Date: 04/27/2011

Number: 1

Submitted by Don Davis:

The southerly flow of warm air by the jet stream into southern Ontario is bringing with it large numbers and flocks of migrant birds:

Ontbirds] Warbler bonanza Colonel Samuel Smith Park this morning
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I had the morning free and decided to spent from 7:45 to 10:35 this morning in the park ... the first half in moderate fog. I ended up with 17 species of warbler which is somewhat of a minor miracle since it is still April: Yellow-rumped Warbler: 140; Palm Warbler: 27; Black-throated Green Warbler: 19; Black-and-white Warbler: 19; Pine Warbler: 5; Black-throated Blue Warbler; 4; Nashville Warbler: 2; Blackburnian Warbler: 2; Yellow Warbler; 2; singles of Blue-winged Warbler; Cape-May Warbler; Cerulean Warble (female); Louisiana Waterthrush; Magnolia Warbler; Northern Waterthrush; Tennessee Warbler and Ovenbird. The warblers were really spread out but the specialties were all in the woods along the east side of 'bowl'. Other notable sightings included; 11 Purple Finches; 50 Hemit Thrushes; 1 Swainson's Thrush; 1 Eastern Wood-peewee; 1 Least Flycatcher; 2 Solitary Vireos 20 Pine Siskin and one female Eastern Towhee. There were also hundreds and hundreds of Ruby-crowned Kinglets, White-throated Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos.

Wayne Renaud
waynerenaud1951@aol.com

Source: ONTBIRDS

Toronto, ON

Latitude: 43.7 Longitude: -79.4

Observed by: Donald A.
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