A singing male Connecticut warbler was located in West Deane Park this morning at about 9:50 am. Many thanks to Mark Cranford, who was with me when the bird was found. Mark was the one who initially heard the bird singing as we were walking along and fortunately he immediately stopped to investigate. I got a good view of the bird, which was flitting about in a tree, relatively high for a Connecticut (12-15 feet off the ground). The bird then flew into a lower, somewhat denser tree, sand once or twice and then went silent. It presumably is still in the same general location.
>From the parking lot, walk over the bridge and and stay on the paved path. >Walk to the very top of the hill on the paved path and you'll see an open >field with a line of scrub and smallish trees to your left. Walk along the >border of the field/scrubby trees to a point almost, but not quite as far as >the children's playground. The Connecticut was singing in this general area, >and was located in a tree about 20 feet in from the field into the scrubby >tree area. Other birds seen this morning in other areas of the park include Mourning, Canada and Blackpoll warblers, both Black-billed and Yellow-billed cuckoos and an Orchard oriole. Also the usual birds one would expect to see in the park including including flycatchers, vireos, indigo buntings, baltimore orioles, grosbeaks, etc. Directions: The West Deane/Ravenscrest/Hampshire Heights/Echo Valley park system comprises the Mimico Creek Ravine and runs between Kipling/Burnhamthorpe streets in the south through 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/
