Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Bird Brain on February 18, 2012, 11:10:43 AM
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Hi everyone. Woke up today to "Winter Wonderland" and my first thought was "it's not going to be a good count day" ... and wasn't. :( But ... had to try ....
So, went tromping through about 3" of snow at Maplewood Park from 7:30-9:30am. The first hour was bad and I almost went home but decided to try one more walk around the park.
Total # of species: 6
Total # of birds: 61
Sighted:
Mourning Dove
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Cardinal
House Sparrow
Sadly disappointing, especially with no hawks or woodpeckers. The good: beautiful scenery and lots of snow coming down while walking plus lots of paw prints in the snow - dog, rabbit and squirrel.
At one point, caught a very strong scent of Skunk and was looking around wondering where the Skunk is. Turns out, it was a woman that had walked behind me smoking a joint.
:roll:
Maplewood Park: East side of Glen Erin Dr., just North of Aquitaine Ave.
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/ (http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/)
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Very quiet here except for the juncos that showed up just after dawn. Wow, is that snow ever heavy, thought I could sit on it and melt it - too slow so I finally gave up and shoveled!
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Very quiet here except for the juncos that showed up just after dawn. Wow, is that snow ever heavy, thought I could sit on it and melt it - too slow so I finally gave up and shoveled!
Hi Howieh. I haven't sighted many Juncos this Winter at all. Maybe tomorrow. :)