Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Shortsighted on October 04, 2023, 02:33:08 PM
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I love it when I hear a bird that I didn't expect to encounter. I love it even more when I can remember what the bird call represents. Today in a Scarborough park I heard a Towhee and then spotted it in the grass next to a row of bushes. I managed to get a couple of shots of it but not under good conditions. Once the towhee was partially obscured by foliage and once it was so dark I had to use my flash. There were many WT sparrows present. Almost every sparrow I saw was a WT. Twice I spotted a Hermit thrush but the only time that it was close enough it was on the other side of a chain-link fence, with some direct sunlight (splotchy) it would have been a good shot except for the fence. Just as I was leaving I saw my only one and only GC kinglet of the morning. Just as I took a shot a dog walker with three dogs came around the corner and once again, that was the end of that.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-G4h5K3j/0/7d74640c/M/E.%20Towhee%2Cflash%2Ccrop-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-G4h5K3j/A)
Eastern Towhee (male)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-sJc9tHR/0/5247d06e/M/E.%20Towhee%2Cbehind%2Ccrop-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-sJc9tHR/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-BGbDXHB/0/20974d75/M/GC%20Kinglet%2Cflash%2Ccrop-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-BGbDXHB/A)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-brpKgxn/0/63d90d39/M/Red%20Squirrel%20w%20cone%2Ccrop-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-brpKgxn/A)
Red Rascal
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-X54SkNJ/0/d4d5a3bc/M/H.%20Thrush%20behind%20fence-M.jpg) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-X54SkNJ/A)
Hermit Thrush
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Lovely collection. A Towhee is a treat. I didn't see a thrush this fall.