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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: aviator on October 22, 2017, 10:05:42 AM

Title: Birds of the backyard
Post by: aviator on October 22, 2017, 10:05:42 AM

Wood Thrush

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Gray-Cheeked Thrush
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Yellow -bellied Sapsucker
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Unknown Sparrow
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Red-bellied Woodpecker
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Carolina Wren
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Title: Re: Birds of the backyard
Post by: Shortsighted on October 22, 2017, 10:22:13 AM

ah-carumba, another backyard under avian control.
Terrific variety must imply a great place to stay.
Is your backyard listed on Trivago?
I would be over-the-moon to see a Wood Thrush up close.
I saw one in the spring at a distance and it took off almost as soon as it appeared.
That species had eluded me so far and I suspect it will continue to do so.
Your sparrow looks like a very healthy American Song Sparrow.
Maybe your backyard should be designated a birding hotspot.

Shortsighted

Title: Re: Birds of the backyard
Post by: aviator on October 23, 2017, 01:41:25 PM

Thanks for your kind remarks. My backyard is quite unremarkable with a few trees and hedges. Still it does seem to attract a lot of birds as well as squirrels of all colours, chipmunks, skunks, opossums, coyote on occasion, rabbits, raccoons,mallards and probably other creatures of the night.
I am tempted sometimes to just stay in my yard but once in a while the Park calls!
The birds I report on seem to  return year after year, even the Wood Thrush, but only for a day in the company of other thrushes.

Title: Re: Birds of the backyard
Post by: Shortsighted on October 23, 2017, 04:29:17 PM

I find that, by and large, birds are creatures of habit.
See my post from last month.
I too have a few backyard visitors and they tend to be the same species.
They never hang around long, shorter visits than at the major parks, which
makes sense considering the small parcel of land of a yard does not hold the
potential of many acres of parkland. If I see it in the backyard it is likely that
there will be many more of the same species at the park.