Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Shortsighted on October 17, 2023, 01:45:39 PM
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Beautiful morning and much less wind. Not many bird varieties to be seen. A few WT sparrows and Song sparrows and one Swamp sparrow*. I spotted about three RC kinglets and one Palm warbler, but maybe 50 Yellow-rumped warblers* all having emerged from one massive willow tree. Overhead, there were many squadrons of Canada geese flying low and in formation. Three crows were circling above. A Pileated WP called from the other side of the bottoms (beside the field) and therefore too far away for a good shot. Dozens of skittish juncos* roamed the field as well as the YRWs. Still no sign of Orange-crowned warblers or Blue-headed vireos. However, there was a pair of Green-winged teal* at a nearby pond.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-jbfk629/0/2dcafb91/M/Swamp%20Sp%2CAF%2Ccrop-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-jbfk629/A)
Swamp sparrow
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-SDfv2Vz/0/ebe4f7fe/M/Pileated%20far%2CAF%2Ccrop-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-SDfv2Vz/A)
Pileated woodpecker
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-dw3zVqC/0/4851e0e3/M/Junco%2CAF%2Ccrop-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-dw3zVqC/A)
Junco
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-PNwGnbS/0/d98afa8b/M/YRW%2CAF%2Cside%2Ccrop-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-PNwGnbS/A)
Juvenile Yellow-rumped warbler
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-8h9fzNj/0/15941461/M/GWT%2CAP%2Ccrop-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-8h9fzNj/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-n2LGvcT/0/91e4fe9a/M/GWT%2CAP%2C2%2Ccrop-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-n2LGvcT/A)
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Very nice images!
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Lucky you! I haven't seen a pileated woodpecker for many years.