[Ontbirds]Warbler from Col. Samuel Smith Park: 18 May 2008

[Wayne Renaud]

   Here's my second posting for day ... after lunch I headed on to CSSP just
as the rain was starting to let up.  Similar to reports I had from several
birders who I met this morning who had just come from there, the bowl and
adjacent grouping of trees to the se were hopping with warblers ... in spite
of the light drissle and dark skies.  In stark contrast, the woods adjacent
to the stream behind the old Power Plant had a few small clusters of warbler
and about a dozen Rose-breasted Grosbeaks ... all concentrated in spruce
grove near the south end of the creek.   There were no warblers in the dense
growth along banks of the creek nor in the evergreen stands to northwest.
   The skies cleared and winds picked up as leaving the area of stream about
3:45 pm  and during  a quick tour around bowl I could not find a single
warbler!  
   Could they have just left suddenly to continue their migration north?
   I didn't get anything really unexpected but the numbers, I think, are
impressive, especially for a fairly small area, and comparable to some my
day totals of my best trips to Long Point around this time of year:
   Golden-winged (1); Blue-winged (2); Tennessee (3); Nashville (8);
Northern Parula (8);  Yellow (3); Chestnut-sided (35); Magnolia (25); Cape
May (5); Black-throated Blue (10); Black-throated Green (32); Yellow-rumped
(5); Blackburnian (10); Palm (5); Bay-breasted (7); Black-and-white (6);
American Redstart (36); Ovenbird (1); Wilson's Warbler (1); Canada Warbler
(2).

Direction:
   The park is located in Etobicoke and located off the Kipling at
Lakeshore.   The parking lot (with free parking!) is located at the terminus
of the road that continues from Kipling south through Humber College and
just ne of the Etobicoke Yacht Club.

Wayne Renaud