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Request for Information => Birding Areas => Topic started by: dbellilo on February 12, 2011, 11:33:30 AM

Title: Toronto Islands...
Post by: dbellilo on February 12, 2011, 11:33:30 AM

Hi folks,
Has anyone visited the Toronto Islands lately? Was it very birdful? i.e., where there many winterducks about? Anything else of note?
Thanks in advance for any information you might have...
Best,
David B.

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Post by: Lloyd on February 12, 2011, 07:07:44 PM

Go to the Ontario Birding website at   http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/ONTB.html   and check out Norm Murr's posts. He frequents the Toronto Islands a lot and reports on that website. His latest post was Jan. 31.

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Post by: dbellilo on February 14, 2011, 03:01:55 PM

to respond to my own query...
My birdwife and I visited the Toronto Islands yesterday. The walk around was more than pleasant, and all the usual winter waterfowl was seen, with the added highlight of 4 or 5 white-winged scoters, and GBB gull, and one that I'm pretty sure was a young Glaucous, but I'll have to post the pics and let you gull experts have a look...
I guess the Island is known mostly as a spring and fall hotspot for migrants?
Best to you all,
David B.

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Post by: egret on February 15, 2011, 01:58:57 PM

tks for posting this
I love Wards Island
and thought it a bit cold
but..we shall see

guess you did nt go to the Cafe
Rectory did you?

are the bathrooms open yet?


tks

Egret

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Post by: dbellilo on February 15, 2011, 02:01:53 PM

hello, egret! named after my favorite of birds are you!
The Rectory was just closing; we couldn't get a sandwich. We were too late!
If there were bathrooms, I was lucky and didn't need them and didn't see them?

Thanks
David B.

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Post by: egret on February 15, 2011, 02:35:49 PM

hi
tks for this
well u see
u are lucky

Lol
that is the only place for them
the cafe

other than the Fire Dept!


Yes, I love the White Egret

Egret

ps
in case u are interested for warmer
weather
think they have a tree hike
going on