Today Ian Cannell, Alfred Adamo and I birded Ward’s Island on the Toronto Islands and we had a decent day and following are some of the hi-lights.
Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, 4 Black-billed Cuckoos, Belted Kingfisher, 2 and probable 3 Olive-sided Flycatchers, Eastern Wood-Pewees, 5 Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, Least and Great Crested Flycatchers, several flycatcher species, Eastern Kingbirds, both Nuthatch species, Carolina and House Wrens, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Veery, Gray-cheeked Thrush, lots of Gray Catbirds, Philadelphia, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos, 20 warbler species including Ovenbird, 1 Connecticut (found by Ian), 1 nice male Mourning, Tennessee, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, juvenile Yellow-rumps, Cape May, Black-throated Blue and Blk-throated Green, Wilsons’s and Canada, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, and still 24 Baltimore Orioles. Further Ward’s Island sightings. During the week starting Monday to yesterday (Friday) some of the birds seen were Horned Grebe, Osprey (both by Island resident birder Bob Tyler), Turkey Vultures, Cooper’s Hawks, Caspian and Common Terns, many Chimney Swifts and Cedar Waxwings, Tree, Bank, Cliff, Rough-winged and Barn Swallows, 1 Back-billed Cuckoo seen on the 24th and 1 on the 26th (Margaret Liubavicius), 2 Olive-sided Flycatchers on the 24th, 3 on the 26th (Margaret and Peter McParland), Eastern Phoebes, more Yellow-bellied, Great-crested and Least Flycatchers, 60+ Eastern Kingbirds and 100+ Chimney Swifts, R-Th Hummingbirds, N. Flickers, Swainson’s Thrush (Ian), 5 Brown Thrashers together, and on the 24th I found a nice adult female Prairie Warbler. For ferry schedules and prices go to the following web site http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=3690dada600f0410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextfmt=default Norm Murr Richmond Hill Ontario, Canada You can't see birds if you don't go out but sit and wait for others to find them. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
