Spring is definitely close at hand here. Yesterday and today there
were 50 Robins, 40 Cedar Waxwings, 25 Starlings, a lone Red-winged
Blackbird, several Crows, hundreds of Goldfinches, all recently
arrived, feeding voraciously throughout the morning.
Overwintering birds included Red-breasted Nuthatch, Cardinal,
Hairy & Downy woodpeckers, about 20 Redpolls, Juncos, Am. Tree
Sparrows, Mourning Doves, House Finches & House Sparrows.
The Hawk Owl has not been seen in Bolton for 11 days now.
There are flocks of Horned Larks and Snow Buntings on manured
fields along Healey Road west of Humberstation Rd.
Dave Milsom
232 Belair Drive (off Ellwood East, off #50)
Bolton
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Harlequin On The Humber
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Good afternoon all.
This morning I had the pleasure of watching a nice adult male Harlequin
Duck feeding at the mouth of the Humber River in Toronto and as I stood
there admiring him a 1st year Bald Eagle flew past overhead.
I then walked a short distance west of the river to Humber Bay Park and
among the usual birds was a singing male Red-winged Blackbird and of course
the expected N. Mockingbirds and 15 waterfowl species.
Directions.
The Humber River empties into lake Ontario in west Toronto at Lakeshore
Blvd just west of Windemere Ave. There is parking at Lakeshore Blvd and
Windemere and if coming by the 501 Queen St. streetcar then get off at
Windemere and walk south under the overpass to Lakeshore Blvd. You will see
the big white pedestrian bridge over the Humber River off to your right.
Cross Lakeshore Blvd to the paved footpath and walk to the bridge. The
Harlequin was between the footbridge and the Lakeshore Blvd Bridge.
If you continue on west from the river you will see Humber Bay Park about a
half a km away. You can walk to it from here.
Norm Murr
Richmond Hill, ON
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