As several other recent Ontbirds posts and eBird sightings indicate, it seems that early spring migration has started after a very long and cold winter.
While lake-watching this morning, I counted 23 Horned Grebes and 8 Red-necked Grebes at Col. Sam Smith Park in Etobicoke. According to eBird, this is an unusually high number of Horned Grebes for this time of year at CSSP. All of these birds were seen by scanning eastward to southward from the "Whimbrel Watch" point located at the extreme southeastern point of the park. All but a couple of the horned grebes were scope-view only, as the majority of them were a fair ways out on the lake. Col. Sam Smith Park is located south of the intersection of Kipling Ave. and Lakeshore Blvd. West in Etobicoke. David Pryor Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
