Good morning
Yesterday I went down to the Toronto Islands meeting Margaret Liubavicius along the way and together we came up with only 60 species of birds despite there being a large fallout yesterday that I missed because of medical commitments.
During a long but pleasant stroll through The Islands the following high lights were seen even though the reported large numbers of yesterday were mostly gone.
Northern Harriers, Sharp-shinned and Cooper's hawks, A. Kestrels, all migrating west, an American Woodcock beside the Trout Pond on Gibralter Point, Belted Kingfishers, 16 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, many N. Flickers,32 Eastern Phoebes, 3 Vireo species including Philadelphia, Gray-cheeked and Swainson's Thrushes, lots of Gray Catbirds, Brown Creepers, 9 Winter Wrens, fair numbers of both Kinglets, 13 Warbler species including Northern Parula, Tennessee, Palm and Pine Warblers, 7 Sparrow Species including Dark-eyed Juncos, Savannah, Chipping and Field Sparrows, and 12 Rusty Blackbirds and in the morning 1000+ Blue Jays migrating through The Islands.
A nice day and a nice walk with a hint of the migrants still to come.
P.S We also observed 1000+ Monarch Butterflies, migrating and hanging from trees, flowers and bushes.
