Dear Birders, I happened to go to Toronto on Tuesday afternoon and based on Garth Riley's and Jacques Giraud's earlier reports on the Harlequin Ducks, here's what I was able to see at Humber Bay Park - East in a couple of hours 4-6pm: 2008-03-04 Humber Bay Park - East Harlequin Duck pair in magnificent breeding plumage - present spectacular viewing opportunities, to those with patience, along the eastern shore of the southeast bay opening to Lake Ontario Northern Shoveler 2 males Ruddy Duck 5 to 7 Long-tailed Duck many Lesser Scaup many Greater Scaup many Common Goldeneye a few Red-breasted Merganser many Common Merganser many Hooded Merganser one or two pair Bufflehead 12 or so Redhead 12 to 15 American Black Duck 3 Mallard many Gadwall 2 pair Horned Grebe 4 to 7 Canada Goose many Mute Swan several pair Ring-billed Gull many Herring Gull many Bonaparte's Gull few
I dropped by again on my way home the next afternoon and got most of the above plus: American Coot 2 Trumpeter Swan 2 adults + 2 juveniles, no wing tags European Starlings 2 singing their strange songs hidden atop some coniferous trees. I thought they sounded like starlings, but had trouble locating them. Beaver (It frightened the Harlequins!) Humber Bay Park - East is located in Toronto just south of the intersection of Parklawn Rd. and Lakeshore Blvd. Best of luck, Chris Evans, Midhurst, ON
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