Category Archives: Raptors

Tweet, tweet: Bird festival in Tommy Thompson Park

A great horned owl, (Bubo virginianus), poses with a conservation worker for photographers at the Spit May 8. © BCP 2010 Do we live in a great city, or what? Last weekend, for those of who love to be connected to the natural world, there was the brilliant Paddle the Don. This weekend, a bird […]

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A-hunting we shall go

Big thrill today, with the sighting of a raptor hunting in Humber Bay Park East. This lovely red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) wasn’t very skittish, and allowed me to get quite close, as you can see from the photo. While I did keep very still and quiet while I watched him, he seemed quite unconcerned as he […]

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