Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: bernie2112 on October 08, 2009, 11:31:56 PM
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Greetings!
What a beautiful day. For the most part lately it has been depressing at
Tommy Thompson Park: no birds. Today, we chanced it and were well-rewarded.
First of all we spotted a Hermit Thrush but it did not stick around. Then we
came upon a cooperative Eastern Phoebe. Sitting on a branch checking us out.
Imagine our surprise when it flew off and landed closer to us!
We also saw a few Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Gold Finches, Kinglets, and
White-throated Sparrows. There were more birds around but we ran out of
time.
We were in the woods to the right of the main gate past the parking lot.
Cheers,
Bernie
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Tommy Thompson Park aka the Leslie Street Spit lies at the end of Leslie
Street and Unwin Avenue. It is just east of the end of the Gardiner
Expressway south of Lakeshore Blvd. It is closed during the day. Be careful
of the dump trucks and other vehicles on the road as the speed limit is 60
kph and they are not expecting pedestrians during the week.