Street in Toronto.
Once on the Islands, walk west to get to the New School, which is just
before the fenced-off Filtration Plant.
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Norm Murr and I had a rewarding day of birding today.
Highlights:
The Harris's Sparrow showed up below the feeder at 6547 Ellis Road,
Cambridge, at 7:15, within five minutes of our arrival.
The King Eider at Port Weller was in the same spot as described below by
Geoff Carpentier; within 100
Actually in Concord, but who knows where that is? For the past three nights
nighthawks have been doing their aerial acrobatics over our house just west
of Dufferin Street, two blocks north of Steeles.
This is a typical event here at this time each year and as usual the birds
show up between
Freda Papoff kindly alerted me to the presence of an Ibis via cell phone, as
I was making my way home from a day at Carden. Thanks, Freda.
The bird was where Freda described, in a largish pond on the north side of
Ravenshoe Road, a few hundred metres east of Woodbine Avenue.
From Toronto
Oriole, Cedar
Waxwing, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Least Flycatcher, Great-crested Flycatcher,
Sharp-shinned Hawk and 8 species of Warbler. Total number of species was 42.
My thanks to all of the participants, who made it a pleasant morning,
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Lake Road, on the other side of the lake,
with several Pine Siskins mixed in.
A couple of Rough-legged Hawks, a Kestrel and a Northern Shrike were also
seen in the vicinity.
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The beautiful sunny day we enjoyed on the Islands today was matched only by
the nice group of birders who made it a pleasure to lead this outing.
As has been usual for the past three years a large group of birders showed
up to practise their skills at identifying those confusing fall warblers
and
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village from the south. The birds are on the east side of the highway.
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Thirty-five enthusiastic birders enjoyed a sunny day on the islands
and had plenty of birds to enjoy, as well as the afternoon spectacular
air-show from the CNE.
Here is the complete list of the species encountered:
15 Warbler species: Common Yellowthroat, Tennessee, Chestnut-sided,
Nashville,
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Thanks to Norm Murr for much of the information in this email.
Ian Cannell, Trip Leader for this outing
Norm Murr just called me from Hanlons Point on the Toronto Islands to ask
me to post this report of a Fish Crow he had just observed at 10am.
It was at the south end of the Island Airport being chased eastward by an
American Crow.
It sounded as though things were generally pretty good on
Forty-three enthusiastic birders enjoyed a sunny day on the islands today
and had plenty of birds to enjoy.
Here is the complete list of the 71 species (+ Traill's Flycatchers) seen:
20 Warbler species: Yellow, Common Yellowthroat, Tennessee, Chestnut-sided,
Nashville, Magnolia,
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Thanks to Norm Murr for much of the information in this email.
Ian Cannell.
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Per Ian at 8:00 AM Stoney Creek.
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The juvenile Hudsonian Godwit found by Julia Marko Dunn on Friday at Coot's
Pond on the Darlington Nuclear Waterfront Trail was still actively feeding
there at 4pm yesterday, Tuesday Oct 16, seen by Norm Murr and me. It had
moved from the previous location reported and was in the extreme
Following Norm Murr's report of the Chestnut-collared Longspurs on the
islands yesterday, I went over there today, knowing it was a long-shot that
they'd still be there, but there's always something to see there anyway.
I took the 7am ferry to Wards and hiked over speedily to the airport area on
A non-birding trip to Tiny Marsh yesterday for a picnic with some friends,
nonetheless turned up some good birds. Highlights:
About 20 Sandhill Cranes.
American Bittern.
Pair of Pileated Woodpeckers
Black-bellied Plovers (3)
Osprey
Merlin
Black Terns, Caspian Tern
Hummingbird, Cedar Waxwings.
Jay Peterson and I birded the Curry Tract area this morning. Species seen
(well) included:
Mourning Warblers (3)
Blue-winged Warblers (3)
Blackburnian Warbler (and several other common warbler species)
Yellow-throated Vireo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Pileated Woodpeckers (2)
Indigo Buntings (common)
A 5:30am start at the Sedge Marsh at Carden did not turn up a hoped-for
Yellow Rail, but among the 50+ species seen on the day, by Jay Peterson and
me were the following highlights:
Loggerhead Shrike. (In the usual area near Bluebird box #10).
Sparrows: Vesper, Field, Chipping Savannah,
Song,
Stops at Lynde Shores, Cranberry Marsh, Thickson Woods and Second Marsh this
morning yielded a few new firsts for the spring, for Jay Peterson and me.
At Thickson Woods we had Yellow-rumped and Pine Warblers and a Northern
Waterthrush (heard first by Jim Fairchild). Also Hermit Thrushes,
A trip out to Long Point today with my wife Carol and friend Linda Wright
yielded the following highlights:
Fishers Glen: Red-bellied Woodpeckers
Turkey Point: Bald Eagle (sub-adult).
Long Point, including Old Cut Field Station:
Numerous Brown Creepers (I've never seen so many),
Eastern Phoebes,
At 9am Dec. 28, 2004 the following raptors were seen at Cranberry Marsh.
Great Gray Owl
Barred Owl
Long Eared Owl
Great Horned Owl
Saw Whet Owl
Rough Legged Hawks (Including one in dark phase)
Red Tailed Hawk
Sharp Shinned Hawk
Northern Shrike
Ian is still out birding. Message relayed by phone
, just past Lynde Shores.
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Concord, Ontario.
(the northern
boundary of Toronto) to Langstaff Road, on the west side of Dufferin Street.
All of the above birds were seen between the section from Glen Shields
Avenue, two lights north of Steeles, to the highway 407 bridge.
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Concord, Ontario.
I guess I did the 2nd shift after Craig. I was at Rockpoint from about 2:30
to 6:45. I didn't see the Curlew Sandpiper and the few other birders that I
saw there had no luck either.
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Concord, Ontario.
. Bearing right at this split, the bird is coming to the
hanging feeder at the first trailer on the right past the washrooms. These
feeders are best viewed from the vicintiy of the washrooms.
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Concord, Ontario.
McNamee and then almost
immediately, turn left onto Wylie.
Prospect Road is back on Highway 48, 4.2 kms kilometres before you reach
Regional Road 6.
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Concord, Ontario.
, north of St.
Williams.
25 Short Eared Owls on Concession Road 6, East of Highway 53.
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keeping company with the swans.
Several Sandhill Cranes were in the Marsh.
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seen between the section from Glen Shields Avenue, two
lights north of Steeles, to the highway 407 bridge.
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runs from Steeles Avenue (the northern boundary
of Toronto) to Langstaff Road, on the west side of Dufferin Street. All of
the above birds were seen between the section from Glen Shields Avenue, two
lights north of Steeles, to the highway 407 bridge.
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Concord, Ontario.
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Warbler
Blackpoll Warblers (2).
Clay-coloured Sparrow
Woodcock
Ovenbird.
On the Triangle Pond we observed a Canvasback and a Hooded Merganser.
A Great Egret was among the many cormorants and Black-Crowned Night Herons.
In all we encountered about 85 species.
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On Wednesday, I observed a Bluebird and a couple of Horned Larks on
McGillivray Road, which is West of Highway 27 and North of Rutherford Road.
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