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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: cosmo3667 on April 03, 2013, 04:16:56 PM

Title: Good Assortment of Ducks Major Mack &Woodbine
Post by: cosmo3667 on April 03, 2013, 04:16:56 PM

Out to Major Mack and Woodbine area behind the Cdn Tire parking lot (north east corner) there is a pond which had a remarkable diverse population of ducks, a large number of Canada Geese, A few Mallards, a few pairs of Hooded Mergansgers both male and female, noted 1 male wood duck, Common Golden eyes, ring necked ducks, Gadwells. Could'nt get a real good look but some Scaups were also present not sure if they were Greater or Lesser. The woodbine By-pass borders the pond to the north which overlooks the pond but not sure if you can park on it.

Title: Re: Good Assortment of Ducks Major Mack &Woodbine
Post by: Rotarran on April 04, 2013, 08:30:42 AM

Yep I saw all those except the Wood Duck.  I was there yesterday around 5:15pm.   I also saw Cackling Geese (pics in the ID thread) and a Great Blue Heron which flew East after about 10 minutes.

Edit: also saw a Green Winged Teal at Woodbine Bypass & Elgin Mills pond.

Edit #2: Just remembered I saw a Kingfisher as well at the MajMac & WB pond.

Title: Re: Good Assortment of Ducks Major Mack &Woodbine
Post by: Rotarran on April 04, 2013, 01:31:41 PM

Just came back from the pond on the other side of this location (on the North East side) and saw a Sharp Shinned Hawk (noticably smaller than the Cooper's Hawk I saw a couple of weeks ago), some Bohemian Waxwings and a couple of Great Blue Herons.  Surprisingly no ducks on the pond at that time.