Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: bernie2112 on March 28, 2010, 12:23:26 PM
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Greetings!
A lovely day - nice and crisp.
At Humber Bay East we saw the Harlequins, two females and a male. Around the
park were the usual: Buffleheads, Mallards, American Wigeons, and Gadwalls.
At Colonel Sam Smith the grebes are in full force: about 200 Red Necked and
12 Horned. Various stages of plumage with a few Horned Grebes showing their
horns. The pair who like to come close to the eastern end of the marina are doing their courting.
In fact the sound of it is more common than the RWBB squawks!
The Kestrels continue to entertain and there was a nice assortment of
Robins, Grackles, and Red Winged Blackbirds. Oh, and the Tree Swallows are
back.
Getting to the parks: take the QEW/Gardiner and exit at Kipling for Colonel
Sam Smith and go south past Lakeshore Blvd.
Exit at Parklawn for Humber Bays East and West. Parking is west of Lakeshore
Blvd and Parklawn on the south side. The east side parking lot is closed for
repairs.
Cheers,
Bernie
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