I spent 1 hr at SS and 30+ min at HBEast today.
Two fun surprises at Sam Smith:
1. a lone loon was swimming about 100 ft from the main walkway between the boating docks
2. as I drove from the park, I wondered about the kestrel that used to hang around. i suddenly noticed his just north of the leash free dog park. i pulled over and got some spectacular views (and photos, i hope) of it hovering, looking for lunch
Otherwise, your typical water foul at Sam Smith including 2 red necked grebes.
At Humber Bay East, it was relatively quiet. I was surprised to see a kestrel land on top of a tall coniferous tree for a few minutes. Six species of water foul were there (no pintail) and, shockingly, they were all in that man-made pond on the west side of that bridge that crosses the stream (the pond beside the other man-made pond where the nerds race their toy boats). I was shocked to see three hooded mergansers swimming around this little pond.
