Toronto Islands - Cuckoos and Warblers, etc.

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Norm Murr
Sat, Sep 19, 2020 12:56 AM

Today Bob Tyler, Margaret Liubavicius and I birded Hanlan’s Point and part of Gibraltar Point on a cool and windy day and following are some of the birds we found.

Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, 7 Trumpeter Swans, 4 Wood Ducks, Canvasback,  4 Common Mergansers, Osprey, Sharp-shined and Cooper’s Hawks, a nice adult Northern Goshawk, American Kestrel, Merlins, Margaret found both a Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoo for us, 3 Belted Kingfishers, may have been more, Northern Flickers, Willow, Least and Great-crested Flycatchers, Eastern Wood-Pewees, 11 Eastern Phoebes, Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches, Brown Creeper, Gray-cheeked, Hermit, 62 Swainson’s, undercounted and Wood Thrushes, Gray Catbirds, Warbling, Philadelphia, Red-eyed and Blue-headed Vireos,  Tennessee, Orange-crowned, Nashville, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape-May, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-Rumped, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Palm, Bay-breasted, Wilson’s Warblers, American Redstart, Northern Parula, Common Yellowthroat, Scarlet Tanagers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Savannah and Lincoln’s Sparrows, 100+ White-throated Sparrows and a Dark-eyed Junco.

Note:- All 3 washrooms are open on Hanlan’s Point as is the one at the city side of the docks but the washroom on the ferry is closed due to Corvid and the one on the tip of Gibraltar Point is also closed.

Some but not all of the water fountains are working but you can obtain water in the washrooms and the Mermaid Café where you can purchase soft drinks, snacks, etc. was closed when we were there today, but it may be open this weekend though we didn’t enquire about that.

The café is just south of the Tennis Courts on Hanlan’s Point.

You can obtain ferry schedules, prices, restrictions, etc. at  -  https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/parks-gardens-beaches/toronto-island-park/all-ferry-schedules/

Norm Murr
Richmond Hill, ON

Today Bob Tyler, Margaret Liubavicius and I birded Hanlan’s Point and part of Gibraltar Point on a cool and windy day and following are some of the birds we found. Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, 7 Trumpeter Swans, 4 Wood Ducks, Canvasback, 4 Common Mergansers, Osprey, Sharp-shined and Cooper’s Hawks, a nice adult Northern Goshawk, American Kestrel, Merlins, Margaret found both a Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoo for us, 3 Belted Kingfishers, may have been more, Northern Flickers, Willow, Least and Great-crested Flycatchers, Eastern Wood-Pewees, 11 Eastern Phoebes, Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches, Brown Creeper, Gray-cheeked, Hermit, 62 Swainson’s, undercounted and Wood Thrushes, Gray Catbirds, Warbling, Philadelphia, Red-eyed and Blue-headed Vireos, Tennessee, Orange-crowned, Nashville, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape-May, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-Rumped, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Palm, Bay-breasted, Wilson’s Warblers, American Redstart, Northern Parula, Common Yellowthroat, Scarlet Tanagers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Savannah and Lincoln’s Sparrows, 100+ White-throated Sparrows and a Dark-eyed Junco. Note:- All 3 washrooms are open on Hanlan’s Point as is the one at the city side of the docks but the washroom on the ferry is closed due to Corvid and the one on the tip of Gibraltar Point is also closed. Some but not all of the water fountains are working but you can obtain water in the washrooms and the Mermaid Café where you can purchase soft drinks, snacks, etc. was closed when we were there today, but it may be open this weekend though we didn’t enquire about that. The café is just south of the Tennis Courts on Hanlan’s Point. You can obtain ferry schedules, prices, restrictions, etc. at  -  https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/parks-gardens-beaches/toronto-island-park/all-ferry-schedules/ Norm Murr Richmond Hill, ON