Good evening
Just got back home from a day with Margaret Liubavicius on the Toronto islands and as well as it being a beautiful day to be birding we found some pretty nice and interesting birds the best being 300 Bohemian Waxwings in the morning ( 200 behind the houses on Wards Island, 75 on Algonquin Island and 25 on Snake Island ) and all these birds were still there as we moved on.
Some of the other decent birds seen were - Blue-winged Teal, N. Shoveler, A. Wigeon, Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, all 3 Mergansers, Turkey Vultures, Osprey, N. Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, Killdeer, 31 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 18 N. Flickers, 9 E. Phoebes, 6 Tree Swallows, 8 Brown Creepers, 6 Winter Wrens, 47 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 5 Hermit Thrushes, 59 Cedar Waxwings, 2 Eastern Towhees, 19 A. Tree Sparrows, 19 Fox Sparrows, 54 Song Sparrows, White-throated Sparrow, 33 Dark-eyed Juncos and both Purple and House Finches.
Not bad for two kids from the city.
