What's changed in the last 5 years?
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What's changed in the last 5 years?

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UKBirder

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on: July 22, 2009, 01:25:30 PM
Hi everyone,

I'm visiting family in Toronto for a week in mid August and was wondering what changes to the birding scene there might have been since our last visit five or so years ago.

Last time we had a great wader views at Nonquon Sewage Lagoons (managed to get a permit) but I don't see any posts from there. Are there better places nearer to Scarborough where we'll be staying (as we've only a week)? I remember enjoying Second Marsh, Thickson's Woods, etc

In the past we've visited in July and still managed to find 150+ species. This time we're driving in from Sault Ste Marie, so if any of you know of places we must visit en-route, I'd be grateful. We've got as far as North Bay in the past and managed to visit Algonquin and Carden.

Thanks in advance.

Dave
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David Shilman

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Reply #1 on: July 27, 2009, 08:35:55 AM
Anyone want to take a stab at helping out this gentleman?
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Reply #2 on: July 27, 2009, 12:41:07 PM
The Reesor Road Pond in Markham is new.  Just north of Scarborough on Reesor Road, north of Steeles.  It is a man-made pond that was only set up in 2005/2006.  It has really taken off as of late, with waterfowl, shorebirds, frogs, etc.
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Reply #3 on: July 27, 2009, 03:33:51 PM
Middle of August, near Scarborough and you've already been to Carden, so there really isn't anything new from 5 years ago.

Reesor is new, but it's basically the replacement for Coyote Pond.

Coming in from the Sault, you could go thru Manitoulin Island, grab the ferry to the Bruce Peninsula. That should give you a different look.

The Site Guides on OFO is a good place to start http://www.ofo.ca/hotspots/siteguides.php

The Hotspots map is also inter-active, and you can see which hotspots you'll pass on the way in. http://www.ofo.ca/hotspots/map.php
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Reply #4 on: July 27, 2009, 05:56:12 PM
It has been a wet cool summer. Places like Nonquon Sewage Lagoons have very high water levels and almost no shorebird habitat.
Songbird migration starts in early August.
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UKBirder

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Reply #5 on: July 28, 2009, 07:58:02 AM
Thanks for the info, everyone. You never know, we may bump into one another that week!

Dave
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Reply #6 on: July 28, 2009, 07:50:56 PM
If you take pictures, definitely share them with us!!  Heck, I'd love to see any from the UK that you might have taken ...

You might also want to check out Lynde Shores Conservation Area in Whitby ... just past Ajax.

Cheers, Hilander
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