Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: ostrich on March 10, 2012, 12:20:46 PM
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I went to Maplewood Park this morning at 6:15am to check on any Coopers hawk activity - there were two birds in the park, I initially found them in the trees partway in the NW direction (taking Glen Erin to be roughly N-S) from the main path close to where they were nesting a couple of seasons ago. I observed them mating, and then both ended up flying back down to another set of trees further towards the SE area.
However, I later saw the male breaking off small sticks and flying them up into a tree again in the NW trees (if you were standing around where the paths meet near the previous nest site, and then face almost exactly towards the exact NW corner of the park, there is a tree there that looks to have the beginnings of a nest. However right now it kind of looks just like a rather amorphous pile of sticks - it looks like it's still got a lot of work at this point. I wasn't able to spot any other potential nest spots, but courtship is obviously underway.
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Hi ostrich. Thank You for the heads up and info. :) I will walk up to Maplewood Park soon!
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Spotted the Cooper's Hawks this morning working on their nest. Also spotted what I think is yet another Cooper's over at Lake Aquitaine.
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The Ontario falconry Centre is doing a bird of prey show in Riverwood park on Wensday from 9am to 4pm.
Contact sam@ontariofalconrycentre.com for details .
We will be flying a bald eagle,redtail hawk,greathornd owl and peregrine falcon.
Fun for the whole family .