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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Anonymous on May 05, 2007, 09:18:05 AM

Title: Toronto Island migration - May 4, 2007
Post by: Anonymous on May 05, 2007, 09:18:05 AM

Good morning guys.  :D

Below is a copy of my report to the TOC archives.

We had 84 species yesterday including 13 warbler species.

Friday, May 4, 2007 - Norm Murr, Margaret Liubavicius, Ruth Calman and Leon Schlicter

- Double-crested Cormorant - 500 - overhead thru-out
- Canvasback - 7 - Trout Pond
- Belted Kingfisher - 3 - Snake Island and Gibralter Point
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 - male at the trap on Wards Island
- Northern Flicker - 36 - thru-out
- Whip-poor-will - 1 - Snake
- Least Flycatcher - 5 - Wards
- Blue-headed Vireo - 2 - together in The Sanctuary
- Cliff Swallow - 16 - Centre Island
- Carolina Wren - 1 - Sanctuary
- House Wren - 5 - Wards, Gibralter and Hanlans Point
- Winter Wren - 5 - Wards, Snug Harbour and Hanlans
- Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5 - Wards, Snake and Sanctuary
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 72 - thru-out
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 5 - Sanctuary and Hanlans
- Veery - 1 - Sanctuary
- Hermit Thrush - 81 - thru-out
- Wood Thrush - 1 - Sanctuary
- American Robin - 50 - thru-out
- Brown Thrasher - 7 - Wards, Snake and Hanlans
- Yellow Warbler - 3 - Snake, Centre and Gibralter
- Black-throated blue Warbler - 3 - Wards, Snake and Snug
- Yellow-rumped Warbler - 86 - thru-out
- Blackburnian Warbler - 1 - Snug
- Pine Warbler - 1 - Snake
- Palm Warbler - 9 - Wards, Centre and Gibralter
- Ovenbird - Snug and Sanctuary
- Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 - Snake, good look only about 6 feet away
- Northern Warterthrush - 1 - Snug
- Common Yellowthroat - 1 - Snake
- Song Sparrow - 21 - thru-out
- American Tree-Sparrow - 1 - Hanlans
- Chipping Sparrow - 18 - Wards, Centre and Hanlans
- Savannah Sparrow - 13 - Wards and Hanlans
- Swamp Sparrow - 14 - thru-out
- White-throated Sparrow - 500 - thru-out
- White-crowned Sparrow - 6 - Wards and Sanctuary
- Dark-eyed Junco - 4 - Wards
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 7 - Centre, Sanctuary and Hanlans
- Northern Cardinal - 10 - thru-out
- Orchard Oriole - 2 - females together on Hanlans
- American Goldfinch - 24 - thru-out

We also had Lesser Scaup, Wood Duck, Spotted Sandpiper, Caspian and Common Terns, Chimney Swift, Y-B Sapsucker, Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers, Purple martin, Rough-winged Swallow, Eastern Phoebe, Nashville, Black-and-white, and Black-throated green Warblers.

Title:
Post by: egret on May 06, 2007, 11:48:31 AM

Great sightings Norm.

I better get busier.

I want to ask you how one
gets to Snake Island?  Also, why
is it so named?  Hope not for snakes ..



egret

tks

Title: Snake Island
Post by: Anonymous on May 06, 2007, 02:00:38 PM

There is a map of The Islands at the ferry docks at the 3 ferry docks on The Islands and at the Toronto ferry dock.

Title:
Post by: egret on May 08, 2007, 07:57:11 PM

Tks for your input

I recd an e mail from a resident
and he gave me some info
think he said it might be named
Spirit Island now .. Not sure

 will pick up the map as well


Egret:)

Title: Snake Island
Post by: Anonymous on May 08, 2007, 08:06:46 PM

No EGRET it is called Snake Island.

It is the second bridge to your right when you leave the Wards Island ferry dock.