Yesterday April 21st I birded the Toronto Islands and the birding was very good and below are some of the high lights.
Common Loon, 2 Horned Grebes, 11 Lesser Scaup, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, Caspian Tern, 2 Belted Kingfishers, 3 Red-belied Woodpeckers and possible 4, 13 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 9 Northern Flickers, 9 Eastern Phoebes, 3 Purple Martins, Common Raven, White-breasted Nuthatches, 52 Brown Creepers (under counted), Carolina Wren, Winter Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglets, 78 Ruby-crowned Kinglets (greatly under counted) 2 Hermit Thrushes, Brown Thrasher, 11 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 8 Pine Warblers, Eastern Towhee, 16 Chipping Sparrows, 18 Field Sparrows, Song Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows, and Dark-eyed Juncos. Hard to count some of the smaller birds as they were so busy midge catching and moving around. 6 of the 8 Pine Warblers were found because they were first located through there singing and then all were easily seen. 3 of them were on Snake Island. A good day despite the forecast partly sunny day became a all day of clouds. Norm Murr Richmond Hill, ON Sent from Mail for Windows 10 _______________________________________________ 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
