Northern flicker in east york

[mr.sharp-photo]

yesterday afternoon, a northern flicker, of all things, landed in my tree and investigated for a bit.
that was a first. i live a block away from the Don Valley and i'll just add that to my one-off list of weird birds that never seem to stick around.

[Dr. John]

Cool. We live close to the Don Valley too and so we also get occasional interesting visitors. We've had northern flickers a couple of times over the past 10 years.

[Bluffs Birder]

Nice bird to add to your Yard List Richard.  I had one visit the backyard back in 2007 and I've never had one since...at least not that I've seen.

A building where I used to work backed on to the Don Valley.  It was there that I saw my first ever Eastern Kingbird, Hairy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker and Northern Mockingbird to name a few.  It was then that I got hooked!

Walter

[mr.sharp-photo]

Nice bird to add to your Yard List Richard.  I had one visit the backyard back in 2007 and I've never had one since...at least not that I've seen.

A building where I used to work backed on to the Don Valley.  It was there that I saw my first ever Eastern Kingbird, Hairy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker and Northern Mockingbird to name a few.  It was then that I got hooked!

Walter

we have pictures from 5 years ago (i think). for some reason, half a dozen eastern kingbirds decided to meet up and court....on the power line in front of our house. up and down they flew, in pairs.
so strange. never have i seen a kingbird on my street again.