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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: cairnstone on September 29, 2014, 11:12:40 AM

Title: Scarlet Tanager(s) Brampton
Post by: cairnstone on September 29, 2014, 11:12:40 AM
There is at least 1 (and possibly more) Scarlet Tanager(s) in Carleton Park, Brampton, this morning. I have seen it (them) several times this morning. There are also several singing Purple Finches, a couple of Brown Thrashers and the usual raptors.
Title: Re: Scarlet Tanager(s) Brampton
Post by: thouc on October 01, 2014, 11:01:50 AM
The Scarlet Tanager(s) are still there, saw it/them several times today. Missed the Purple Finch, which was my main target, but got some interesting migrants including a Lincoln's Sparrow and late Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Ruby-throated Hummingbird.

Complete list:
Brampton--Carleton Park, Peel, CA-ON
Oct 1, 2014 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 kilometer(s)
24 species

Ring-billed Gull  1
Mourning Dove  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  7
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  4
Black-capped Chickadee  2
American Robin  5
Gray Catbird  1
European Starling  4
Cedar Waxwing  1
Nashville Warbler  1
Magnolia Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
Lincoln's Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  25
White-crowned Sparrow  20
Scarlet Tanager  1    Overall greenish yellow, darker wings, thick bill. No question of identity.
Northern Cardinal  3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1    Female/immature bird. No question of identity.
House Sparrow  5
Title: Re: Scarlet Tanager(s) Brampton
Post by: cairnstone on October 01, 2014, 04:01:14 PM
Yes I also saw 2 Scarlet Tanagers this morning around 9ish hanging around a tall Buckthorn in the south end of the park. I did not see any Purple Finches today either.