We went for a walk through part of the Glenorchy Conservation Area on the weekend and came across a very active group of Robins in the trees. There was alot of singing and calls going on. It was quite a beautiful moment- clear blue sky, the sun shining, the white snow and thicket of trees.
We noticed the Robins were feeding on berries on trees. I'm not sure what kind of trees/berries these were, so I took a picture and I'm hoping someone can tell me what it is. Tree IDing is something we'd like to improve on. I bought Dave the new Sibley's Guide to Trees for Christmas, so we're hoping this tool will help us out.
We also saw this nest. The tree was quite large and we estimated the nest was about 18 inches in length. Any thoughts on whose nest this would be?
And just some more pics from our walk:
And here's our Project Feeder Watch count from the weekend of Jan 9/10:
Checklist for FeederWatch Ontario Birds
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1 |
| Mourning Dove | 28 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 4 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 3 |
| Blue Jay | 8 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| Black-capped Chickadee | 6 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 2 |
| European Starling | 6 |
| American Tree Sparrow | 1 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 9 |
| Northern Cardinal | 6 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 22 |
| House Finch | 4 |
| American Goldfinch | 15 |
| House Sparrow | 3 |
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