Outdoor Ontario

Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Reg on June 03, 2011, 09:44:41 PM

Title: Medowlark
Post by: Reg on June 03, 2011, 09:44:41 PM

For a couple weeks now I have been watching these guys popping up in the field behind my house
this morning I decided to go out and set up to try and get a better shot of one, this is about as close as
I could get before he flew away, not perfect, but better than anything i've gotten before.

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5319/5794794749_8db0c6c2c9_b.jpg)

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Post by: farmer on June 03, 2011, 10:14:07 PM

Nice!, they have so much more colour than the horned larks.

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Post by: angieinto on June 04, 2011, 07:28:43 AM

I love this bird and we drive up to Carden every year so I can him sing.    :D
Lucky you to have them so close.

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Post by: gary yankech on June 04, 2011, 08:38:03 AM

lucky...another bird I have yet to see....but that day hopefully will come this year. Need to get out to Carden.


Gary Yankech

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Post by: Reg on June 04, 2011, 10:06:29 AM

Thanks Farmer and Angie, yes they are colorful and the sound beautiful.

No need to go up to Carden just for these Gary, they have been out in the Hydro field
behind our house in Pickering for the last couple of summers. Last year they nested here
and later in the summer they were out there every day with their young, hopefully they are
going to do the same this year.

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Post by: denis on June 04, 2011, 10:29:26 AM

yes reg.
i live in pickering also,and there are a few around,and oshawa,and bowmanville.i counted 8 in the area last year.

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Post by: Moira on June 04, 2011, 05:02:00 PM

Lucky you Reg.  I've only seen one from a distance at Carden.  They're a beautiful bird - congrats!

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Post by: Reg on June 04, 2011, 05:09:01 PM

Quote from: "Moira"

Lucky you Reg.  I've only seen one from a distance at Carden.  They're a beautiful bird - congrats!

Thanks Moira, yes they are Beautiful birds, they come over just outside my fence in the field all the time
but always down in the grass and hard to photograph, that's why I decided to go out and get them in the trees.

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Post by: Reg on June 04, 2011, 05:11:08 PM

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yes reg.
i live in pickering also,and there are a few around,and oshawa,and bowmanville.i counted 8 in the area last year.

Denis;  There are more than one pair out behind our house, I see them every day from my deck.

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Post by: Bluffs Birder on June 04, 2011, 05:46:17 PM

There are nesting Meadowlarks in Rouge Park in Scarborough.  They can be found along the Vista Trail in the field under the Hydro wires less than 10 minutes walk from the park's entrance.  I've seen them there as recently as last weekend.  Also nesting Orchard Orioles too.

Walter

Update: Soon to be Rouge National Park!