Hey Birders, At 1:40 pm today we saw an American White Pelican flying over the Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station, located on Peninsula D of the Tommy Thompson Park (Leslie Street Spit). It was seen by today's banding crew: Bronwyn Dalziel, Maya Ricker-Wilson, Juan Zuloaga and myself. We were about to tally up the day's observations when we spotted it flying to the Southwest. We ran to the shore and watched it continue over Embayment C towards Peninsula C, where it turned around and began flying back towards us. We had excellent looks as it flew overhead. It continued North until it hit the shore, turned East and then circled twice over Embayment D. We were hoping it would come down, but it continued East until it hit the main spine of the spit and turned North towards the mainland. The last record at the station was in 2005.
* Directions to Tommy Thompson Park* Tommy Thompson Park (TTP) is open to the public on weekends and holidays from 9am-6pm April through October and 9am-4:30pm November through March. TTP is located at the foot of Leslie Street where it meets Unwin Avenue, south of Lake Shore Boulevard East. >From the West: Take the Gardiner Expressway east and exit at Lakeshore Blvd. OR take Lakeshore Blvd. east to Leslie St. Turn right at Leslie St. and continue to the end where you will see the park gates. >From the East: Take Lakeshore Blvd. west to Leslie St. Turn left at Leslie St. and continue to the end where you will see the park gates. >From the North: Take the Don Valley Parkway south and exit at Lakeshore Blvd. Go east on Lakeshore Blvd. to Leslie St. Turn right at Leslie St. and continue to the end where you will see the park gates. TTC: Take the 501 streetcar along Queen St. to Leslie St. It is 1300m south on Leslie St. to the gate. (or) Take the 83 Jones S. bus south from Donlands station to Commissioners St. and walk 500m to south to the gate. * Directions to the Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station (TTPBRS)* TTPBRS is located on Peninsula D of the park. Continue 3 km from the base of the spit and turn right at the first road, which has a sign for the sailing club. The banding station is the little shack with solar panels beside the parking lot. From May 1 through Thanksgiving weekend, a shuttle van runs from 9:00 - 4:00 and can drop you off right at TTPBRS. *TTPBRS Hours* We conduct migration monitoring from April 1 - June 9 and August 5 - November 12, and are open to the public during weekends and holidays. Our hours vary, as we open nets 30 minutes before sunrise and operate the nets for 6 hours. If you would like to see banding demos, get there early! For more information and a park map, visit www.ttpbrs.ca Cheers, Brett Tryon Coordinator, Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station ttp...@gmail.com (416) 318-2107 -- Brett Tryon Coordinator, Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (416) 318-2107 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
