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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: thouc on June 28, 2012, 08:10:33 PM

Title: Humber Bay Park East - Jun 28
Post by: thouc on June 28, 2012, 08:10:33 PM

The most unexpected find today was a pair of Greater Scaup. Other birds of notewere 1 pair of nesting Red-necked Grebes with at least 2 eggs, 3 Hooded Mergansers (female/juvenile), 1 Gadwall, at least 10 Common Terns, 1 Caspian Tern, 1 Willow Flycatcher, 1 Eastern Kingbird, 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow, 1 Cliff Swallow, 1 Gray Catbird, at least 30 Cedar Waxwings, 1 Yellow Warbler, 1 House Finch and 2 Am. Goldfinch.

/Thomas

Title: Re: Humber Bay Park East - Jun 28
Post by: Molebird on June 29, 2012, 09:14:32 AM

We were also at Humber Bay East yesterday and can confirm most of your sightings. We puzzled over the identification of the Greater Scaup also, thinking at first the pair were Ring-necked Ducks. Later were amazed to see a pair of Goldeneye! What are they doing here at the end of June?

Title: Re: Humber Bay Park East - Jun 28
Post by: lovemypt on June 29, 2012, 11:19:47 AM

my wife and I saw the Scaups last weekend, they were in the  first bay and fairly close to shore for them