Good evening again.
I woke up this morning at 3:30 am and looked out my window and for once I saw stars instead of clouds or rain drops so off I went to the Toronto Islands again. It was a beautiful cool morning over there with a noticable slow down to the migration again. The Sparrows have flown the coup only to be replaced by Swallows.
Pickings were slim except in 3 places (expected places though), Wards Island beside the Eastern Gap (behind the houses), Snake Island and "The Trap" area at the western end of Wards Island (near the Arial Cars).
Following are some of the high lights. Great Egrets, E. Kingbird, all 6 Swallows, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Veerys, Wood Thrushes, Catbirds, Brown Thrashers, Blue-headed, Red-eyed and Warbling Vireos, 19 Warbler species including N. Parula, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Ovenbird, Mourning, Wilson's and Canada, Scarlet Tanager, Indigo Bunting, Chipping and Lincoln's Sparrows and 2 beautiful male Purple Finches in the grass in the Hanlans ferry dock area ( beautiful rasberry in green ).
Also in the Hanlans ferry dock area were Bank and Rough-winged Swallows, a flock ? of Chimney Swifts and a Great Egret overhead to end the outing.
The most common Warbler by far was (besides Yellow Warblers) Magnolia Warbler with Black-throated Blue and A. Redstart not too far behind. Still no sign of the variety of Flycatchers and Vireos are in short supply as are Thrushes.
We have a few days left to make up for lost time and one (or two) can only hope that a wave or two of birds drops in around Toronto.
