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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Rotarran on May 27, 2013, 12:01:27 PM

Title: Whimbrel Watch 2013 @ Sam Smith Park
Post by: Rotarran on May 27, 2013, 12:01:27 PM

28 Whimbrel were reported Saturday May 25 as far as I understood (I was not around to see those).  Yesterday 1 was spotted at around 11:50am and 15 minutes later another 11 flew by.  Those I did see and took a few pics of.

That is as far as I know...others may have further updates.  If so, please post.  I'm curious to hear how the watch turned out this year.

Title: Re: Whimbrel Watch 2013 @ Sam Smith Park
Post by: nana on May 27, 2013, 07:48:05 PM

TOC runs the official Whimbrel Watch at Sam Smith. This year it began on May 19th and will end on May 30. To date the following counts are:
19th - zero, 20th - zero, 21 - 1, 22 - 65, 23 - 299, 24 - 334, 25 - zero, 26 - today - 462.
Other shorebirds seen include Black-bellied Plover, Least Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Dunlin to name a few.

Title: Re: Whimbrel Watch 2013 @ Sam Smith Park
Post by: nana on May 28, 2013, 08:45:19 AM

the previous post should have said
26th - 26, 27th - yesterday - 462. Sorry for the error.