Maplewood Park - Cooper's Hawk, Brown Creeper, etc.

[Bird Brain]

Hi everyone.  I was at Maplewood Park this morning from 9:15-11:15am and sighted the following:

Blue Jays
Brown Creeper
Cardinals
Chickadees

Cooper's Hawk x 2 (1 adult male and 1 adult female) - the male was perched on a tree branch and the female was flying around the middle woods, both "kekking" up a storm!  I'm really hoping this year they will mate/nest/have babies - it's been awhile.

Downy Woodpecker x 1 (male)

House Finches
House Sparrows
Kinglets
Robins

Red-breasted Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatches

Other:  Mourning Cloak butterfly x 1

Maplewood Park:  East side of Glen Erin Dr., 1 1/2 blocks North of Aquitaine Ave.  Park co-ordinates:  43.5899,-79.7599

[Bird Brain]

Wow, I almost fainted from shock this morning!  A male and female Wood Duck are at Maplewood Park, flying around in the middle woods then standing on a high up tree branch at North end of the woods.  I've never seen Wood Ducks at this park before!  Lots of Pileated Woodpecker holes around so I wonder if they might use one for nesting?  

[Pat Hodgson]

they probably already are

[Bird Brain]

they probably already are

 

The woods were extremely quiet today but no hawks around, no Wood Ducks sighted either.  Between 11am-12 noon, sighted a male Hairy Woodpecker and a White-breasted Nuthatch (such a beautiful bird!) within inches of my face.  Lots of Trillium flowers.

[ostrich]

I'm happy to hear the hawks have been around again.  Any sign of a nest?   My local pair just laid in the last week or so.

[winz]

I was there around 2:30 pm and saw a pair of Red-breasted Nuthatch working on a nest cavity in a dead tree.  The male was also feeding the female while she was working on the cavity  

[Bird Brain]

Hi ostrich.  Just seeing old nests, a few which were "dummy" nests.  Not seeing them building any new nest.  :|  It might be another one of these years where they have the babies elsewhere (unknown location) then bring them to Maplewood Park for hunting.  

Hi winz.    Thinking this will be a good month to focus on Maplewood Park.  Apparently at Lake Aquitaine, there's a Robin with a white head and white back - haven't seen this one yet but a lot of people have seen it this week at East end of lake.  Might wander down to Lake Wabukayne tomorrow to see what's around - will decide in the morning.

[Bird Brain]

This morning, 9:30-10:30am, sighted: Cardinal x 1 (male).

Could hear lots of Chickadees, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Pileated Woodpecker and Robins but not seen.  No sign of hawks or Wood Ducks.  Lots of Trillium flowers.
Quite windy this morning - love feeling and hearing this through the trees in the woods.  Everything flowering in the neighbourhood - smells wonderful!  

[Bird Brain]

Hi everyone.  This morning between 6:30-8:00am, the male and female Wood Duck were flying in & out of the middle woods - hadn't seen them since May 1st.