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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Molebird on March 28, 2014, 06:09:17 PM

Title: Song Sparrow and Troglodyte
Post by: Molebird on March 28, 2014, 06:09:17 PM

Sam Smiths park was somehow made brighter today by a solitary Song Sparrow throwing his head back in song, spot 'n all.
The day was marred however by a camo-clad Troglodyte yute firing missiles from his hunting catapault at a Canada Goose tripping gingerly on the ice. Upon being challenged he lustily denied his transgression.He loudly denied the epithet "Idiot" we hurled at him.
25 birds in total,including a Horned Grebe in winter colours among the noisy Red-necked Grebes and White-winged Scoters. Not bad for a gloomy afternoon.

Title: Re: Song Sparrow and Troglodyte
Post by: thouc on March 28, 2014, 08:22:42 PM

I hoped your Troglodyte was a wren... (House Wren and Winter Wren belong to the genus Troglodytes)

Title: Re: Song Sparrow and Troglodyte
Post by: Rotarran on March 28, 2014, 09:33:01 PM

Yeah I was thinking Wren too.