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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Bird Brain on May 17, 2011, 01:52:52 PM

Title: Baby Robins at Maplewood Park
Post by: Bird Brain on May 17, 2011, 01:52:52 PM

Hi everyone.  I was walking around Maplewood Park today from 12:20-1:20pm and sighted the following:

New baby Robins x 2 with mom nearby doing something which appeared to be peeling/stripping (?) a worm!  

Blue Jay x 1

Cardinal x 1 (male) - arguing with squirrel sitting on same tree branch.  Squirrel reached out with it's paw and swatted the Cardinal, Cardinal flew to nearby branch, not a happy camper.  Squirrel proceeded to eat some sort of buds on the tree branch.  

Chipping Sparrow x 2 (1m, 1f)

Cooper's Hawk x 1 (female sitting quietly in nest)

Crow x 1
Goldfinches x 2 (1m, 1f)
Starling x 1

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

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Post by: Bird Brain on May 20, 2011, 10:32:04 AM

Wow, this morning at 9:30am, same nest as listed above - 3 medium size baby Robins standing on rim of nest.  Beautiful colour/plumage!  They are approximately one week old.   :)

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Post by: Howieh on May 20, 2011, 11:43:19 AM

Quote from: "Bird Brain"

Wow, this morning at 9:30am, same nest as listed above - 3 medium size baby Robins standing on rim of nest.  Beautiful colour/plumage!  They are approximately one week old.   :)

One week old?? I knew it! The worms are on steroids and they STILL can't get away from the robins! :)