Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Southern Ontario Reports => Topic started by: Napper on May 03, 2006, 08:25:12 PM
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Tonight sitting on my deck enjoying the view of the construction site across the road, I noticed a large bird fly over looked "kildeer like". It seemed much larger and had a light brown stripe on the bottom side of its wings running their length. The other portions of the bird seemed to be white. I decided to go for a walk over to the construction area because the builder has created a very large 3 section drainage lagoon hoping to spot it again. Grabbed my camera hopped the fence and started walking.when I got to the lagoon area I noticed directly in front of me an intersesting bird I did not recognize so of course I took a picture of it. It appears to be a Horned lark of some sort. Still not the bird I was looking for
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I started walking toward the two ducks in the far west lagoon because I could see that the two in the second were Mallards. Just then I heard a Screaching sound
a redtail? naw couldn't be. I ignored it and kept walking. It happened again and across the lagoon a retail popped out of a tree flew towards the East and screeched 3 more times. Maybe I was to close to home??? I never heard that sound before.......
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I thought the that was interesting but I still had them ducks to look at. I couldn't get close enough to them to get a half decent shot I did manage a shot from long distance that I cropped to get abit closer. Throught the viewfinder they appeared to be a mergansers, After looking in the guide the only thing close is a Hooded Merganser?? am i correct.?
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Interesting evening, still haven'n figure out the first bird. I will keep looking
:lol: Napper