> Good evening, Ontbirders; > > Today, 11 OFO members joined Garth Riley, Nancy McPherson, Bob Cumming, and > me for the annual OFO walk at Toronto’s Leslie Street Spit, parts of which > are known as Tommy Thompson Park. > > With temperatures starting at 20 degrees celsius and rising to 26, with > generally cloudy skies, we tallied 75 species while we walked 10 km. > > Highlights were the Whimbrels: a flock of 50 flew by, a single was in Cell > 2, and three others were found on the east shore. Other cell 2 and east beach > shorebirds included Black-bellied Plovers, Dunlin, Least and Semipalmated > Sandpipers. > > The Wet Woods “produced" 12 species of warblers as well as 4 empids..we only > missed Acadian. A Yellow-billed Cuckoo was seen by all, a black-billed was > recorded by less than the whole group. > > Interestingly, no raptors were recorded, and sparrows were few. > > 7 species of Butterflies were noted, including one Monarch, and 2 Silvery > Blues. > > Good birding and butterflying, > > cheers > > John Carley, Co-chair, Friends of the Spit; along with the other co-chair > Garth Riley. > > Celebrating 41 years: since 1977, Friends has been advocating for the entire > Leslie Street Spit and Baselands to be a car-free Public Urban Wilderness.
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