Greetings Birders,
I spent half a day birding and photographing in Col. Sam Smith Park. The
highlight was the large number of Red-necked Grebes; 50 were in the harbour
along with one pair of Horned Grebes. Constant courtship behaviour was observed
amongst many of the grebes. Also in the harbour were Lesser Scaup, Long-tailed
Duck, Bufflehead, Mallard, Canada Goose, and Mute Swan.
Large rafts of Red-necked Grebes were also present in large numbers offshore,
along with more Long-tailed Ducks, Bufflehead and Gadwall. In the afternoon,
the wind kicked up out of the west to gusts of 54 km/h, making observation--and
photography--difficult.
Land birds included Tree Swallow, Eastern Phoebe, Northern Mockingbird, Song
Sparrow, American Goldfinch, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Red-winged Blackbird,
American Robin. I didn't see any evidence of the Cooper's Hawk pair yet. I was
very disappointed to see that someone has vandalized some of the Tree Swallow
houses, smashing them to pieces.
Photos can be seen at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/71782...@n00/
Col. Sam Smith Park is located at the foot of Kipling Avenue, south of
Lakeshore Blvd., in Etobicoke, Toronto.
Happy Birding!
Nancy Barrett
Toronto
Sent from my BirdBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
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