Seeing no birds at Humber Trails...

                                                                                            Photos by BarrytheBirder 

I heard chickadees and crows and a Pileated Woodpecker but no sightings of birds on my Thursday afternoon visit to Humber Trails in southern King Topwnship.   It was quiet and peaceful otherwise, and I noticed the birdbox above with interest.   It is one of the newer style boxes with a second hole on the side, which allows a bird inside the box to escape if a creature is trying to breach the front opening.   The main hole has been enlarged to the point where the box may have lost its usefulness to most birds.

Quite close to the birdhouse above, were several cattails (right) from a year or two earlier that will continue to provide soft material to line bird nests and boxes in the coming season.

While the main pond (above) near the front entrance to Humber Trails is still frozen over, the nearby Humber River (see below) has thawed and is running wide open.

At right, is the main trail through Humber Trails, which many decades ago was a two-lane paved roadway, upon which I drove many times and even pushed a baby carriage along several times.   There were interior parking lots also.  New visitors here, unless told, would have idea of what once was in place here. Most oldtimers and naturalists say it is a better place with no automobiles.


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Barry Wallace