I visited Leslie Street Spit / Tommy Thompson Park this afternoon with
Nick Escott. We found a lone BRANT in one of the small bays near the
outer end of the east side; it flew north along the spit, probably into
another small bay. Other birds of note: 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 1 TENNESSEE
WARBLER and 2 PALM WARBLER among very large numbers of YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER, large numbers of GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET in the goldenrod (!)
and quite a few RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET too, upwards of a dozen EASTERN
PHOEBE, at least 1 FOX SPARROW, several mixed sparrow flocks with
WHITE-CROWNED and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS and an early AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCOS, numerous HERMIT THRUSHES also in the
goldenrod, distant flocks of LONG-TAILED DUCK and the odd SURF SCOTER
and several RED-NECKED GREBE.
Chris Escott
Toronto
Leslie Street Spit is on the Toronto waterfront at the foot of Leslie
Street. It is open to foot traffic on weekends and holidays only, from 9
AM until 6 PM.
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