Birding/ Bird watching in Canada

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Birding in Canada, Toronto - Day 5

Bird watching Toronto:
    - Tommy Thompson Park
Tommy Thompson Park will most likely take the full day

Sunday 30 ^th of April 2023 and I left my room just after 9 o'clock, gloom and grey when I looked out the window. But it was dry so I decided to drive down to the Tommy Thompson Park to give it another try. 10° C and it was increasing to 11° C on the way to the Tommy Thompson Park.

I drove the same way as yesterday, highway #427 going up on Gardine Expressway passing through down town Toronto and through the road work area. Light traffic outside my hotel and it willhopefully be the same all the way to Tommy Thompson Park.

Light traffic outside the hotel

Coming up on highway #427 going towards the Gardiner Expressway and I enjoyed the drive and I could see all the houses and the tower when I was approaching Toronto. Grey sky but clear weather and I could see the whole town from far away.

I was in a good mood as I really wanted to look for birds at the Tommy Thompson Park so I was looking forward to reach the park.

Approaching downtown Toronto

Approaching downtown Toronto

Approaching downtown Toronto

Approaching downtown Toronto

Approaching downtown Toronto

Approaching downtown Toronto

It is a gorgeous morning

It is a gorgeous morning

Light traffic at down town Toronto

I reach the last traffic light before Tommy Thompson Park it starts to rain and I was not happy. I parked at the parking lot to see if the rain, well, it was more like a drizzle but it continued. So, I drove south towards the eBird hotspot: Toronto--Cherry Beach / Clarke Beach Park a couple of minutes from Tommy Thompson Park.

I can see how down town Toronto disappears in fog, clouds and rain from the water front.

Down town Toronto disappears in fog and rain

Down town Toronto disappears in fog and rain

It was raining and I drove around the parking lot to look for birds. The rain stopped and I decided to park and to go look for birds. I walk along the beach and there are of course Red-winged Blackbirds. I see gulls, but too far away for any proper ID.

White-throated Sparrows and Black-capped Chickadees. There are two male mallards swimming next to the beach and I spot 16 ducks out on the water and I take a picture to get an ID.

Walking around the Cherry Beach / Clarke Beach Park

White-throated Sparrow

Mallard

Black-capped Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

White-throated Sparrow

Long-tailed Duck

Listen to the Long-tailed Duck

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Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my ZOOM H5 Handy Recorder and High Pass Filter applied with Audacity

I spot the ducks about 20 meters from the beach and the very small waves makes a lot of noise.

Long-tailed Duck

Long-tailed Duck

American Robin

eBird Report

Toronto--Cherry Beach / Clarke Beach Park, Toronto, Ontario, CA
Apr 30, 2023 10:11 - 11:02
Protocol: Traveling
1.94 kilometer(s)
8 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 2   Fly over
Mallard 2
Long-tailed Duck 16
gull sp. 3   Too far away for ID
Double-crested Cormorant 150   Flying east over the water
Black-capped Chickadee 2
American Robin 6
White-throated Sparrow 7
Red-winged Blackbird 2   Courtship

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S135553241

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

Today's track at Toronto--Cherry Beach / Clarke Beach Park

Waiting for the rain to stop

Don't look good for the day

I take the tree minutes' drive to Tommy Thompson Park and it start to pour down and I wait in the car for about 30 minutes to see if the rain stops. I check internet for any weather updates and it does not look good for the day. The rain stops and I get out even though there is a slight drizzle. Windy and cold and I discover that I have lost my camera gloves.

I used them Cherry Beach / Clarke Beach Park so I must have lost them there. I turn around and I am back in my car after 15 minutes and I was not very happy. Second day destroyed by rain and there will not be much bird watching in Toronto because of the rain.

I decided to get out to try my luck

It is very cold

I think I go back to my hotel

eBird Report

Tommy Thompson Park--Wet Woods, Toronto, Ontario, CA
Apr 30, 2023 12:13 - 12:28
Protocol: Traveling
0.52 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments:   Rain and cold weather and I gave up and returned to my car after 15 minutes.
5 species

Ring-billed Gull 4
Double-crested Cormorant 4   FLY OVER
Tree Swallow 5   White belly and throat. Dark cap will ID when I am in my room with my book
Northern Mockingbird 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S135568246

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

Back in the car and I search the internet for any camera shop selling camera gloves but I realise that it is Sunday and everything is closed. And the weather does not look to be any better and I look up towards down town Toronto.

It looks more like November than the last day of May and I decide to drive back to Best Western Plus Travel Hotel Toronto Airport for some tea. I will keep an eye out the window for any improvements in the weather. At 5 thirty there was no sign of any improvements and the birding in Toronto have officially turned in to a disaster.

But I have ordered a 1TB USB stick that will be sent to my hotel and I will have it when I come back from Niagara Falls. My 126GB stick have been OK until now, but I discovered that it is not enough for back up for my pictures.

No sign of any better weather

I had dinner at the hotel

I found a camera store with camera gloves 15 minutes south of my hotel and I will stop there tomorrow when I drive to Niagara Falls. I will call first to see if they have any gloves in the store. I need the gloves in case I run in to cold weather.

And I can almost guarantee that it will be cold at Niagara Falls. I went for dinner at the restaurant and it was delicious again. Anyway, you can click HERE to find out everything you need to know about my adventure at Niagara Falls.

eBird Trip Report

Since April 2023 eBird offer a new feature, to create Trip Reports. At least this is when I first heard of this feature and I have decided to make the eBird Trip Reports instead of my list of OBSERVED birds.

And of course, this also means that I will HAVE TO go back and do the same for my old birding adventures, WHEN I HAVE THE TIME!

Today's Trip Report: Bird watching in Canada - Day 5 | Click HERE

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Lifers
Icons for lifers used in the eBird trip reports

Species lifer:First time that someone observes a species in their life

Photo lifer:First time that someone photographs a species in their life

Audio lifer:First time that someone audio records a species in their life

Exotic species
Exotic species flags differentiate locally introduced species from native species.

Naturalized:Exotic population is self-sustaining, breeding in the wild, persisting for many years, and not maintained through ongoing releases (including vagrants from Naturalized populations). These count in official eBird totals and, where applicable, have been accepted by regional bird records committee(s).

Provisional:Either: 1)member of exotic population that is breeding in the wild, self-propagating, and has persisted for multiple years, but not yet Naturalized; 2)rarity of uncertain provenance, with natural vagrancy or captive provenance both considered plausible.

When applicable, eBird generally defers to bird records committees for records formally considered to be of "uncertain provenance". Provisional species count in official eBird totals.

Escapee:Exotic species known or suspected to be escaped or released, including those that have
bred but don't yet fulfill the criteria for Provisional. Escapee exotics do not count in official eBird totals.

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