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2011 Toronto Christmas Bird Count (CBC) - Tommy Thompson Park (Spit)
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Left to right: Jean Iron, Andrea
Chreston, Carl Hills, Sarah Box, John Carley (group leader) and
Ralph Toninger. On the Spit our group tallied 31 species with a
total of 2487 individuals, and at the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant
12 species with a total of 791 individuals. Our best bird was a Palm
Warbler at the treatment plant. |
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Our first bird was a
Snowy Owl at sunrise. |
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Later we saw another more heavily marked
Snowy. |
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Great Horned Owl on
Peninsula C. 18 December 2011. |
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An adult Kumlien's
Gull was among the gulls. |
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Two Trumpeter Swans were with Gadwall
and Mallards. Due to mild weather, all bays and internal cells or
lagoons were open with no ice. |
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Muskrat in first cell. |
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Left to right: Sarah
box, Andrea Chreston, Carl Hills, John Carley and Ralph Toninger.
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