Downsview Bird ID

[Dinusaur]

Photos 1-3: Wood Thrush? I believe it is the same bird in all three photos, there's only one that I could see. Initially I thought it was an American Pipit that was reported earlier.




Photo 4: Northern Harrier or Cooper's Hawk? It was smaller in size than the usual RTH one sees at the park.


Photos 5-6: Eastern Phoebe?

[lovemypt]

Hermit thrush, back colouring not red enough for Wood and spots in upper half, Wood thrush would be completely allover chest area
Coopers
Pheobe



sample Wood Thrush

sample Pipit

[Rotarran]

Wow you saw that at Downsivew?  Awesome!  I think the Hermit is a new species for Downsview...make sure you report it to ebird.  Yeah Hermits usually skulk about in the thickets...you'll never see a Pipit do that, especially not by itself.  Pipits usually frequent fields (farmland) in fairly sizable flocks.  

And the Cooper's Hawks is also a great sighting.  Due to the open habitat you don't typically get woodland birds at Downsview, especially woodland raptors.  

Same with the Phoebe.  All great sightings!  I was gonna go to the Spit tomorrow, but I think I might try for Downsview.  

[Dinusaur]

Thanks for helping with the IDs. Apart from the regulars I also saw a beautiful yellow-shafted Northern Flicker, a pair of hairy woodpecker and my first butterfly of the year, all in the woodlot area.

[Rotarran]

Excellent, thanks for contributing your sightings to ebird.  We're allmost at 100 species for Downsview, which when you consider that it's a park in the middle of city with only one major type of habitat (grasslands/fields), it's remarkable how many species we get.