34 birders attended today's OFO trip to Leslie Street Spit and nearby Ashbridge's Bay Park. It was a beautiful sunny day with no wind. 43 bird species were tallied. Best finds were 4 Great Horned Owls (including 1 Arctic subspecies), 70 + Common Redpolls feeding on birch and alder seeds, Northen Shrike, all 3 Mergansers, White-winged Scoters, Red-necked Grebe, Mockingbird, Golden-crowned Kinglet and Northern Flicker. We saw 6 Gull species: Ring-billed, Herring, Greater and Lesser Black-backed, and at Ashbridge's Bay 3 Iceland (Kumlein's) and a 2nd-year Glaucous. Others on the Spit found White-crowned Sparrow and Great Blue Heron. Directions: Leslie St. Spit , also known as Tommy Thompson Park, can be accessed in Toronto at the foot of Leslie Street, which can be reached at the end of the Gardiner Expressway coming from the west. Dave Milsom [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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
