No whimbrel on May 6, but I did see what I thought was a juvenile kittiwake flying around. Brown mottling shaped what 'could' have been the diagnostic M. It had a solid brown bar across the tip of it's tail. There were up to eight loons that flew pretty much directly overhead at whimbrel point (the southern-most point in the park, on the peninsula that has a telephone pole at the point, not the one at the mouth of the harbour). I saw two birds sitting on a log perhaps 150 + metres offshore, their profiles suggested the sooty tern (black wings, back, head, with distinct white belly moving up into the neck and shoulders). They were far enough away that they could have been ducks of some sort, but they weren't the usual suspects (not scaup, bufflehead, scoter,). They drifted west out of sight, and might be better viewed from Port Credit. I managed to ID a robin, and a Baltimore Oriole. A brown thrasher was mimicing convincingly. Col. Sam Smith Park is located at the base of Kipling ave. on Lake Ontario. Kipling has an off ramp from the 401. Continue South until you must either park or float. _______________________________________________ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
