The way our neighbourhood is laid out, I look out from our kitchen window and see one giant backyard. Sometimes it is the best place to be for birds and their interesting behaviours. Today in our little yard, I watched a male and a female N. Flicker trying to bully each other out of the garden. They faced each other and swayed, bills pointed in the air. (They looked as if they were dancing.) The female gave in, but returned later. Besides all the regulars, there were: 2 Chickadees, 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 1 Gray Catbird, 1 A. Redstart, 1 White-throated Sparrow, 1 Swainson's Thrush, and 2 female Rose-breated Grosbeaks feeding on the berries of a weedy vine. (It pays sometimes to be a lazy gardener.) Blue Jays flew through the area and in my neighbours' yards I saw a Red-eyed Vireo, a Least Flycatcher, 1Chipping Sparrow and another grosbeak (a small flock must have been passing through).
Mid-afternoon we visited Earl Bales Park (Bathurst/Sheppard area). There were many warblers passing through. They were high in the trees. I saw Chestnut-sided, Wilson's, Nashville, Magnolia, and a male Black-throated Blue. He was really cooperative, flying around in front of us and giving us great views from every angle. I enjoyed watching him glean a spider's web.(Too bad other warblers aren't so obliging.) There were 4 Gray Catbirds and Red-eyed Vireo. And 1 very small E. Cottontail Rabbit.
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The bird lady of the tower.
