Despite the total lack of shorebirds, only 4 waterfowl species and just a few sparrow species we, Ian Cannell, Margaret Liubavicius and myself did find 81 species of birds and below are some of them with totals of a few of them.
On Monday we were only able to bird Ward’s and Algonquin Islands and on Tuesday we missed most of Ward’s Island by passing Snake Island and Snug Harbour. Wood Duck, 3 Merlins, Peregrine Falcon, R-t Hummingbirds, Belted Kingfishers, 5 each day, 13 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Olive-sided Flycatcher, 14 E. Wood-Pewees, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher each day, Willow Flycatcher, Least Flycatchers, 77 Eastern Phoebes, 42 of them on Hanlans yesterday, Great Crested Flycatcher, 14 Blue-headed Vireos, 21 Philadelphia Vireos, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos, Brown Creepers, Carolina and Winter Wrens, Many Kinglets of both species, Gray-cheeked, Hermit and Swainson’s Thrushes, American Pipits, 21 warbler species including 6 Orange-crowned Warblers, 18 Northern Parulas, Cape Mays, Blackburnians, Pines, 61 Palms, 53 of the Palms on Hanlan’s yesterday, Bay-breasted, Blackpolls, Ovenbirds, A. Redstarts, Wilson’s and Canada, Scarlet Tanagers, Chipping, Lincoln,s, many White-throated and 11 White-crowned Sparrows and 1 Dark-eyed Junco. 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/reportsandarticles/torontoislands.php DIRECTIONS TO THE TORONTO ISLAND FERRY DOCKS Fare :- Adults $7.00 - Seniors / Students $4.50 TORONTO ISLANDS - FALL SCHEDULE 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. 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 required). For those who choose to head down to the docks on Sunday before the Subway opens 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. 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. One is located just a block north of the ferry docks. 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 including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
