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Birding Reports => Backyard Birding => Topic started by: Bluffs Birder on May 20, 2011, 10:01:34 AM

Title: Common Moorhen - Scarborough
Post by: Bluffs Birder on May 20, 2011, 10:01:34 AM

After almost 30 years of having a small waterfall/pond in the backyard it finally paid off this morning with the sighting of a Common Moorhen walking about.  What a strange bird to have in the yard here in southern Scarborough.  Unfortunately the bird seems to have moved on as I haven't seen it in approx. 30 minutes.
 
I live in the Kingston Road/Midland Avenue area and will repost with directions if the bird is spotted again.
 
Walter Fisher

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Post by: Len Manning on May 20, 2011, 11:10:37 AM

Excellent record. Great bird to get. I still can't find one!

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Post by: Whittam on May 22, 2011, 06:55:45 PM

Excellent bird!   Cheers Terry

Title: Update!
Post by: Bluffs Birder on May 27, 2011, 07:51:20 PM

After not being seen for a week the Moorhen just reappeared at 6:30PM on the top of the fence out in the backyard.  It stayed there for about a minute and then flew over to our neighbour's yard and then quickly disappeared again.  Other than 2 ponds, the neighbour's and ours, I don't know what would be the attraction in hanging around here so long.  Unbelievable!

Walter

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Post by: Brian Bailey on May 28, 2011, 03:28:32 PM

Maybe with all this rain, the whole city seems like a marsh!  The one at Sam Smith Park is still there too.  When it showed up last weekend, I thought it would be a one day visitor.

BB