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Birding Reports => Southern Ontario Reports => Topic started by: Napper on April 27, 2007, 04:19:19 PM

Title: Hermit thrush
Post by: Napper on April 27, 2007, 04:19:19 PM

At 4:00pm today

a Hermit Thrush in my Neighbours back yard.. Milton. Another first for my yard area..

1 large white Swan in a drainage pond at james Snow pkwy Just south of 401 Near Main street Milton..

Gold Finch's at my feeder..


Napper:lol:

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Title: quik addendum
Post by: Napper on April 27, 2007, 07:47:28 PM

The little Hermit thrush is working the back yard next dooor 7:25 pm tonight

I hear a slight sounding weezzy   seeear,  seeear, seeeear

The thrush moves quickly into a shrub.  Less than a minute later a Coopers hawk appears hovers for a second then swoops not more than 10 feet above me heading over the houses Eastward ....everything goes quiet.. I am not sure which bird sounded the alarm but it was interesting to watch the reaction..
The light bulb went on when the Coopers appeared...



Napper 8)

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Post by: Pat Hodgson on April 30, 2007, 01:36:48 PM

If you see a hermit thrush on a lawn try watching it and see if it does this - many times I see them rapidly tap the ground with one leg.  It looks kind of funny.  My guess is that they are trying to scare insects so they'll move and become visible.