I birded Sam Smith from 12:30pm to 2:30pm this Sunday, April 7th. The Western Grebe was present and tried unsuccessfully to fly west into a stiff headwind from the mouth of the marina bay (West end of park) out into open water. Each time it tried it was forced to land and was blown back into the bay. Nice to see it so active.
Other notable waterfowl were 2 Blue-winged Teal and 6 Ring-necked Ducks in the eastern-most bay amongst Lesser Scaup, Redhead, Goldeneye, Wigeon, Gadwall, Red-breasted Merganser, Bufflehead and a few lingering Long-tailed Ducks. Also had a few first of spring sightings: 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Eastern Phoebe Northern Rough-winged Swallow Hermit Thrush Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Northern Flicker Colonel Sam Smith Park is located at the foot of Kipling Avenue, south of Lakeshore Blvd. West in Etobicoke. Good Birding, Iain _______________________________________________ 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/
