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Title: FOY (First of Year) bird 2025
Post by: Bird Brain on January 01, 2025, 08:23:13 PM

Hi everyone.  No birds or critters in downtown Mississauga today, weather was crappy cloudy very windy rain and snow. Blah!

Really hoping to see a rare or unusual bird tomorrow but awhile back it's mainly been House Sparrows and Juncos.

The last couple of years my FOY has been American Crow

Title: Re: FOY (First of Year) bird 2025
Post by: cabz on January 02, 2025, 07:46:40 AM

Happy New Year everyone and all good birding for 2025!!!!!


My FoY was either a Mourning Dove or Dark eyed Junco.  I throw out some sunflower seeds in the early morning for the cardinals andwhatever else, usually MD, DEJ and NC, because as soon as the Turkies show up, they eat everything!!!!


Doing our club’s second CBC today around Luther Marsh and hopefully???!!!! might get a Snowy Owl!!???? but figure anything I get is good.  Might even get some Horned Larks!!???


Good birding!!!!!!

Title: Re: FOY (First of Year) bird 2025
Post by: Shortsighted on January 02, 2025, 10:29:29 AM

Took a walk this morning because the sun was shining (finally) and the wind looked worse than it actually was.

FOY perched sighting - BC chickadee,    FOY heard - WB nuthatch,    FOY in flight sighting - gulls x 4      FOY in my imagination - flamingo x *

Title: Re: FOY (First of Year) bird 2025
Post by: Bird Brain on January 03, 2025, 02:20:45 PM

Finally saw my FOY bird today, one House Sparrow.

Title: Re: FOY (First of Year) bird 2025
Post by: Shortsighted on January 03, 2025, 04:19:43 PM

Went down to Bluffer's Park today despite the breeze.  FOY waterfowl:  Bufflehead (M & F),   Common Goldeneye (M & F),   Mallards (M & F),  Red-breasted merganser (M & F),  and some geese.  I tried to get closer to water level between the boulders but that plan didn't work out well because I had my camera in one hand and a bulky backpack.  My movements were not elegant, especially in the wind.  I chose the isthmus to the boat launch bay so that passing ducks would be a little closer.  Not much passed while I was uncomfortably ensconced.  One female goldeneye sort of gave me the glance but that was all.  Only small bird was an Am. tree sparrow.  No snow bunting, no pipit and no flamingos.  Sad, really.

Title: Re: FOY (First of Year) bird 2025
Post by: Dr. John on January 04, 2025, 10:41:42 AM

Our first of the year was the neighbourhood Cooper's hawk, buzzing through our yard.  We also have lots of mourning doves, which might be a target for the Cooper's hawk.