Hello, Ontbirders: 25 birders joined Garth Riley and me (we're co-chairs of Friends of the Spit, and OFO members) as we lead the annual OFO walk through the urban wilderness of Toronto's Leslie Street Spit.
In total, 66 species were observed (along with 12 species of butterfly) on this generally overcast 25 degree day with slight lake breezes. Highlights were 2 Whimbrel seen along the east side of the endikement, blackpoll warblers singing in the "wet woods" (now dry woods) and one at Embayment C, and a first summer male Orchard Oriole being harassed by a Baltimore Oriole along the Spine Road opposite the Outer Harbour Marina. Three empidonax were seen singing: Least, Willow, and Alder. Finally, the singing and displaying mockingbird had a reasonable imitation of a car alarm in his repertoire! The "wet woods" were quite quiet, with very few migrants. The best patch of warblers was a small concentration that included a female Canada Warbler at the copse just north of Goldfish Pond. Good Birding! John Carley _______________________________________________ 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/
