Good evening .
Today I again tagged along with Margaret Liubavicius as we birded Humber Bay Park, Sunnyside Beach and a short walk through High Park.
Among the 19 Waterfowl species we found at Humber Bay was a Horned Grebe, 3 Swan species including Mute, Trumpeter, and a 1st summer Tundra Swan, a beautiful male Harlequin Duck off the far east point of Humber Bay Park east (we told everyone we met about this bird even non birders and non photographer types :lol: so there !!!), Ring-necked, and 3 Ruddy Ducks, 5 A. Coots, all 3 Merganser species along with the usual species of Waterfowl. We also found 2 N. Mockingbirds and 2 Horned Larks.
At Sunnyside Beach among the 250 or so Gulls was a 1st year Glaucous Gull plus 75+ Redhead Ducks and in High Park we found the Red-bellied Woodpecker, 5 Hairy Woodpeckers, both Nuthatches, and White-throated Sparrows at Spring and Centre Roads.
One of the surprises in High Park were some A. Robins, not that we saw some but the that we counted 106 of them. There were probably more but that is what we saw. These birds flew up from the zoo/animal enclosure area to the area beside the Flower Garden just north of Hillside Rd on Colborne Lodge Rd.
DIRECTIONS:-
HUMBER BAY PARK IN TORONTO
To get to Humber Bay Park from Queen & Yonge Streets. Take the Queen Street Car #501 west to Park Lawn Road, the park is across from the street car stop. Depending on which Queen Street street car you board you may or may not have to transfer from one car to another at the Humber Loop, but this is no big deal.
You can also take the 66D TTC bus from Old Mill subway station directly to the Humber Bay Park loop.
By automobile from downtown Toronto drive west on Lakeshore Blvd, cross the Humber River Bridge at Sunnyside and drive to Park Lawn Road (on the west side of Christie Biscuits), turn left (south) and your in Humber Bay East.
After exiting this area turn left (west) and drive to the entrance to Humber Bay West which immediatly on your left as you cross the bridge.
SUNNYSIDE BEACH
Sunnyside Beach is at the south end of High Park and across Lakeshore Blvd. You can reach it by taking the Queen Street Streetcar #501 and getting off at either Parkside Drive, Colborne Lodge, Ellis Ave. or Windemere Ave. and going south under the railway tracks and across Lakeshore Blvd. If you are driving then you can park in one of serveral parking lots (free) on the south side of Lakeshore Blvd.
HIGH PARK
High Park is located in the west end of Toronto and is bounded on the south by The Queensway, the north by Bloor Street and on the east by Parkside Drive.
To reach High Park you can take the TTC Subway to the High Park Station or the Queen Street Streetcar #501 to either the Parkside Drive or the Colborne Lodge Drive streetcar stops or you may drive in from High Park Avenue at the north end of the park.
