Hello weekend birders: This AM ( FRI) at Colonel Smith Park ( AKA KIPLING Spit)
1- Western Grebe ( in beautiful light, to the delight of 'unemployed' photographers.) at the south WEST corner; perhaps best seen from bottom of 23rd St. in Etobicoke) 2- King Eider ( 1st year male) has been all week long in the South East corner closest to the 7 storey apartment east of the Parking lot. 3- Hundreds of RN grebes, Tens of Horned Grebes and 8 Common loons. ?4- Red-throated Loon- 1 on the lake side SE view At the " BOWL", NE ground cavity- ? 5- Pine Warbler- 1 singing close to Lakeshore BLD ? 6- Yellow-rumped Warblers - 6 ? 7- Blue-headed Vireo 1 ? Others: ? 'Swarms' of? Ruby-crowned Kinklets with a few GC Kingltes -Eastern Phoebes -Hermit Thrushes -Pine Siskins ( on territory for...??"") - All the Hirundinae -Chimney Swits-2 --?Five species of NA? "Sparrows" -Caspian & Common Terns -etc. Enjoy the weekend, go birwatching! _______________________________________________ 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/
