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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Dinusaur on December 11, 2016, 10:09:37 AM

Title: Lark Sparrow
Post by: Dinusaur on December 11, 2016, 10:09:37 AM

Around 10 AM on Dec 10, I managed to arrive at the spot where the Lark Sparrow was reported a few days earlier and seen everyday ever since. Luckily I saw from distance a few other people watching it - that it made it easier to get to the spot without looking everywhere for it. It is at the north-east section of Don Roadway and Lakeshore in Toronto. I parked on Villiers Street as suggested, walked north along Don Roadway and then turned towards east on a trail that runs north of the railway tracks. There it was - either foraging on the ground or flying to a bush or a tree nearby to rest. Someone left a seed pile and at some point it did feast on it for a while. A great find for Toronto and a life bird for me.

(https://c5.staticflickr.com/1/377/31186658660_a72dc55667_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PvRM6o)
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/1/157/30733415634_f466094bfb_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/NPNMJs)

Title: Re: Lark Sparrow
Post by: Paul O'Toole on December 11, 2016, 06:14:56 PM

Very nice shots. I was lucky and able to see one last year in our area of Kingston, lifer for me as well.

Title: Re: Lark Sparrow
Post by: nkwali on December 14, 2016, 12:06:17 PM

Very nice. I am still looking for my first one of these...

Title: Re: Lark Sparrow
Post by: Brian Bailey on December 15, 2016, 06:41:13 AM

This one was still being seen yesterday.

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Title: Re: Lark Sparrow
Post by: MikeN on December 15, 2016, 08:46:01 PM

It was seen again today. I had looked around noon and missed it but someone saw it this afternoon, even with the weather as bad as it was.