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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Niloc on March 04, 2010, 06:07:17 PM

Title: Sparrows and Cardinals from High Park today
Post by: Niloc on March 04, 2010, 06:07:17 PM

Roamed the entire park today, lots of Chickadees,Sparrows,Cardinals,Nuthatches, 2 Red tailed hawks way up....lots of Finches too you can hear them everywhere - American Golfinches mostly although I did see a female House Finch.....

http://www.colinmarcano.com/photo4495612.html#photo (http://www.colinmarcano.com/photo4495612.html#photo)
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http://www.colinmarcano.com/photo4495616.html#photo (http://www.colinmarcano.com/photo4495616.html#photo)
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Post by: Bird Brain on March 04, 2010, 06:13:18 PM

Colin ... great photos!  :)

I wonder who banded the male Cardinal?  

Jo-Anne

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Post by: denis on March 04, 2010, 07:17:30 PM

great shots colin.
the f. cardinal,can be elusive at times.

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Post by: JTF on March 04, 2010, 07:34:00 PM

One possible banding location could be at Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory.

 http://www.peptbo.ca/

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Post by: ravynne40 on March 04, 2010, 08:32:06 PM

Terrific shots, especially the cardinals. I'm still trying to "catch" the elusive one in Marie Curtis Park, he's always singing way UPPPP high in the trees!

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Post by: Bird Brain on March 04, 2010, 08:42:57 PM

Quote from: "JTF"

One possible banding location could be at Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory.

 http://www.peptbo.ca/

Thanks Paul.  Interesting reading!  :)

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Post by: Niloc on March 05, 2010, 10:56:03 AM

Thanks all for the comments. Bird Brain no luck with the TAG though could not blow it up to see clearity....

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Post by: Bird Brain on March 05, 2010, 10:28:41 PM

Quote from: "Niloc"

Thanks all for the comments. Bird Brain no luck with the TAG though could not blow it up to see clearity....

Thanks for checking Colin.  I appreciate it!  :)

Much easier to read wing tags on Trumpeter Swans.  :lol:

Jo-Anne