The Western Grebe was still there today, in the sheltered area between the docks and the opening to the lake at the west end of Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto. It was amidst a flock of several dozen red-necked grebes. In fact, a lot of the time I was there (mid-morning to mid-afternoon) it was snoozing with its head under its wing. So were most of the red-neckeds in that group. So for anyone hoping for a good photo, today was not the best day for at least a couple of hours.
There are red-necked grebes on all the watery sides of the park. Some are doing a bit of displaying.
There were also several (3-5 not sure) summer colours Horned Grebes and one winter colour one.
The pied grebe made an appearance for a few minutes in the area east of the docks. It was with a mixed flock of ducks and grebes.
A northern mockingbird, song sparrow (in song), and killdeer made solo appearances.
Other usual suspects were about: red-breasted mergansers; long tails; buffleheads; scaup; redheads; gadwall; mallards; mute swans; ring-billed gulls; Canada geese; red winged black birds; etc.
