I had the morning free and decided to spent from 7:45 to 10:35 this morning in the park ... the first half in moderate fog. I ended up with 17 species of warbler which is somewhat of a minor miracle since it is still April: Yellow-rumped Warbler: 140; Palm Warbler: 27; Black-throated Green Warbler: 19; Black-and-white Warbler: 19; Pine Warbler: 5; Black-throated Blue Warbler; 4; Nashville Warbler: 2; Blackburnian Warbler: 2; Yellow Warbler; 2; singles of Blue-winged Warbler; Cape-May Warbler; Cerulean Warble (female); Louisiana Waterthrush; Magnolia Warbler; Northern Waterthrush; Tennessee Warbler and Ovenbird. The warblers were really spread out but the specialties were all in the woods along the east side of 'bowl'. Other notable sightings included; 11 Purple Finches; 50 Hemit Thrushes; 1 Swainson's Thrush; 1 Eastern Wood-peewee; 1 Least Flycatcher; 2 Solitary Vireos 20 Pine Siskin and one female Eastern Towhee. There were also hundreds and hundreds of Ruby-crowned Kinglets, White-throated Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos.
Directions: Given the fact that the free parking lot at south of end of Col. Samuel Smith Drive is usually full during week days I would suggest parking on 13th Street south Lakeshore (which runs along the east side Humber campus) and walk either of two access points to the campus/park. It also allows quick access to prime passerine migration habitat all of which is north of the peninsula. Anyways the park is located south of Lakeshore Boulevard off the end of Kipling. Wayne Renaud (289-828-0043) _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
