Good evening birders
Today Margaret Liubavicus and I birded the Toronto Islands and despite the forcast it was a nice day to be out, a little windy but not too bad.
We did manage to find a good number of bird species spread thru-out The Islands with pockets of birds here and there away from the wind. There are lots of insects out now (some in clouds) for the birds to fatten up on and to get in your eyes or mouth :x .
It started out well at the Wards Island end with 7 Warbler species and great views of a perched (in a tree) juvenile Peregrine Falcon and went up hill from there. Following are some of our birds.
Canvasbacks (still in the trout pond), Great Egret, the Peregrine Falcon, Belted Kingfishers, Great-creasted Flycatchers, E. Kingbird, Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireos, Carolina, House and Winter Wrens, 19 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, 5 Swallow species (missed Bank), 18 Warbler species including 4 N. Parulas, Cape May, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, and Ovenbirds, Lincoln's Sparrow, 4 male Scarlet Tanagers, 28 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, and 6 Bobolinks and Margaret found 2 male Indigo Buntings.
Another good reason to bird the very UNDERBIRDED islands.
