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Bingoye

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Reply #45 on: February 15, 2011, 06:24:36 PM
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Wait until you see the male Long-tailed Duck in Spring plumage.  Wow!  Looks very different than now in his Winter plumage.  :)

Bravo! Wish I would be Toronto in Spring!
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Reply #46 on: February 15, 2011, 08:19:15 PM
I guess following are Black-capped Chickadees?

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I went to Tommy Thompson Park yesterday. I saw a long-eared owl(it should be?), but could not take pictures.
Following is Male Downy Woodpecker, right?

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Tommy Thompson Park...Leslie Street Spit at Leslie and Lakeshore. Only open weekends. Saturdays U can get a bus which take you close to the park. Its a few blocks walk once off the bus. It is alot of walking and can be absolutely fridgid. Wear everything you think you need..then wear everything U dont think you need. There are tons of overwinter ducks and often owls can be found there this time of year. Often there are a few raptors,in the past Ive seen Roughlegs and Northern Goshawks in the winter.
 Additionally there are several inner city sites where you can view overwintering Peregrine Falcons. None of the resident adults in metro area leave their territory. Seeing them in the winter is abit tough sometimes as they arent glued to the nest buildings. Check the Canadian Peregrine Foundation website for where the nests are.
  Any lake front park can have surprises. Often at Col Sam Smith Park,all winter there is a Snowy Owl. Havent heard of reports yet but keep your eyes open.
Good luck and keep us posted here what you may see.


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Reply #47 on: February 16, 2011, 10:42:10 AM
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Tommy Thompson Park...Leslie Street Spit at Leslie and Lakeshore. Only open weekends. Saturdays U can get a bus which take you close to the park. Its a few blocks walk once off the bus. It is alot of walking and can be absolutely fridgid. Wear everything you think you need..then wear everything U dont think you need. There are tons of overwinter ducks and often owls can be found there this time of year. Often there are a few raptors,in the past Ive seen Roughlegs and Northern Goshawks in the winter.
 Additionally there are several inner city sites where you can view overwintering Peregrine Falcons. None of the resident adults in metro area leave their territory. Seeing them in the winter is abit tough sometimes as they arent glued to the nest buildings. Check the Canadian Peregrine Foundation website for where the nests are.
  Any lake front park can have surprises. Often at Col Sam Smith Park,all winter there is a Snowy Owl. Havent heard of reports yet but keep your eyes open.
Good luck and keep us posted here what you may see.

I am planning to go to Col Sam Smith Park and find the route from Google. Hope it is right.
1. Bloor-Danforth Subway: get of at Kipling Station
2. Bus 44: get off Colonel Samuel Park at Humber College Building
3. Walk to Col Sam Smith Park
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Reply #48 on: February 16, 2011, 12:24:01 PM
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I am planning to go to Col Sam Smith Park and find the route from Google. Hope it is right.
1. Bloor-Danforth Subway: get of at Kipling Station
2. Bus 44: get off Colonel Samuel Park at Humber College Building
3. Walk to Col Sam Smith Park
Yes.  Have fun - that's a great park to visit!   :D
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Jo-Anne :)

"If what you see by the eye doesn't please you, then close your eyes and see from the heart".

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Reply #49 on: February 16, 2011, 01:26:41 PM
what great info!

tks
I am without car
as well


Egret :)

i want to go to Col Sam Smith
but it is quite far for me

are there any cafes near there?
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Reply #50 on: February 16, 2011, 02:45:12 PM
There's a Williams Coffee Pub on the Humber College campus right along Col. Sam Smith Park Drive, just north of the bus stop loop. There are probably other/cheaper options west of Kipling along Lakeshore as well.
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Reply #51 on: February 16, 2011, 06:14:08 PM
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I am planning to go to Col Sam Smith Park and find the route from Google. Hope it is right.
1. Bloor-Danforth Subway: get of at Kipling Station
2. Bus 44: get off Colonel Samuel Park at Humber College Building
3. Walk to Col Sam Smith Park
Yes.  Have fun - that's a great park to visit!   :D

Sure, thank you for so many information.
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Reply #52 on: February 21, 2011, 05:16:10 PM
Went to Colonel Samuel Smith Park(2011-02-20), but only saw some water birds.

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Reply #53 on: February 21, 2011, 05:16:26 PM
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Went to Colonel Samuel Smith Park(2011-02-20), but only saw some water birds.

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Reply #54 on: February 21, 2011, 05:21:01 PM
Following ducks
They are not buffleheads? not Long-taileds?


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Reply #55 on: February 21, 2011, 05:38:54 PM
Your first one is a male hooded merganser you second a female long-tailed duck.
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Reply #56 on: February 21, 2011, 08:01:19 PM
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Your first one is a male hooded merganser you second a female long-tailed duck.

Thank you very much. So I got both male and female long-tailed ducks!


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Male long-tailed duck

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Female long-tailed duck
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Reply #57 on: February 23, 2011, 01:13:10 PM
tks for the info re the cafe
will check it out

and also the px of the ducks

Egret :D
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Reply #58 on: February 25, 2011, 10:54:00 AM
Mute Swan, also from Colonel Samuel Smith Park.
But how to distinguish male or female? Thanks.

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Reply #59 on: December 02, 2011, 12:47:06 PM
Came back to Toronto.
Went to Humber Bay Park East on 22nd Sept., 2011. Pls. help me for the namce of this duck? Thank you.

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