[Ontbirds] Horned Grebe at Sam Smith Park

2019-03-19 Thread Steven Rowe via ONTBIRDS
Diving off the south shore one promontory east of Whimbrel Point, but now appears to have moved on. Photos taken. Sam Smith Park is on Lake Ontario at the foot of Kipling. Sent from my iPhone ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field

[Ontbirds] Orange-crowned Warbler and Gray Catbird at Humber Bay East

2018-12-26 Thread Steven Rowe via ONTBIRDS
Today Wendy Dey and I saw an Orange-crowned Warbler at the Humber Bay East Park in Toronto. The bird was on the trail that runs east of the shallow ponds by the parking lot and between the "creek" - like water feature to the south and the bay and pond to the north (i.e. the northern part of

[Ontbirds] King Eider at Sam Smith Park

2017-02-14 Thread Steven Rowe via ONTBIRDS
I observed and photographed a male King Eider in subadult plumage at Colonel Samuel Smith Park this afternoon. It was feeding close to shore in a bay on the north side of the southern peninsula, opposite the Marina, with a group of Scaup, Red-breasted Mergansers and other duck. There was also a