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By the way, do you guys also feel that you're seeing way more birds of prey (eagles, hawks, falcons, ospreys, turkey vultures, etc.) in the city than before. About the past 10 years. It's gotten ridiculous. And ridiculously beautiful.

See them all the time on the light standards on the QEW. And hovering above any forested area in the city.

Damn turkey vulture was eating some road kill on Glenashton in Oakville last summer and I drove by him leaving only about five feet of space and he didn't budge.

Past three summers have had a coopers hawk perched on my fence waiting to pounce on sparrows at the feeder, then one that actually swooped down in front of my bay window and grab a sparrow from the feeder and take off, two perched on fence watching our football practice at the school, and a falcon grab a sparrow and eat in the in-law's backyard in Mississauga. Same in-laws have been getting a pair of ducks visit at least a dozen times every summer for three summers in a row despite not having a pool.

Before the past 10 years, I don't recall having nearly as much interaction with wildlife in cities that ain't squirrels, chipmunks or raccoons. And I grew up in Brampton where the backyard backs onto a big forest.