50 Species - Rosetta McClain Gardens, Scarborough

[Bluffs Birder]

This morning I birded my favourite little park on top of the Bluffs and was rewarded with the following fifty species.

Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Iceland Gull
Caspian Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher (1)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe (1)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow (1)
Bank Swallow (few)
Barn Swallow (few)
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1)
White-breasted Nuthatch (1M, 1F)
Brown Creeper (3)
Carolina Wren (1M, 1F)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (several)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (few)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1)
Hermit Thrush (few)
American Robin
Brown Thrasher (1)
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler (2M)
Eastern Towhee (2M)
Chipping Sparrow (2)
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Walter

[Hunter]

Nice outing !!

[Rotarran]

Awesome list Walter!  Rosetta is great little park, so much birding to be had in such a compact space.  Plus the views to the lake and the hawk watch in the fall...it's birding heaven!

[mr.sharp-photo]

i was at Rosetta yesterday (was in the 'hood).
surprised to see 2 flycatchers, bobbing their tails.

[Bluffs Birder]

Yesterday morning, Terry Whittam and I birded RMG and got the following 41 species.  2 Horned Grebes down on the lake close to shore were a nice surprise as well as a Savannah Sparrow which briefly landed on the fence close to where I was standing.

Canada Goose
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Loon
Horned Grebe (2)
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring-billed Gull
Iceland Gull (1 sitting on the lake)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher (2)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Bank Swallow (few)
Barn Swallow (few)
Black-capped Chickadee
Brown Creeper (1)
Carolina Wren (2)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (few)
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler (few)
Pine Warbler (2)
Eastern Towhee (1)
Savannah Sparrow (1)
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Walter