Hey Birders. Birded 3 small and narrow adjacent city parks in Brampton this
afternoon with my gf Sarah and we came up with 3 nice new migrants. Pretty
surprising given I birded Colonal Sam Smith Park last night and Rattray Marsh
this morning with much less results. The vireo was at Carleton and the two
warblers were at Laurelcrest. There were 1 male and 1 female Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker and the local Cooper's Hawk pair were present. It is possible to
park near any of these parks and walk along a paved trail birding the entire
way. Crossing two major roads when the traffic is slow is not a problem. This
can be a great park system for migrants. Laurelcrest Park:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.71188,-79.7382&ll=43.71188,-79.7382
Carleton Park :
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.70624,-79.72159&ll=43.70624,-79.72159
This morning Rattray Marsh had a single Rusty Blackbird, Blue-winged Teal, 5
Green-winged Teal, 1 Canvasback, 4 Northern Shoveler and another observer saw a
Palm Warbler. Red-bellied Woodpeckers and Carolina Wrens are resident here, as
are I suspect Pileated Woodpecker. Rattray Marsh:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.516773,-79.6037&ll=43.516773,-79.6037
** all maps are complementary eBirdCanada GoogleMaps output. Cheers,
Andrew Keaveney
Field Biologist/Ornithologist, Bird and Wildlife Guide
647-383-8894 (cell)
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of
the world"
~ John Muir
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