OFO Waterfront Fieldtrip Our OFO waterfront field trip west of Toronto took place yesterday with 12 participants. We were greeted by a calm pleasant morning, which gradually deteriorated into windy snowfall by the end of the day. Our tally for the day was 42 species. A very cooperative Northern Shrike greeted us at the beginning of the day. Our most common birds of the day were Redhead and Greater Scaup which floated in huge rafts relatively close to shore on the West side of Humber Bay Park. Great viewing! We had Northern Shoveler, American Widgeon, Cooper’s Hawk and Great Blue Heron as well.
We had no luck with the rarer waterfowl that have been reported in the area recently, and even scoters were hard to find. The day ended at Sedgewick park looking for land birds. This local hotspot provided a great ending to the day with Ruby-crowned Kinglet , Orange-crowned Warbler, Winter Wren, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow and Tufted Titmouse. Thanks to Barry Coombs for manning the checklist and navigation! John Schmelefske _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
