Leslie Spit Dripping with Warblers

[rickeckley]

The baselands of the spit were dripping with warblers this morning, especially along the western edge near Unwin road.

Warblers included:

blue wing
black throated blue
common yellow throat
chestnut sided
yellow
pine
palm
nashville
yellow rump
blackburnian, cape may and connecticut were seen by others, but I couldn't spot them

other interesting birds included:

scarlet tananger
swainson's thrush
veery
a flycatcher (probably least or willow, but I couldn't make a final id as it wasn't singing)
warbling vireo
blue gray gnatcatcher
rose breasted grosbeak
baltimore oriole
eastern kingbird
northern mockingbird
gray catbird
brown thrasher
great blue heron

lots of sparrows including white crowned, white throated, swamp, song, and chipping

[mr.sharp-photo]

what time were you there at?
i was there from 8:30 onward. i would challenge your description of it "dripping" it was much quieter than yesterday or previous days, but there was still some stuff to see.
i saw the cape may and blackburnian, along with the black throated blue.
thinking a lull in the rain and lack of southerly winds made it slightly quieter. still, nice to be spoiled by the earlier spoils.

thinking tuesday may be a busy day.

[jackbreakfast]

Folks, hello!
I was in the wet woods from 8 until noon, and would call it a quiet morning indeed...other birdwatchers agreed, at least the ones I talked to. Orioles were everywhere!

[rickeckley]

I arrived just before 7am and there were flocks of yellow warbler and yellow-rumps and  Pine and palm were flitting everywhere on the Unwin road side of the woods.  It's all relative of course and YMMV.  Perhaps my first day this year with such easy picking (I had to dig for all the birds I saw in High Park yesterday) made me overly enthusiastic and it did clear out steadily as the day progressed.

[Trillian Flummox]

I remember that too. In the early hours there was a particular thicket on the west side that was swarming with huge clouds of gnats and many dozens of birds. Primarily the four you mentioned as well as several Warbling Vireos and assorted sparrows. Compared to the rest of the Wet Woods it was definitely "dripping", just not with anything really special.  

-kris

[Andreas Jonsson]

Thanks for the report Rick (I assume that is your name?). I don't think I've seen you around here before, so welcome to the forum. Keep those reports coming! :-)

[rickeckley]

Thanks for the welcome, Andreas.  I'm new to the forum and fairly new to birding - just 2 years in - but I really have the bug.  I'm off to Pelee later this week, so no Toronto reports for a week or so unless I can sneak out for a few hours tomorrow.

Cheers