Hi everyone. My mom was visiting this morning so we went for a walk at Maplewood Park from 10-11am. 2 gentlemen photographers picked perfect timing to walk in from Glen Erin Dr. to find the Cooper's Hawks as my mom & I were looking at the hawks through binoculars at the time.
Had a lengthy and interesting conversation with these 2 men visiting from Scarborough. Photographer #1 let us take a look through his camera with HUGE lens at the female hawk in nest ... OMG, felt like my eyeballs were sitting on the nest edge - could see the female's tail feathers and down so close! Wow!
Photographer #2 showed us a photo of Red-headed Woodpecker from Turney Woods. He was also using a HUGE lens. Truly spectacular!
Then the male Cooper's Hawk made an appearance and was flying silently through the woods, stopping to perch on various tree branches. He finally perched on a tree branch close to the nest and close to the walking trail, spent lots of time preening himself.
Other sightings:
Cardinals x 2 (1m, 1f)
House Sparrows - lots
Red-breasted Nuthatch x 1 (male)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker x 1 (male)
Maplewood Park: East side of Glen Erin Dr., just North of Aquitaine Ave.
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Jo-Anne
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