May 12 (late afternoon). Despite a gloomy and windy afternoon at High Park,
I did manage to be treated to a wonderful warbler fallout at the southwest
corner of the park. A Blue-Winged Warbler foraged less than five feet from
me along the roadside, by the stairs leading down to Grenadier Pond.
Other highlights included...
Warblers:
Blue-Winged (1)
Northern Parula (2)
Blackburnian (6)
American Redstart (1)
Black-Throated Blue (1)
Black-Throated Green (6)
Black and White (2)
Bay-Breasted (1)
Yellow (20)
Chestnut-Sided (25)
Palm (25+)
Nashville (10)
Magnolia (15)
Yellow-Rumped (150+)
Also seen
Eastern Kingbird (allotment gardens)
Great-Crested Flycatcher (northwest entrance)
Red-Bellied Woodpecker (allotment gardens)
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thush (4)
Blue-Headed Vireo (6)
Warbling Vireo (7)
High Park is located between Bloor Street and Lakeshore Blvd, about 14
kilometres west of Yonge Street.
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