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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Bird Brain on February 05, 2011, 05:40:40 PM

Title: Maplewood Park - Friday February 4th
Post by: Bird Brain on February 05, 2011, 05:40:40 PM

Hi everyone.  I was walking around at Maplewood Park in the afternoon and sighted the following:

Blue Jays
Cardinals
Chickadees
Crows
House Sparrows

Also sighted a Cooper's Hawk making sounds similar to a chicken clucking.  Thank You BIGFRANK for explanation of this sound.  :)  

I'm really hoping to see Cooper's Hawk babies again this year!  :D

Maplewood Park:  East side of Glen Erin Dr., just North of Aquitaine Ave.

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Post by: angieinto on February 05, 2011, 05:52:01 PM

Ok, NOW I wanna know what the chicken sound means?   :?

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Post by: BIGFRANK on February 05, 2011, 07:45:26 PM

Hi...yes that is a totally normal call for a Coopers Hawk to make. Pretty neat to hear,it was abit of an alarm call(agitated).
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk/sounds (http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk/sounds) could be one of these sounds?

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Post by: Bird Brain on February 05, 2011, 09:44:26 PM

Cool link, thanks.  8)   Definitely heard a lot of "Begging calls of chicks" last year!