Yesterday, May 11 Bob Tyler, Owen Moorhouse and I again birded the Toronto Islands and though there wasn’t a big number of birds there we did find the following.
Horned Grebe, Long-tailed Ducks and Bufflehead are still hanging in down there, Canvasback, many Chimney Swifts overhead, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Willow, Least and Great-crested Flycatchers, Eastern Phoebe, 38 Eastern Kingbirds (undercounted, most along the harbour side of Algonquin Island), Raven, White-breasted Nuthatches, Carolina and House Wrens, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Veery, Swainson’s and Hermit Thrushes, Gray Catbirds, Brown Thrasher, Cedar Waxwings, Yellow-throated, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos, 15 warbler species including, Ovenbird, 2 Orange-crowned, Northern Parula, Chestnut-sided, Cape May, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Palm, Black and White, Common Yellowthroat and American Redstart, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Chipping and White-crowned Sparrows, and Orchard and Baltimore Orioles. 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 birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
