Posting for Wayne Renaud. The TOC Whimbrel Watch at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto recorded 500 (actual count) from 6:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, 29 May 2013. Conditions were on and off rain. One tired but alert Whimbrel rested close to the watch for almost 2 hours. http://www.jeaniron.ca/Shorebirds/2013/whimbrel299704.jpg
Other shorebirds seen 6 Semipalmated Sandpipers 45 White-rumped Sandpipers (flock) 2 Ruddy Turnstones 1 Semipalmated Plover No Whimbrel were counted on Tuesday, 28 May, despite long coverage at Colonel Sam by Albert Kuhnigk, Wayne Renaud and others. We are close to the end of the 2013 Toronto Whimbrel Watch. We will know later whether any Whimbrels leave Virginia's Eastern Shore, USA, this evening. Directions: In Toronto, Colonel Sam Smith Park is where Kipling Avenue ends at Lake Ontario, south of Lake Shore Blvd. Walk a short distance from south parking lot to the point of land jutting into Lake Ontario. Happy Whimbrel Watching, Jean Iron Toronto _______________________________________________ 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/
