I birded the Toronto Islands Saturday with Bill Smith and Sunday alone. Sunday there was very little activity. Started at Hanlan's Point at 8.30 and after an hour transferred to Wards Island which was equally inactive and left at noon. Saturday on the other hand we birded Wards and Algonquin Island and managed to tally 54 species between 7.30 A.M. and 2.00P.M. Other than the to be expected species we saw Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers and a big movement of Flickers. Grey-cheeked and Swainson's Thrush and Scarlett Tanager. F.O.S. Birds (for us) included Winter Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Lincoln's and White-throated Sparrow and we tallied 19 species of Warbler including a Connecticut (maybe2) Orange-crowned, Cape May, Blackburnian, Blackpole, Bay-breasted Northern Parula and a late Canada. The flocks we encountered were for the most part large and fast moving with the predominant warbler specie American Redstart, Blackpole, Black-throated Green and Nashville . Flycatchers and Vireos were conspicuous by their absence. Weather - morning overcast - afternoon mostly sunny light winds.
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/
