Hello Ontbirders, Today I spent a couple of hours around 11am at Col Sam Smith Park in south Etobicoke. A beautiful male Harlequin Duck was on the east side bay about 50-100m off the first east side rocky point, it was associating with a flock of 25-30 Bufflehead. Also here were 35+ Red-necked Grebes (2 nest building in the inner bay, where the marina is), and 2 Horned Grebes and many Swallows (Tree, Cliff, Bank & Barn), a Chimney Swift and 6 Common Terns.
Inland from the point in the brushy area on the east side of the big open grassy field were several passerines including 2 Least Flycatchers, 50+ White-throated, 1 White-crowned, 2 Swamp, several Song and a couple of Chipping Sparrows. Eastern Towhee, Brown Thrasher, Palm, 20 + Yellow-rumped and a Black-and-white Warbler. On the west side of the field near the building with the big chimney stack were Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Nashville & Yellow-rumped Warblers and a cooperative Northern Waterthrush. Also here were Veery and a few Hermit Thrushes. Earlier at G Ross Lord Park (Dufferin & Finch in NW Toronto) I had a male Eastern Bluebird and a Lincoln's Sparrow amongst other birds. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill DIRECTIONS: Colonel Sam Smith Park is located at the south end of Kipling Avenue in Etobicoke, on the western edge of Toronto - exit the QEW at Kipling and head south. 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
