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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: byoung on July 23, 2018, 12:41:07 PM

Title: Identification of bird
Post by: byoung on July 23, 2018, 12:41:07 PM

1) Toronto suburbs
2) Rust-coloured cap (male only)
3) White rump
4) Mostly brown
5) Larger than a robin, maybe the size of a small crow
6) Unless it was just drinking water, seemed to "hunt" like a robin, i.e. searching for grubs/worms on or in the ground.
6) Really "weird" call, which identified to me that it was not a bird I had heard or seen before.  It was quite "vocal", but not a "pretty" song.  Not as
guttural as a raven's Croak, but lying more in that direction than a song-bird.

Any ideas?

Title: Re: Identification of bird
Post by: GStuart on July 23, 2018, 06:02:39 PM

Sounds like a Northern Flicker hunting its preferred meal of ants.

Title: Re: Identification of bird
Post by: byoung on July 24, 2018, 08:28:39 AM

Thanks.  Based upon the call, that is likely what was prowling the the area.  Didn't notice the spots or red-band behind the head, but maybe it was a younger specimen.