Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: thouc on September 05, 2012, 12:26:04 PM
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It was a nice day at Sam Smith today, I got three FOY birds! Pine Warbler, a Merlin doing a high-speed chase and 2 Solitary Sandpipers in the pond by the platform. I didn't go to the marina so I have no update on the Grebe babies. Full list below.
Toronto--Colonel Samuel Smith Park, Toronto, CA-ON
5-Sep-2012 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
23 species
Mute Swan 20
Mallard 10
Red-necked Grebe 20
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Ring-billed Gull 30
Herring Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Merlin 1
Warbling Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 1
American Robin 1
European Starling 10
Cedar Waxwing 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Pine Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
American Goldfinch 50
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Also did Sam Smith's yesterday. Did not see the Merlin but watched a Coopers Hawk dive after squirrels (next to the bowl). Pretty impressive sight. The Grebes' nest was empty and got us worried for a bit. We eventually found the whole family, quite far away from their nest - exploring. One of the parents with chicks, the other bringing small fish and feeding the young. A very happy sight.