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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: beresford on June 02, 2010, 04:52:17 PM

Title: Some surprises at Long Sault- June 2
Post by: beresford on June 02, 2010, 04:52:17 PM
I decided to give Long Sault a try now that the spring migrants have disbursed and it proved to be a very rewarding morning.

  The highlights were:
 
  field sparrows- 6
  broad-winged hawk
  kestrel
  hairy woodpecker
  yellow-bellied flycatcher
  eastern wood peewee
  great crested flycatcher- 2
  eastern bluebird
  brown thrasher- 4
  indigo bunting- 5
  red breasted nuthatch
  cedar waxwing- 3
  bobolink
  eastern towhee
  rose breasted grosbeak
  yellow warbler
  common yellowthroat
  chestnut sided warbler
  pine warbler
  blue-winged warbler- 2

  2 scarlet tangers were also heard but not seen.

  I also stopped in at Soper Creek Park in SE Bowmanville and enjoyed a nice, long look a male mourning warbler as well as several orioles. It's the second
  time I've spotted this fellow in the past week.
 

  Overall an excellent day.

  Happy birding.
  -Tim-