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Bird Lady of Aquitaine Location
Mississauga, ON
Have been birding for 19 years and am out daily enjoying nature. :)
| Joined Geobirds | May 5, 2009 |
| Clubs | none yet |
Sightings by Bird Lady of Aquitaine
| 1234 sightings |
102 species |
1 pictures |
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Maplewood Park. 3 very large, bright red males!
Maplewood Park. 1m, 1f ... calling to each other in the woods.
Maplewood Park. 1 male.
Adult male (Summer plumage) - love his blue bill. Swimming at West end of Lake Aquitaine.
Circling above trees at West end of Lake Aquitaine.
2 adult male Sharpies chasing each other constantly all afternoon & major aerial battle out back of my building. Some sort of turf war?
Flying past my livingroom window, heading NE.
Plowmans Park. Heard a loud Cronk!, looked up to see a GBH flying by, heading SW towards Oakville.
Lake Wabukayne - chattering up a storm!
Maplewood Park. 1 male, stuck around for a bit then headed NW.
Lake Aquitaine - West end.
Lake Aquitaine - West end. 2m, 2f. All 4 made an appearance when I was feeding shelled peanuts to squirrels.
Flying by my livingroom window, heading SW.
Maplewood Park. Also sighted lots of House Sparrows, Red-breasted Nuthatches, American Robins, Song Sparrows and Starlings.
Circling above Maplewood Park.
Maplewood Park. 3m, 3f.
Maplewood Park. 1 male, absolutely gorgeous and singing up a storm - sounds very similar to an American Robin or Baltimore Oriole.
Maplewood Park.
Maplewood Park.
Maplewood Park.
Maplewood Park. 2m, 2f.
Maplewood Park. 1m, 1f.
Maplewood Park - flying by, heading to Lake Aquitaine.
Maplewood Park - made an appearance while I was feeding shelled peanuts to the squirrels. 1m, 1f helped themselves as well.
Maplewood Park - adult female Cooper's Hawk eating "something" on top of lamp post. All I could see were ribs and blood. Ick! Both fascinating and gross at the same time.
Maplewood Park - made an appearance while I was feeding shelled peanuts to the squirrels. Blue Jays swoop down to take some as well.
Maplewood Park - adult male flying around the woods, going tree to tree, making a racket "wik wik wik wik" over and over!
The Riverwood Conservancy - close to where my mom lives.
The Riverwood Conservancy - close to where my mom lives.
The Riverwood Conservancy - close to where my mom lives.
The Riverwood Conservancy - close to where my mom lives. 1m, 2f.
Maplewood Park. 1 female.
Maplewood Park. 1m, 1f.
Maplewood Park. Swooping down to take 1/2 shelled peanuts.
Maplewood Park. Cute male. :)
Maplewood Park. Gorgeous male! :)
Maplewood Park.
Maplewood Park. Female kekking up a storm!
Lake Aquitaine.
Lake Aquitaine. Flying from tree to tree.
Lake Aquitaine. I'm amazed the loon is still here 3 days in a row!
Maplewood Park.
Lake Aquitaine. Could hear then see flying away but not close enough to i.d. gender.
Lake Aquitaine. 1m, 1f. Also sighted: lots of Common Grackle, House Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds.
Lake Aquitaine.
Flying above Lake Aquitaine, heading West.
Circling above Lake Aquitaine.
Lake Aquitaine. Wow, absolutely gorgeous Common Loon (Summer plumage) swimming and diving for fish.
Lake Aquitaine, West end. Flying from tree to tree. I love these super cute sweeties and only see them about 2-3x per year.
Wow, a very rare sighting for me! 4:15-4:20pm, Osprey flying past my livingroom window numerous times and circling above NW corner of Lake Aquitaine! :D
Lake Aquitaine. He was swimming then all of a sudden, reared up and ran across the water super fast - his legs looked like they were going bionic speed. Hilarious! :D Walking right behind me, a HUGE Opossum!
Lake Aquitaine. Wing-tagged (yellow with black 038 and K09) here in Ontario. Can't believe there's been 3 Trumpeter Swans here at the lake this month! Amazing and thrilling!
Circling above office towers and fields, Central Mississauga (Hurontario/Matheson).
Circling above Lake Aquitaine.
GBH flying past my livingroom window, heading NE.
Lake Aquitaine. Made an appearance when I was feeding shelled peanuts to squirrels. Lots of Red-winged Blackbirds, American Robins, Canada Geese, Mallards, etc. around. :)
Lake Aquitaine. Circling above lake. Jim - I took a good look at him, no wing tags.
Lake Aquitaine.
Lake Aquitaine. He's still here! :)
GBH flys past my livingroom window, heading NE.
Flying past my livingroom window, heading SW.
Lake Aquitaine. He's still here. Wow! :)
West end of Lake Aquitaine. 1 male.
