Ok everyone, I need to express that I am very inexperienced in identifying birds. I stand by my description of the bird I saw but as many people have informed me, it could have been a female belted kingfisher. So we will say it was some kind of Kingfisher and if I see it again I will hopefully have my camera to post a picture. Thanks to all of the people who have emailed me, your help is much appreciated.Pat
--- On Fri, 3/15/13, PAT TAPPER <[email protected]> wrote: From: PAT TAPPER <[email protected]> Subject: Ringed Kingfisher? To: [email protected] Date: Friday, March 15, 2013, 7:36 PM Today around noon I was walking my dogs through Thomson Park when I saw an unusual bird perched on a branch over the creek. I studied it for a while to put its appearance to memory. When I got home and looked it up it had the exact appearance of an adult male Ringed Kingfisher. I went back with my camera to try to find it but couldn't. My book says that they are only in the lower United States or Mexico. Could it have been something else? Thomson Park is located between Brimley Road and McCowan Road just north of Lawrence Avenue in Scarborough. The bird was in the area closer to McCowan Road and St. Andrew's Road.Pat Tapper _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
