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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Bird Brain on August 10, 2014, 06:13:07 PM

Title: August at Meadowvale Parks
Post by: Bird Brain on August 10, 2014, 06:13:07 PM

Hi everyone.  So far this month:

Lake Wabukayne - Belted Kingfisher and Catbird.

Lake Aquitaine - (this afternoon) Turkey Vulture circling above West end of lake.

Maplewood Park - Downy Woodpecker x 2 (males)

Otherwise, pretty much "the usual" - Canada Geese, Cardinals, Goldfinches, House Sparrows, Mallards, Mourning Doves, Robins, RWBB's, Starlings.

Butterflies - Cabbage White, Clouded Sulphur and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.  

Cottontail Rabbits.

Title: Re: August at Meadowvale Parks
Post by: Bird Brain on August 18, 2014, 09:49:46 AM

Update: on the weekend, there were 2 Belted Kingfishers flying around Lake Wabukayne, whirring up a storm!  Couldn't get a good enough look at them to identify gender.