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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Brian Bailey on October 19, 2014, 04:11:32 PM

Title: Sam Smith Park Today
Post by: Brian Bailey on October 19, 2014, 04:11:32 PM
I visited Col Sam SMith Park today and found it surprisingly productive.  There were lots of birds on the move, especially sparrows and Hermit Thrushes.  There were a lot of sparrows.  I only managed to find 6 species, but I would be very surprised if there weren't more.  I found Fox Sparrows in 3 different places and a surprising 11 Chipping Sparrows associating with a large flock of Juncos.

The best bird was an American Wigeon X Mallard hybrid in the pond.  Photos are in this post (http://outdoorontario.net/birds/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14860&p=59734#p59734).

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