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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: JW Mills on May 21, 2010, 04:33:56 PM

Title: Col. Sam Smith, May 19 + 21
Post by: JW Mills on May 21, 2010, 04:33:56 PM

I was there for an hour May 19 afternoon;
Baltimore Orioles
Orchard Orioles
Yellow Warblers
Tree Swallows
Barn Swallows
Red-necked Grebes (2)
Killdeer (1)
 
Groundhog (1)
Painted Turtle (1)
 
Again for an hour May 21 afternoon;
Catbird (1)
Scarlet Tanager (1)
American Goldfinches
Yellow Warblers
Baltimore Orioles
Tree Swallows
Barn Swallows
Flycatcher (1, myself and 3 people with binocs saw it but were unable to identify what kind)

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Post by: Anonymous on May 21, 2010, 05:46:49 PM

To add to that list with a couple of sightings from the AM while eagerly awaiting the appearance of wimbrels.

Common Loons
Red Necked Grebes
Horned Grebes
Great Blue Heron
Cormorants
Gadwalls
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpipers
Assorted Peeps

No wimbrels spotted today.

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Post by: JW Mills on May 21, 2010, 06:49:56 PM

Hey Attila, I've heard about them thar whimbrels. Apparently they also appear en masse for a few days every spring around this time at Mimico Creek between the two Humber Bay Parks.