After the good luck I had with the ruff and godwit, I drove back to Toronto where it was raining heavily. I decided to check out Col Sam Smith to see if there were any birds downed by the rain and I wasn't disappointed. Unfortunately, there was an event going on just next to the bowl so I birder the woods next to the large smoke stack. It was full of yellow-rumped and pine warblers as well as grey catbird, ovenbird, white-crowned sparrow, white-throated sparrow, hermit thrush and wood thrush.
I walked out to towards the lake and found 7 common loons, long-tailed duck, horned grebe, red-necked grebe, tree swallow, barn swallow, mute swan, double-crested cormorant, mallard, blue-winged teal, gadwall, red-winged blackbird, grey catbird, song sparrow, savannah sparrow and finally a bobolink. As I was standing in the rain, a lone osprey flew over being harassed by a common tern. Col Sam Smith is located at the base of Kipling St in Toronto. Good Birding Jacques Giraud _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
