Hello, Flying solo today I found the islands to be quite productive. Sorry for the late post as I had to go to work directly after. I managed to bird from Ward's all the way to Hanlan's and tallied 97 species. Best bird of the day was a female Summer Tanager showing well along Willow Avenue near Withrow. This was on Ward's around 9am. Also present were 22 species of warbler which is not too bad for May 22. Mourning (2), Wilson's (4), Canada (2), Blackpoll (24), Tennessee (19), Yellow (50+), Cape May (1), Bay-Breasted (3), Yellow-Rumped (4), Palm (1), Black & White (1), Northern Parula(2), Black-Throated Green (3), Black-Throated Blue (5), Common Yellowthroat (21), Northern Waterthrush (1), Ovenbird (1), Magnolia (36), Nashville(1), Chestnut-Sided (5), Blackburnian (4), American Redstart (32). I found one Black-Billed Cuckoo on Hanlan's at the north end of the airport fence area. Flycatchers were plentiful as they are in a lot of places. 9 Least and 5 Alder calling along with three Great-Crested. Also a late Blue-Headed Vireo to join in with two Philadelphia, only 8 Red-Eyed and the breeding Warbling Vireos. Other birds of interest, Scarlet Tanagers, Indigo Bunting, Barred Owl, Orchard Oriole, Brown Thrashers, Eastern Kingbirds, Savannah and Field Sparrows. Five Lincoln's Sparrows. Under 10 total White-Throated and White-Crowned so they are on their way out. Black-Crowned Night Heron. I was hoping for more Cuckoos and maybe a Connecticut Warbler today but was unsuccessful. They are still coming. Side Note: I heard a Common Nighthawk over Lakeshore Blvd East and Logan Avenue tonight around 8:45. Good birding, Jay PetersonToronto
> DIRECTIONS TO THE TORONTO ISLAND FERRY DOCKS per Norm Murr> > TORONTO ISLANDS - SPRING SCHEDULE ---- NOTE – Summer Schedule starts on May > 24th > > Note:- Fare :- Adults $7.00 - Seniors / Students $4.50 > > If you are on the subway southbound get off at the TTC’s Union Subway > Station, walk south on Bay Street (on the east side of the station) for about > 1 km to the ferry docks at the foot of Bay Street at Queen’s Quay and you are > there. The entrance to the ferry docks (well signed) is on the west side of > the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel. > > To get to the Toronto Islands from the TTC’s Union Subway Station on the TTC > you may transfer to the #6 or the #6A Bay St. TTC bus on Bay Street just > outside of the east entrance to the GO Station. Note:- This bus stop is > temporarily moved to the northwest side of Front St. They both go down Bay > Street to Queen’s Quay. Go passengers arriving by train or bus must pay a > fare to use the TTC bus or streetcar. > > When running there is a street car (#509 Harbourfront) that goes from inside > the TTC’s Union Subway Station to Queen’s Quay (no transfer from the subway > required). Note:- This streetcar is not running for the foreseeable > future due to construction on Queens Quay. > > For those who choose to head down to the docks on Sunday before the Subway > opens at 9 a.m. you can catch the #97B Yonge St. Blue Night bus (Steeles Ave. > to Queens Quay). This bus will let you off right across the street on Bay St. > only steps from the ferry docks entrance. > > For ferry schedules - check - > http://www.toronto.ca/parks/island/ferry-schedule.htm > > You may also want to visit the TTC web page http://www.ttc.ca/ for trip > planning assistance. > > If in an auto on the Gardener Expressway or on Lakeshore Blvd, then exit at > Bay Street and drive south to Queen’s Quay, there are very few parking lots > nearby (all for a fee). One of these parking lots is located just a block > north on of the ferry docks on Bay St. with at least one more (for now) a > block or so west of the ferry docks on Queen’s Quay. > ============================================================================= > NOTE :- If you want to learn more about birding on the Toronto Islands you > can access my Toronto Islands Birding And Site Guide on the OFO web site at:- > http://www.ofo.ca/webapp/site/page/view/articles.torontoislands > > You may also want to check out Ron Pittaway’s excellent “Spring Warbler > Migration Guide” which is also on the OFO web site. You can find it by > clicking on the following:- > http://www.ofo.ca/webapp/site/page/view/articles.springwarblers > > Norm Murr > Richmond Hill > Ontario, Canada > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/