West end of Lake Aquitaine. 1 male and 1 female, both made an appearance while I was feeding shelled peanuts to squirrels.
Maplewood Park. Also sighted a Mourning Cloak butterfly - first one I've sighted this Spring! Seeing a lot of pregnant squirrels as well.
Wing-tagged Trumpeter Swan is still at Lake Aquitaine! He's been here for over a week now which is amazing. :)
Maplewood Park. 1 female. Also sighted lots of Common Grackle and American Robin pulling worms out of ground!
Lake Aquitaine. Lots of males and females!
Lake Aquitaine. Lots of males and females!
Lake Aquitaine. Staying close to the Bufflehead.
Lake Aquitaine. 1m, 1f. Also sighted lots of Canada Geese, gulls (mainly Ring-billed), House Sparrows, Mallards and Robins.
Lake Aquitaine. 2m, 1f.
Lake Aquitaine. 1 male.
Lake Aquitaine.
Lake Aquitaine. 1 male, wing tagged J76. Wow, he's still here! :D
Lake Aquitaine. Lots of males and females!
Maplewood Park. 1 male perched on tree branch, giving me the "evil eye"!
Maplewood Park. 1m, 1f.
Maplewood Park. 1m, 1f. I was feeding shelled peanuts to the squirrels and the Cardinals appeared, flew in to help themselves to some peanuts as well.
Maplewood Park. Female flew across the front of my face then was visiting old nests, stomping around in them then flying to the next nest.
Maplewood Park.
Lake Aquitaine. Hopping around on the deck next to me, demanded a shelled peanut. Figured I better give him one or get the back of my head pecked! haha :)
Lake Aquitaine. Perched on fence next to me, singing up a storm!
Yippee, so excited! Haven't sighted a Trumpeter Swan at Lake Aquitaine for many years. He or she has a wing tag J76 and metal band above right foot as well. Once I'm offline, I will be phoning the man who tagged this beauty! :)
Circling above Maplewood Park.
Flying by my livingroom window, heading SW. I love seeing the wide wings and long legs! :)
Flying past my livingroom window, headed SW.
They're back! West end of Lake Aquitaine, 2 males perched high up in tree, trilling up a storm, back of my head is nervous! haha :D
Flying past my livingroom window.
Various locations around Oakville, ON. Sighting lots of RTH's everywhere lately! :)
Perched at tip of pine tree out back of my building then took off and headed East.
Various areas of NW Mississauga, 3 separate adults perched on low branches, looking at field below.
Wow, 1 adult RTH with 1 imm. flew past my livingroom window and up to rooftop of my building! :) GBBC - Day #4.
GBBC - Day #4. I didn't count yesterday due to -27c windchill. (Arrgh!)
GBBC - Day #4. I didn't count yesterday due to -27c windchill. (Arrgh!)
GBBC - Day #4. I didn't count yesterday due to -27c windchill! (Arrgh!)
GBBC - Day #4. I didn't count yesterday due to -27c windchill. (Arrgh!)
GBBC - Day #2. Maplewood Park.
GBBC - Day #2. Maplewood Park.
GBBC - Day #2. Maplewood Park.
GBBC - Day #2. Maplewood Park.
GBBC - Day #2. Maplewood Park.
GBBC - Day #2. Maplewood Park.
GBBC - Day #2. Maplewood Park.
GBBC - Day #2. Maplewood Park. Wow, a pleasant surprise!
GBBC - Day #2. Maplewood Park. Wow, a pleasant surprise! "KEK!" and everything in the woods went completely quiet and still. He was up in the crook a a tree.
GBBC - Day #2. Maplewood Park.
GBBC - Day #2. Maplewood Park.
Lake Aquitaine - West end. GBBC - Day #1 of 4.
Lake Aquitaine - West end, small open patch of water. GBBC - Day #1 of 4.
West end of Lake Aquitaine, 1 male here year-round, his mate was killed a few years back by a coyote. Just a reminder to everyone, GBBC Feb. 15-18, can't wait! and now it's worldwide, not just North America. :D
West end of Lake Aquitaine, small patch of open water, the rest is frozen over, Just a reminder to everyone, GBBC Feb. 15-18, can't wait! and now it's worldwide, not just North America. :D
West end of Lake Aquitaine, perched at top of pine tree, squawking up a storm! Just a reminder to everyone, GBBC Feb. 15-18, can't wait! and now it's worldwide, not just North America. :D
Lake Aquitaine - West end, 1 Blue Jay hopping around in shrubs, close to squirrels and peanuts.
Maplewood Park.
Maplewood Park. All birds & squirrels went completely silent due to appearance of Sharpie.
Maplewood Park. 2 males.
Maplewood Park.
Maplewood Park. 100+ House Sparrows.
Maplewood Park. 1 male.
Maplewood Park.
Maplewood Park.
NW corner of Lake Aquitaine, 2 males hopping around on tree branch. Beautiful little birds!