On Labor Day Bill Smith and I birded the Toronto Islands from Wards to the Centre Island Ferry Docks including Algonquin and Snake Islands. The weather was overcast with winds from the north at 15/20 Kms. The first 2 hours produced very little and then after a coffee break at the Island Cafe things started to pick up when we crossed over to Algonquin Island. We managed 58 species for the day and some of the birds we saw were Hairy Woodpecker - Great Crested Flycatcher - Philadelphia Vireo - Wood Thrush - Swainson"s Thrush and 18 specie of Warbler including Cape May - Northern Parula - Bay Breasted - Pine - Blackburnian and Canada. We didn't tally species but some of the flocks were quite large and at one point we had a flock of 75/100 migrants stream by us at treetop level so quickly that we were only able to identify one or two of the birds.
Peter McParland _______________________________________________ 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/
