Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Shortsighted on April 20, 2025, 02:03:55 PM
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Crisp sunny morning. Started at about 8 o'clock @ 4-degrees, slight wind. Warmed up to 11-degrees by noon. The park was not aggressively peopled for the first 90 minutes, but I knew that the tide would change and come rushing in. Beyond the usual birds there was not much new despite the south wind that brought the overcast 21-degrees yesterday. GC kinglets went from everywhere to just a few. I only saw three Ruby-crowned kinglets. There was no sign of the towhee. A Fox sparrow briefly appeared early on but then disappeared for the rest of the morning. Another birder got a shot of it so close that it was within the lens's minimum focus and was therefore out-of-focus. Too bad, he,he,he,he. I got one shot while it was perched on a fallen tree but it then immediately disappeared behind the tree and into uncharted territory. I saw one Veery but it was too far away to shoot, but someone else got a good shot of it. Didn't see a single Hermit thrush. I guess they were all cloistered. While waiting for a Winter wren to appear (saw three of them) my peripheral vision caught sight of a bright yellow bird with black accent and I immediately thought of Kentucky warbler. By the second second I figured it out. A FOY male Common Yellowthroat. I saw no more Pine warlbers and only two Myrtle warblers way up. Also: flicker x2, phoebe x 1, YBSS x 4, Brown creeper x 3, WT sparrows (few).