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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Bird Brain on May 21, 2019, 10:10:49 AM

Title: Catbird - Mississauga
Post by: Bird Brain on May 21, 2019, 10:10:49 AM

Hi everyone.  It takes a lot to shock me then the following happened!   :shock:

Sunday morning May 19th at 10:30am - sighted a Catbird outdoors at SW corner of Square One Shopping Mall.  He was walking along the sidewalk alongside people!  I haven't seen a Catbird for a really long time and this behavior shocked me!  He then flew out to middle of the road and almost got hit!  I went to move him and he flew to the base of a nearby tree.  I checked back a couple of hours later but he wasn't around.

I had really hoped to find someone with a camera to take a photo of this bird.  Last time I sighted a Catbird was many years ago at Lake Wabukayne in Meadowvale - that bird was hiding in shrubs and making "mewing" sounds - initially, thought it was a kitten.  

Reminder to self: there was just a Full Moon on Saturday night - affects people - and obviously birds as well.   :lol:

Title: Re: Catbird - Mississauga
Post by: KP on June 03, 2019, 10:30:51 PM

Bird Brain, good on you for helping the Grey Catbird.  I hear Grey Catbirds way more than I see them along the Etobicoke Creek.  The Grey Catbirds do indeed like thick shrubbery habitat, so it is very difficult to see them.