Hello birdwatcher: ?Today at the Toronto Island Bird quest, sponsored by the T.O.C., some 55 participants were very enthusiastic and grateful for the birds that we saw- total species count is116.
Highlights: Whimbrel - 1 on the beach, west of 'nudist' colony ( other shorebird: Least Sandpipers (3),? Dunlins ( 20 ), Spotted Sandpipers ( 8). Warblers: ( 24 species in 8 hours of walking) Blackpoll (2), Mourning (2), Wilson's (3),Cape May( many males & females), Bay-breasted, Canada (3), Parula(6), Tennesse, Blackburnian, Pine, Nashville, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Magnolia, Black-and-white, Common Yellow-throat, Ovenbird, Yellow, Northern Waterthrush, Palm, Chestnut-sided, Redstart, & Yellow-rumped, Orange-crowned (heard) Wrens: Carolina ( 1 singing loudly in Sanctuary) & House Thrushes: Gray-cheeked (3),? Wood?(2), Swainson's ( many), Hermit (1), Veery, Robin Vireos: Red-eyed, Blue-headed, Warbling Flycatchers-?Willow, Yellow-bellied, Least, Great-crested, Eastern Wood-pewee, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Kingbird Woodpeckers: Hairy,Downy, Flicker, Sparrows: Lincoln, Field, Swamp, White-crowned, White-throated, Song, Chipping,?Savannah [ Apparently Norm Murr had a Clay-coloured?Sparrow. Nobody in our group had it). Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Brown-thrasher, N. Mockingbird, RB Grosbeaks, Scarlet Tanagers, Indigo Buntings, E. Towhee,? RT Hummingbird, Kingfisher, WB Nuthatches, N. Orioles, GC & RC Kinglets, Brown Creeper,House Finch,?etc. Waterbirds: C. Loon, Horned Grebe, WW Scoter, Hooded & RB Mergansers, Canvasback, Buffleheads,? Black-crowned Night-Herom, GB Heron, etc. Thank you all for participating. It was a great deal of fun ( & work!) Cheers Luc Fazio *********************** Directions: Get to the foot of York St, at the lake. Catch the ferry to Hanlan's point ( starts at 8:15 am) _______________________________________________ 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/
