An early morning walk yielded a male Kentucky Warbler which was observed
foraging in low underbrush at about 8:30 am for 10 minutes. The bird was
seen on the west side of Mimico Creek (across the bridge at the Martingrove
Parking lot) and about 200 yards north on the path that runs parallel to the
creek.
Other warblers seen include Yellow, Magnolia, Yellow-rumped, Black-Throated
Blue & Green, Cape May, Blackburnian, Black and White, Chestnut-Sided,
Nashville, Common Yellowthroat and American Redtart. A Scarlet Tanager,
Brown Thrasher, Rose-Breasted Grosbeak and Black-Billed Cuckoo were also
seen.
The West Deane/Ravenscrest/Hampshire Heights/Echo Valley park system
comprises the Mimico Creek Ravine and runs between Kipling/Burnhamthorpe
streets in the south throught to Eglinton Avenue & Hwy. 427 in the north.
Directions from downtown Toronto: Gardiner Expressway West, north on Hwy
427, Rathburn Road offramp west to Martingrove Road, left (north) on
Martingrove to West Dean Park parking lot on left (west) side of road.
David P.
_______________________________________________
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
