Visiting Toronto

[GBLangley]

Hi everyone

I'm visiting Toronto again from the UK.

I'll be in the city for a couple of days this week. Saturday and Tuesday and really think I should go see the YELLOW_CROWNED NIGHT-HERON as It would be a great addition to my Canada list.

Can anyone please let me know how easy it is to find, does it have a routine? Where does it roost etc. Any help gratefully received.

You can reply privately if you wish at grahamlangley@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks so much

Graham

[thouc]

The Yellow-crowned Night-Heron is usually in the pond (or in the trees on the island in the pond)  to the east of the parking, seen either from the platform or the path between the pond and the lake. During my recent visits around 9 am-10 am I have been unable to find it. Possibly better early morning or evening, but someone else might know better.

/Thomas

[BetCrooks]

I'm not clear if you will be here on Saturday October 4, but if so, there is a guided bird walk taking place that morning which might be a helpful way to track down the YCNH. (It does quite often like to perch high and behind leaves during the day.)

From the ONTBIRD alert list:

Fellow bird nuts, there is a walk this Saturday, October 4th at Colonel Samuel
Smith Park at the foot of Kipling St. in south Etobicoke (Toronto).  Meet at
the southernmost parking lot.  The walk is organised by our local conservation
group CCFEW (Citizens Concerned about the Future of the Etobicoke Waterfront).  
This is the link to the CCFEW website:  
http://www.ccfew.org/html/bird_walks.html where all future walks will be
posted.  We use local birders as our guides.  This next walk will be led by
yours truly.
 
Walks are held almost monthly on Saturdays and last about 2hrs.  The
long-staying Yellow-crowned Night-Heron is still being reported from Colonel
Sam last I heard.
 
Please note that I have discussed this post with Mark Cranford, Ontbirds
Coordinator.


Andrew Keaveney
Cell: 647-383-8894

[GBLangley]

Hi Thomas
thank you very much for the information. I will give it a go. I've got pretty mucxh all day to look and there';sa always something else to see at sam Smith anyway. Besides I can try again on Tues if I miss out.

Regards

Hi Andrew

thanks so much for the suggestion to join your walk at 9. I might well be there and if so it would be great to meet up with some local birders.

Regards

Graham

[Brian Bailey]

The Night-Heron can be tough to spot if it's well back in the trees on the island.  Another of its favourite roosts has been a pine tree in the northeast corner of the pond.  It's a good hiding spot, because the only way to get a good view is from the north side of the pond, which isn't very accessible.  There is a mowed area near the picnic shelter.  If you walk down to the pond from there and look east, you get a good view of the roosting tree.

BB

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