We are having a great day weather wise and the birding is fairly steady. The winds were calm but there was still a bit of reverse movement, involving a number of orioles, blackbirds and a few warblers, including a PROTHONOTARY and a HOODED. Near the Sparrow Field there was a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, and an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was located along the main road just north of Sparrow Field. Along Post Woods people noted a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. There was a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT reported a few hundred metres south of the halfway Tram stop along the West Beach seasonal trail. There are at least 7 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS noted on the Woodland Nature Trail, including several females. A BLUE-WINGED WARBLER was spotted near the Visitor Centre, and another in the West Beach Parking Lot near the washrooms. A CERULEAN WARBLER was reported from the trail leading to the West Beach seasonal trail from the Half-way Tram Stop. Another was seen near the north end of Redbud Trail on the Woodland Nature Trail. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS have been reported from Woodland Nature Trail, just south of the Visitor Centre and from Tilden Woods. A BREWSTER'S WARBLER has been found just south of White Pine Picnic area on the West Beach seasonal trail. Farther north, a MOURNING WARBLER and a KENTUCKY WARBLER, were noted at Pioneer Picnic area. A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was seen on the seasonal trail north from the Sanctuary Picnic area.
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