Sam Smith - Sep 5

[thouc]

It was a nice day at Sam Smith today, I got three FOY birds! Pine Warbler, a Merlin doing a high-speed chase and 2 Solitary Sandpipers in the pond by the platform. I didn't go to the marina so I have no update on the Grebe babies. Full list below.


Toronto--Colonel Samuel Smith Park, Toronto, CA-ON
5-Sep-2012 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
23 species

Mute Swan  20
Mallard  10
Red-necked Grebe  20
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Solitary Sandpiper  2
Ring-billed Gull  30
Herring Gull  1
Rock Pigeon  5
Mourning Dove  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Merlin  1
Warbling Vireo  3
Red-eyed Vireo  1
American Robin  1
European Starling  10
Cedar Waxwing  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
Pine Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  2
American Goldfinch  50

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[Molebird]

Also did Sam Smith's yesterday.  Did not see the Merlin but watched a Coopers Hawk dive after squirrels (next to the bowl).  Pretty impressive sight.  The Grebes' nest was empty and got us worried for a bit. We eventually found the whole family, quite far away from their nest - exploring.  One of the parents with chicks, the other bringing small fish and feeding the young.  A very happy sight.