Hi, Yesterday morning at Bronte Harbour I re-found the Yellow-Throated Warbler reported by others. It was in the location that Andrew Keaveney reported possibly seeing the bird Dec. 28th, along the rocks on the lake side of the pier that you can walk out on. Sorry for the late post, I've been away from a computer since seeing the bird yesterday.
Note that finding this bird was a huge test of patience. Shortly after I first arrived at 9:00 am I caught only a brief glimpse of a small bird flying in from the most outer pier (the one that you can't walk out on, closer to the lake with the light beacon at it's tip), and landing in amongst the rocks of the pier that you can walk out on. I waited around on this pier for over 3 hours, getting only fleating glimpses of the bird five times before getting a half decent look and a positive ID the 6th. The bird would dissappear for long periods of time, then would zip out and fly down the pier, being in the air barely above the rocks and just long enough to get the bins up but not long enough to make it worth the effort. I did see it hopping about under some rocks at one point, and also saw it grab something off the underside of a rock another time. If this sounds like your idea of fun, here are directions to the bird: >From QEW, take Bronte Rd south down to Lake Ontario and Ontario Street. I parked at the Lighthouse Restaurant. To the west of the restaurant is a pier that you can walk out on. There are large boulders on either side of the pier. The bird moved up and down the pier, darting in (mostly) and out (sometimes) from the rocks on the south/lake side of this pier. Good luck, Jacob _______________________________________________ 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/
