford Rd. - trail runs SSE behind the seniors building.
Lake Wabukayne: NE corner of Glen Erin Dr. & Windwood Dr., behind condo and school.