Peter Hogenbirk, Terrie Smith and I went to Hamilton and then did parts of Niagara & Toronto today .. wet and foggy conditions made it a bit challenging ...
Highlights: 7 Iceland Gulls - Adam Beck - all immatures 1 Kumlien's Gull - Adam Beck - adult 4 Glaucous Gulls - Adam Beck - 1 adult, 3 immatures Red-shouldered Hawk (adult) - Chippewa Tufted Titmouse - Chippewa 27 Ring-necked Ducks, 100+ Ruddy Ducks, 26 DC Cormorants, 3 GW Teal - Red Hill Creek, Hamilton King Eider - Colonel Sam Park Northern Shrike - NOTL Black-crowned Night-heron - 3 adults on Don River at Queen St and DVP, Toronto and for those that track these things ... first songsters of the spring (for me): Copper's Hawk - male displaying and calling - Feb 7th - female nearby - Ajax (my yard) Northern Shrike - singing Feb 11th - NOTL American Robin - singing males (several) Feb 11th - Adam Beck House Finch - singing male - Feb 8th - Ajax Northern Cardinal - singing male - Feb 5th - Ajax Directions for King Eider: Colonel Samuel Smith Park is located at the end of Kipling Ave. in the west end of Toronto. From the QEW take Kipling Ave. south and continue past Lakeshore Blvd. past Humber College to the large parking area at it's very end closest to the lake. Walk east (left facing the lake) until you come to the most easterly bay. Geoff Carpentier, Ajax, Ontario _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
