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Birding Reports => Southern Ontario Reports => Topic started by: Faltorvo on April 21, 2009, 03:50:05 PM

Title: Truly blessed
Post by: Faltorvo on April 21, 2009, 03:50:05 PM

Now that i have slowed down enough to smell the roses and see what wild life is actually surrounding me, i have come to realize that i live in a blessed area.

This list is compiled from the last 2 weeks, all viewing came from my window, walking the back yard and bino ing the micro swamp beside the house.

   Wildlife--, White tailed deers, Muskrats, Grey squirrel and black morphs, chipmunks, red squirrels, raccoons,V opossum.

Birds-- Great blue heron,   Canada goose,   wood duck m/f,  mallard m/f,    ring necked duck m,   hooded merganser m,
 
kingfisher,    turkey vulture,   osprey,   northern harrier,   sharp-shinned hawk  , coopers hawk,   red-tailed hawk  ,  

America kestrel,      merlin,   killdeer,   ring-billed gull,   herring gull,   rock dove,   mourning dove,   red bellied woodpecker

m/f,   downey woodpecker m/f,   hairy woodpecker m/f,   northern flicker,   pileated woodpecker,   eastern phoebe,      

 blue jay,   American crow,   tree swallow,   barn swallow,   black-capped chickadee,   red-breasted nuthatch ,

  White breasted   nuthatch,   brown creeper,   wren (verity unknown),   eastern bluebird,   American robin,

starling,   tennessee warbler  (maybe),   yellow rumped warbler  , am tree sparrow,   field sparrow,   fox sparrow,        

 song sparrow,   dark eyed junco,   cardinal m/f,   red-winged blackbird m/f,   common grackle,   brown headed cowbird m/f,

purple finch m/f,   house finch m/f,   pine siskin,   American gold finch m/f,   house sparrow m/f, chipping sparrow, white throated sparrow.

 i just saw a    yellow bellied sap sucker    on the white birch that holds my 10 feeders.

Add   white throated sparrow    as of today

Add    F/m ruby throated hummingbird    ,grey catbird,    F/ Ruby-crowned kinglet     , multiple baltimore orioles.

Yellow warbler   , White crowned sparrow,    M/F  rose-breasted grosbeak,   Indigo bunting

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Post by: The Observer on April 23, 2009, 09:09:04 AM

Where do you live.... Eden?

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Post by: Faltorvo on April 23, 2009, 09:16:02 AM

4th line Milton, north of 10th side road, south of 15th sr.

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Post by: The Observer on April 23, 2009, 09:21:10 AM

That's some window you have! Thanks for sharing your bounty.

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Post by: TomTelford on April 24, 2009, 12:12:33 PM

Living in the country definitely has its perks.  I've ticked off at least half of your list this spring myself plus my wife and I see a (group, herd, trampling, whatever) of wild turkeys every once in a while that meander in the area.  They were on our property for about 2 weeks last year...  Funny to walk to the car for the morning commute and be surrounded by 20 big black (somewhat startled) birds...

Tom.

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Post by: Faltorvo on May 08, 2009, 06:53:21 AM

Had a indigo bunting briefly visit my feeders yesterday.