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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: qmnonic on January 04, 2009, 03:21:53 PM

Title: Snowy Owl - Leslie Street Spit
Post by: qmnonic on January 04, 2009, 03:21:53 PM

While birding on the Leslie Street Spit / Tommy Thompson Park this morning, I spotted a single Snowy Owl.  

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1074/3167173725_44221666b8_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/qmnonic/3167173725/)
Full size image can be viewed on my photostream here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/qmnonic/3167173725/)

I also saw a number of song sparrows, 1 american kestral, 1 goshawk, 2 nothern cardinals, a number of chickadees, 3 mergansers, dozens of oldsquaw, dozens of golden eyes, half dozen downy woodpeckers, etc.


It was cold.  :)

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Post by: qmnonic on January 06, 2009, 07:37:51 AM

After going through a few pictures, I will include 'common redpoll' in the list of birds.

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Post by: Vizjerei on January 11, 2009, 06:32:54 PM

I went there today (Jan 11), I guess it is not my lucky day. I saw red hood woodpacker and the usual birds tho.

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Post by: qmnonic on January 11, 2009, 06:41:20 PM

I was there this morning and didn't see it either.  I didn't see the red headed woodpecker though.  Nice find.

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Post by: jjmb on January 11, 2009, 07:58:24 PM

I was there on Sat early a.m (brrrrrr!), and did not see the Snowy, unfortunately. But did find the 2 GHOs, 2 coopers, and 1 other raptor that I don't think was a coopers but couldn't tell from my angle, redpolls, a kinglet, a flicker, goldfinches, tree sparrows, cardinals, a downy and chickadees. On the water, the goldeneye drakes were posturing with each other, and there was a female common merganser trying to hang around with the goldeneyes. Also saw lots of redheads, along with the usual longtails and scaups and buffleheads.

When I wasn't directly in the wind, it wasn't so bad out there after all!

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Post by: Vizjerei on January 12, 2009, 10:45:16 PM

qmnonic, what time did you go? I saw a set of footprints so I was the second one I guess (I was there around 7:40am), parked my car next to the first car in the parking :P

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Post by: qmnonic on January 13, 2009, 07:36:51 AM

I was there about 7:30..  i was the only car there at the time, but the biker had already been there and turned back.  

i love the smooth snow and sunrise on the spit.