Around 3:20 today, I had one Little Gull with two Bonaparte's Gulls and a Caspian Tern along with many Ring-billed Gulls on the south side of Sobey's "Pond" in Whitby.
The bird was clearly smaller than the Bonies and conveniently flapped its wings a few times to reveal the black undersides. Earlier, I had two Eastern Towhees and at least 6 Fox Sparrows at Thickson's Woods in the brush pile on the south most path. There were two Winter Wrens and a White-throated Sparrow there too. There was a Field Sparrow being harassed by the "resident" Song Sparrows around the "beaver dam". I finished off at Hall's Road and along with the many ducks there was an Osprey circling the marsh. Directions: Sobey's "pond" is the large puddle located north of Victoria Street at the corner of Montecourte Street and Nordeagle Avenue. Montecourte Street is the third light west of Brock Street (not Brock Road in Pickering) north off Victoria. Victoria is just south of the 401. Thickson's Woods is located south of the 401 at the foot of Thickson Road in Whitby. Cranberry Marsh is accessed from Hall's Road south off Victoria Street just west of Lynde Shore Conservation Area. John Stirrat Scarborough _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
