Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Shortsighted on May 10, 2023, 05:41:55 PM
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Not nearly as many Yellow-rumped warblers around as during my last visit to the park. Once again, the first warbler that I heard upon entering the west end of the park was a Yellow warbler. On this occasion I was able to grab a shot of it, even while singing. The dogwood bushes and low shrubs did not reveal any additional warblers. The few that I noted, usually YRW, were located near the tops of the trees. Discovered another (single) White-crowned sparrow instead a group of them like last time. The small wooded area had a single Hermit thrush and a few WT sparrows but no sign of the Brown thrasher seen before. Most of the warblers, not many, were all located in a dense and dark area of woodland flanking the west side of the creek. There is a walkway running north-south with the wooded section on one side. In among the coniferous trees there was a Black & White warbler, several Black-throated green warblers, Black-throated blue warbler, several Yellow-rumped, Brown creeper and Warbling vireos. All of these birds were no lower than mid-story and therefore mostly out of reach, in addition to the general gloom from lack of penetrating sunlight. Also saw about four Baltimore orioles and a single RB grosbeak. The soundtrack included mostly Yellow warbler calls, the softer YRW calls, and the buzzy call of the BTG warbler (two buzzy notes followed by a rising three buzzy note scale). The orioles were also quite vocal.
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Black-throated Green warbler (male)
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(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-HK65jVw/0/8fb02307/M/BTG%2Csun-M.jpg) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-HK65jVw/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-6SSJsx8/0/820157a5/M/B%26W%2Ccrop-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-6SSJsx8/A)
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Black & White warbler (2nd shot rotated)
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Yellow-rumped warbler
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(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-gSZ7W7r/0/78b5ddd8/M/Yellow%2C2%2Ccrop-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontarioorg/i-gSZ7W7r/A)
Yellow warbler (male)
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What a formidable list!!