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Birding Reports => Eastern Ontario Reports => Topic started by: Kin Lau on October 09, 2009, 02:02:40 PM

Title: Back and Front yard birds
Post by: Kin Lau on October 09, 2009, 02:02:40 PM

Lots of chipping sparrows and junco's coming thru the yard the last few days.

I do have some resident WB Nuthatches, Hairy WP, Blue Jays, Crows, Starlings, and oddly enough, no House Sparrows.

We had Chimney Swifts for a few weeks when we first moved in, but they've moved on now. I hope they'll be back.

I was very happy to hear and see a Pileated Woodpecker this morning, first working on the telephone pole, then on a maple. This is just in the courtyard of our townhouse complex. I hope it's going to be a resident.

(http://outdoorontario.net/Gallery/albums/Yard-birds/750x500_IMG_7700.jpg)

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Post by: MEGHAN on October 09, 2009, 06:19:16 PM

Fantastic capture Kin!!
Meg

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Post by: Halton Hills on October 11, 2009, 07:43:24 AM

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Is that a crow or raven standing right behind it ?

What was the story there ?

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Post by: Kin Lau on October 12, 2009, 05:30:59 PM

The crow is the union boss :)

It was harassing the Pileated, rather funny as it marched up and down the next branch watching the it. It followed the Pileated for quite a while. I wasn't able to follow when they both flew off, the rain didn't help either.