> Hello Ontbirders: > > Today, ten birders joined co-leaders Bob Cumming and me for the annual OFO > outing at Toronto’s Leslie Street Spit. From 8 am to 2:30 pm, at temperatures > around 15 degrees, under overcast skies, with mist/fog advancing in the > afternoon, we observed 75 species on the Spit, followed by an additional two > during the Ashbridge’s Bay “extension". > > Highlights at the Spit were 16 species of warblers in the Baselands meadows > and wet woods (including both male and female Blackpolls and Wilson’s > Warbler), 4 Philadelphia Vireos at the south edge of the wet woods, and three > empids; least, willow, and one yellow-bellied. A single Common Goldeneye at > the Outer Harbour was a late-date sighting. Further out on the Spit , at Cell > 2 and at Embayment D, 6 species of shorebirds were spotted, including Dunlin, > 2 Sanderlings, 2 Ruddy Turnstones, a Greater Yellowlegs, Semipalmated > Sandpipers, and many Spotted Sandpipers. Five swallow species were seen. > > Following the outing, a number elected to continue to Ashbridge’s Bay to view > the Ontbird-reported Franklin’s Gull, with success!. > > A fine outing: thanks to all. > > cheers > > John Carley
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