Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Backyard Birding => Topic started by: Ally on August 02, 2022, 07:53:31 PM
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I was inside my room when the red tailed started to call. And at first I ignored it, because a blue jay had been mimicking them and he was doing a fantastic job. Several times I brought my camera out only to find him in the tree. But this time I caught a glimpse of the young hawk on the dead tree and went out. He didn't disappoint.
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I did not crop
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I am looking at the other hawk the youngster was eyeing and that looked like a fledgling. Now I'm confused. Teenager baby sitting? But the first hawk screamed the whole time.
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I have one of those pesky bluejays too.....annoys the hell out of me on one hand and cracks me up on the other b/c well....when he does the RTH call, birds scatter from the feeder and he just pops in.
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I haven't seen, nor heard many blue jays of late around here in the precinct of western Pickering. When I do hear a jay proclaim its presence, it tends to mimic the sound of a car door lock when activated by a fob-based radio transmitter. At some point in the year jays sound like monkeys in the trees but that might just be some of the neighbours arguing about branch dominion. When these monkey sounds coincide with hot, humid weather I feel like I'm in the jungle. It's really mesmerizing! I don't like the jungle.
There has been nothing of note to see or hear around these parts for several days. Although, the other day I spotted a couple walking their baby stroller along the street with the family dog in tow and even the family cat was following along behind the dog. Here in the suburbs it seems as if everyone is part of some surreal trance of correct behaviour such that this kind of conformity becomes quotidian. Honesty, I think the jays just couldn't take it any more and departed.
BTW, the cat found a snake in the grass next to the curb but the dog was not impressed. I was playing La Bamba on the monitors and I think that the dog did like that. I may soon get kicked out of the neighbourhood for playing music outside, but when I leave I will escort all the animals with me.
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I haven't seen, nor heard many blue jays of late around here in the precinct of western Pickering. When I do hear a jay proclaim its presence, it tends to mimic the sound of a car door lock when activated by a fob-based radio transmitter. At some point in the year jays sound like monkeys in the trees but that might just be some of the neighbours arguing about branch dominion. When these monkey sounds coincide with hot, humid weather I feel like I'm in the jungle. It's really mesmerizing! I don't like the jungle.
There has been nothing of note to see or hear around these parts for several days. Although, the other day I spotted a couple walking their baby stroller along the street with the family dog in tow and even the family cat was following along behind the dog. Here in the suburbs it seems as if everyone is part of some surreal trance of correct behaviour such that this kind of conformity becomes quotidian. Honesty, I think the jays just couldn't take it any more and departed.
BTW, the cat found a snake in the grass next to the curb but the dog was not impressed. I was playing La Bamba on the monitors and I think that the dog did like that. I may soon get kicked out of the neighbourhood for playing music outside, but when I leave I will escort all the animals with me.
When you do get kicked out, will you please go bird watching with me? And can you take a look at the last pic and see whether that is a moulting adult or a fledgling. I am not satisfied with the cast in the hawk drama. But I do like your cat story, not impressed with the snake either I am afraid.
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Can't really tell. On a fledgling the head seems small, the eyes large and the feathered ruffled. The photo is poor angle and too dark.
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Can't really tell. On a fledgling the head seems small, the eyes large and the feathered ruffled. The photo is poor angle and too dark.
Ouch, thanks. I missed the days when you used to give encouraging comments on my blurrest photos ;D ;D ;D The tail seems to be a bit brownish red. Hope they stop by soon.
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Look at the color of its tail - you will know what it is.
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Look at the color of its tail - you will know what it is.
Thanks!! But isn't the first bird too mature to be this year's fledgling?
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I've always wondered if Steven Spielberg got his inspiration for those little dinosaurs (compys) from blue jays...the packs..the sounds...the head movements.
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I've always wondered if Steven Spielberg got his inspiration for those little dinosaurs (compys) from blue jays...the packs..the sounds...the head movements.
That talented Jay in my neighbourhood was doing Grackle call this morning. Maybe I should start talking to him. Or singing.
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Weird that it would imitate a grackle -- I can get the RTH imitation...scare other birds away from feeders or land a part in a movie.