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Hitchcock’s Rebecca (more twists than even Ozark?)
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This morning’s nature walk with naturalist Miles Hearn took me to Humber Bay West
Back when I was in University, the stretch of Lake Shore Blvd West from Parklawn to the Humber River was home to an aging strip of motels. I worked in one of those as a summer job and part time job while in school. Eventually, developers bought the whole strip and it changed to a strip of condos. Part of the deal with the city was parkland. They put a lot of fill into the lake and created what is now the fabulous pair of parks known as Humber Bay West and Humber Bay East.
Currently, a significant chunk of Humber Bay East is closed while the City works on an enhancement project, which will take another 3 years. Meanwhile, there is still plenty of excellent parkland, and this area is one of the best in the City to look at birds.
Over coming weeks, we’ll see plenty of what we refer to as the winter ducks taking up residence here.
I cleaned the bird feeders the other day, replaced one that has seen better days, and filled them up and hung them in the big old apple tree out back. The chickadees were among the first to notice we were open for business. It looks like they’re living in the big Norway spruce on the south edge of the property. They fly from there directly to the feeders and back.
The feeders have been active for just a couple days. So far, I’ve see house sparrows, chickadees, starlings, nuthatches, a downy woodpecker and a blue jay. I’m sure I’ve missed lots of other birds who have stopped by.
The house sparrows have a reputation for being dull and boring, but I enjoy the colony of them living around us. In their own way they are beautiful and fascinating.
The David Bromberg Band, from the Paste Magazine channel.
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