Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Ed O'Connor on June 01, 2014, 09:26:19 AM
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I birded the Baselands of the Spit yesterday morning and found a Canada Warbler feeding in the trees on the east side of the Wet Woods. The necklace on the bird was rather faint, so perhaps it was a female. Nine warbler species altogether, including Blackpoll, Wilson's, Nashville, and Black-throated Green. Among other birds of interest were a Veery and a whole family of Woodcock feeding in the shaded area of a side trail. One of the adults did its broken-wing routine to draw me away.
Also found two Yellow Warbler nests. One was empty but the other had an unusually large clutch of seven eggs. An American Toad was hopping around just outside the Bird-banding station. The bugs--both mosquitoes and the fire ants--were pretty bad, and the trees have now fully leafed out, which can make spotting the birds difficult at times. In all the areas I birded, the water was too deep for shorebirds.