Heard and saw a male hooded warbler singing intermittently this morning at about 9:00 am. It was still there when I left at 9:30am.
>From the parking lot, walk over the bridge and turn LEFT. Walk for about 100 >yards along the main path and a second, smaller path will veer to the right. >Walk along this smaller path until it meets a very small rivulet/stream. At >this path/rivulet junction, the hooded warbler was found with wilson's and >canada warblers in the scrub/undergrowth located about 2/3rds of the way up >the steep hill to your right. FYI, if you cross the rivulet and keep walking >right, you'll notice dense underbrush all along the hill on the opposite side >of the rivulet. Earlier this morning, also found a number of other birds if you turn RIGHT after crossing the bridge and follow either the main path or the smaller path that hugs the creek. A number of warblers were found scattered along the both paths and included black & white, yellow, blackburnian, chestnut-sided, blackpoll, magnolia, yellow-rumped, tennessee, blackthroated blue, blackthroated green, bay-breasted, common yellowthroat, northern waterthrush and redstart. Other birds included northern orioles, scarlet tanager, swainson's thrush, indigo bunting, several vireos, eastern wood pee-wee, an empidonax (presumably a least) and great-crested flycatcher. Posting late, but on Saturday morning, also a a great close-up look at a Lincoln's sparrow and heard, but did not see asit remained hidden, a singing mourning warbler. Yesterday found an orange-crowned warbler among the usual suspects. Oer the past three days, I have found the most activity between 7:30 am and about 9:00am and I have had the most luck by occasionally stopping and venturing off the paths. The West Deane/Ravenscrest/Hampshire Heights/Echo Valley park system comprises the Mimico Creek Ravine and runs between Kipling/Burnhamthorpe streets in the south throught to Eglinton Avenue & Hwy. 427 in the north. The nearest major intersection is Rathburn and Martingrove. Directions from downtown Toronto: Gardiner Expressway West, north on Hwy 427, Rathburn Road offramp east to Martingrove Road, left (north) on Martingrove to West Dean Park parking lot on left (west) side of road. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
