Hey Folks, Today at the Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station we were very excited to find a Yellow-breasted Chat in one of our nets! This is only our second banding record of a chat, the first in 2007. We released the bird around 9:30 and didn't see it again all morning, although we were too busy with the banding operation to search for it. A visitor later told us that he ran into someone who saw a chat at the base of the spit (the wet woods) around 11:00.
Directions to Tommy Thompson Park (Leslie Street Spit) Tommy Thompson Park (TTP) is located at the foot of Leslie Street where it meets Unwin Avenue, south of Lake Shore Boulevard East. >From the west: Take the Gardiner Expressway east and exit at Lakeshore Blvd. OR take Lakeshore Blvd. east to Leslie St. Turn right at Leslie St. and continue to the end where you will see the park gates. >From the east: Take Lakeshore Blvd. west to Leslie St. Turn left at Leslie St. and continue to the end where you will see the park gates. >From the north: Take the Don Valley Parkway south and exit at Lakeshore Blvd. Go east on Lakeshore Blvd. to Leslie St. Turn right at Leslie St. and continue to the end where you will see the park gates. TTC: Take the 501 streetcar along Queen St. to Leslie St. It is 1300m south on Leslie St. to the gate. OR Take the 83 Jones S. bus south from Donlands station to Commissioners St. and walk 500m to south to the gate The park is open to the public weekends and holidays from 9am-6pm April through October and 9am-4:30pm November through March. Directions to the Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station TTPBRS is located on Peninsula D, the Northernmost peninsula that branches West off the main spine of the spit. Follow the main road about 3 km until you reach a dirt road to your right. There is a sign for the Aquatic Park Sailing Club. Follow the road down and the banding station is the tiny shack beside the parking lot. The station is open to the public on weekends and holidays from April - June 9 and August 5 - November 12. We start early, so we are usually wrapping up around noon. Cheers, Brett -- Brett Tryon Coordinator, Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (416) 318-2107 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
