Humber Arboretum Aug 23

[thouc]

Migration is picking up, the best bird today was an Olive-sided Flycatcher and I was able to identify 5 species of warblers, there were probably more around, but they were really difficult spotting when they were moving around among the dense greenery. Also nice to see some Baltimore Orioles around before they soon depart.

Complete list:

Toronto--Humber College Arboretum/ Humber Woods Park, Toronto, CA-ON
Aug 23, 2013 6:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 kilometer(s)
31 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  3
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Great Egret  1
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Ring-billed Gull  2
Mourning Dove  3
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Olive-sided Flycatcher  1    Large flycatcher with grey vest and white marks on lower back perched high on a dead branch.
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Empidonax sp.  1
Red-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  1
Barn Swallow  4
Black-capped Chickadee  10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
American Robin  50
Gray Catbird  2
Cedar Waxwing  20
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Nashville Warbler  2
Magnolia Warbler  3
Chestnut-sided Warbler  3
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  5
Common Grackle  10
Baltimore Oriole  4
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  5

[biglinguist]

This reassures me that the warblers that we saw at Toronto Islands today (9 to noon) were what we thought they were! Thanks!

Our full list: mute swan, Canada goose, tons of cormorants, mallard, great blue heron, spotted sandpiper, killdeer, kestrel, kingfisher, chimney swift, barn swallow,  cedar waxwing, robin, red-winged blackbird, song sparrow feeding immature cowbird, oriole, goldfinch, cardinal, catbird, chickadee, blue-gray gnatcatcher, many kingbirds, great crested flycatcher, phoebe, least flycatcher, Nashville warbler, yellow-rumped warbler, chestnut-sided warbler, redstart, yellow warbler, black-and-white warbler, warbling vireo, red-eyed vireo

Most of the good stuff was to the right of the path/road in the first km or so after getting off the Hanlan's ferry.