Yesterday - Friday, May 20th- 59 Whimbrel were counted by Wayne Renaud and Don Barnett flying over the South Peninsula at the Park between 10:04 and 13:41 Eastern Daylight Saving Time. These were the first Whimbrel to be ob served at Col Samuel Smith Park so far this year. No Whimbrel were observed today on May21st.
The migration progress of some individual Whimbrel can be followed on wildlifetracking.org Col. Sam Smith Park is located at the south end of Kipling Avenue, below Lakeshore Road. The Park is an artificial land-fill immediately south of the Humber College campus. Parking free of charge is at Student's Parking Lot at the south end of the Park. The Toronto Ornithological Club is again co-operating with the Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary/Virginia Commonwealth University, in monitoring the Whimbrel migration observed during the period of May 19 to May 30 at Col. Sam Smith Park in Toronto.Daily observations are conducted during that time period at the South Peninsula of the Park at co-ordinate location 17624795E and 4833443N. Peak migration dates are May 24 and 25 with peak hours expected at 06:00 and 08:00 EDST. Howard Shapiro _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
