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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: qmorrison on September 22, 2008, 10:06:39 AM

Title: 3 mystery birds
Post by: qmorrison on September 22, 2008, 10:06:39 AM

We just bought a house in Etobicoke and I'm floored at the number and variety of birds I'm getting at my feeder. I have three mystery birds that I would love some help on. I apologize for the bad shots -- I took them with my three-month old strapped to my chest. Any help would be appreciated! The second, third and fourth image are all of the same bird but the shots are really dicey. It moved similar to a thrush but it could have been a veery. Frankly, it could have been a toucan by the quality of the shots but I thought someone's keen eye may be able to place it.


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Post by: Pat Hodgson on September 22, 2008, 10:41:08 AM

2,3,4 is a brown thrasher
5 is a rose-breasted grosbeak

1 is more difficult - I'm guessing this is a window-strike bird, it looks like it is not happy, likely sitting right near a building, defecated without flying off, I'll go with northern waterthrush as a possible ID

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Post by: qmorrison on September 22, 2008, 10:48:44 AM

Thank you so much.

Yes, the poor guy hit my window and needed a few minutes to recover. I thought it was a Northern Waterthrush but my mother thought it looked more like a Pine Siskin.