Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Shortsighted on May 10, 2023, 08:01:45 AM
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Another couple of FOY-sightings. This should really be a category. Swampy area in the Rouge was mostly quiet except for RWBBs and Grackles, but I heard a heron being belligerent and looked up to see a Green-backed heron with lofty notions. While trying to get a better look at an oriole I spooked a FOY Swamp sparrow. Looks very much like a Song sparrow but without the breast streaking. I was positioned precariously and my boots stuck in the mud and therefore my stance was none too steady, resulting in a slightly blurry image. The grass was flooded and mud everywhere, what I would call both delightful and disgusting, which are not two words I tend to use in the same sentence. Then again, I'm old enough to get away with a few things now and then.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-59FRsVc/0/758b6781/M/Green%20heron%20on%20branch%2Ccrop-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-59FRsVc/A)
Green-backed heron
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-gMJJMwS/0/65bf7c71/M/Swamp%20sparrow%2Cside%2Ccrop-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-gMJJMwS/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-6hL3Rbx/0/c1feada8/M/Swamp%20sparrow%2Cfront%2Ccrop-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-6hL3Rbx/A)
Swamp sparrow