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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: adonbirder on April 27, 2011, 04:16:32 PM

Title: Shell Park, Oakville 12 species warbler inc. Hooded
Post by: adonbirder on April 27, 2011, 04:16:32 PM

Went to Shell Park this morning hoping the fallout was still on and there were birds everywhere! Never seen so many white-throated sparrows, hermit thrushes, kinglets and Yellow-rumped warblers. In all the birds did see a Hooded warbler (thanks Mark Jennings), Northern Parula, Louisiana and Northern Waterthrushes, Ovenbird, Black-throated Blue and Green warblers, Black and white,Pine, Palm and Nashville warblers for 12 species.
Other birds included an early Baltimore oriole, great-crested flycatcher, many purple finches and rusty blackbirds and a meadowlark in the soccer field with robins and blackbirds. Sparrows included eastern towhee, lincoln's, field, swamp, savannah, white-throated and white-crowned, fox, chipping and song.


http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.3 ... 13937&z=17 (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.380786,-79.715703&spn=0.005973,0.013937&z=17) to find the park, take Burloak drive south from the QEW, it turns into Great Lakes Drive, follow that to Lakeshore road and turn left, the park is the first left. Most birds are seen in the woodlot behind the garden plots across the bridge. Boots recommended :)

Great start to migration, have photos of Hooded and other birds seen today at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew-don/sets/72157626593369532/

ps just saw there a Worm-eating warbler and Kentucky warbler seen at Rattray Marsh in mississauga, guess know where i'll be tomorrow morning :P

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Post by: Lloyd on April 27, 2011, 04:44:11 PM

A Hooded, huh? Very nice. I might take a pop down there myself as your post indicates a lot of activity. Thanks for contributing.