Yesterday Bob Tyler and I birded the Toronto Islands (7:30 am to dusk) from the Eastern Gap to half way up Hanlan’s Point and on that very nice day we found the following birds.
Red-throated and Common Loons, D-c Cormorants still present in numbers, Great Blue Heron, 9 Tundra Swans, Black Ducks, Northern Shovelers, 75+ Gadwalls, Greater and Lesser Scaup, many, many Long-tailed Ducks, 5 Black Scoters, 200+ White-winged Scoters, 75+ Common Goldeneye, 300+ Bufflehead, 15 Hooded Mergansers, many Red-breasted Mergansers, 10 Great Black-backed Gulls, Golden and Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Robins, American Pipit, Cedar Waxwings, Nashville Warbler, Tree Sparrows and lots of the other usual birds down there. 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
