[Ontbirds]Kentucky Warbler - West Deane Park, Etobicoke

[D Pryor]

An early morning walk yielded a male Kentucky Warbler which was observed 
foraging in low underbrush at about 8:30 am for 10 minutes. The bird was 
seen on the west side of Mimico Creek (across the bridge at the Martingrove 
Parking lot) and about 200 yards north on the path that runs parallel to the 
creek.

Other warblers seen include Yellow, Magnolia, Yellow-rumped, Black-Throated 
Blue & Green, Cape May, Blackburnian, Black and White, Chestnut-Sided, 
Nashville, Common Yellowthroat and American Redtart.  A Scarlet Tanager, 
Brown Thrasher, Rose-Breasted Grosbeak and Black-Billed Cuckoo were also 
seen.

The West Deane/Ravenscrest/Hampshire Heights/Echo Valley park system 
comprises the Mimico Creek Ravine and runs between Kipling/Burnhamthorpe 
streets in the south throught to Eglinton Avenue & Hwy. 427 in the north.

Directions from downtown Toronto: Gardiner Expressway West, north on Hwy 
427, Rathburn Road offramp west to Martingrove Road, left (north) on 
Martingrove to West Dean Park parking lot on left (west) side of road.

David P.