Well this is the day we've all been waiting for. I spent from 8:30 am
to 3:00 pm birding Paletta Park, Burlington; Shell Park, Oakville and
Col. Sam Smith Park, Etobicoke. There was nothing extra-ordinarily
rare ... just lots of and lots of variety, many in good numbers. Here
are the totals of warblers for all three areas combined: Blue-winged
Warbler: 1 (Shell Park); Golden-winged Warbler: 1 (Paletta Park);
Tennessee Warbler: 41: Orange-crowned Warbler: 2 (Paletta Park);
Nashville Warbler: 9: Northern Parula: 7; Yellow Warbler: 27:
Chestnut-sided Warbler: 30; Magnolia Warbler: 38; Cape May Warbler: 3;
Black-throated Blue Warbler: 16; Yellow-rumped Warbler: 21;
Black-throated Green Warbler: 16; Pine Warbler: 1; Palm Warbler: 8;
Bay-breasted Warbler: 2; Blackpoll Warbler: 1; Black-and-white Warbler:
3; American Redstart: 44; Ovenbird: 2; Northern Waterthrush: 1;
Connecticut Warbler: 1 (Paletta Park); Mourning Warbler: 1 (Shell
Park); Common Yellowthroat: 7; Wilson's Warbler: 3; Canada Warbler: 9.
The biggest variety was at Paletta Park with 23 species of warbler.
Also of note was a Yellow-throated Vireo in Shell Park. Overall there
seemed to a huge influx of vireos and minor influx of flycatchers.
Directions:
PALETTA PARK: easily marked and located mid-way between Walker's and
Appleby Line where they intersect Lakeshore. I've found the working
the western edge of park adds to the variety of habitats and numbers of
species of birds, and particularly warblers can be found at this time
of year.
SHELL PARK: located one long block east of the intersection of
Lakeshore and Great Lakes Boulevard (an extension of Burloak).
Warblers were heavily concentrated in the mature deciduous forest just
north of the garden plots to north edge of the park.
COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK: located at end of Kipling where it
intersects Lakeshore. Again warblers were pretty much everywhere in
the park including the 'bowl' and 'mini bowl' in the north-eastern part
of Humber College Campus.
Wayne Renaud
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