Whimbrel Migration in Toronto

A flock of Whimbrel at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto on 25 May 2011

Whimbrel migrating through Toronto from the Eastern Shore of Virginia and other locations on the US east coast to breeding areas around Hudson Bay and across the Arctic to the Mackenzie River Delta in Canada's Northwest Territories. Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto on 25 May 2011.

Satellite tracking of Whimbrel: see Hope's 2011 migration route (gold circles) from Virginia's Eastern Shore over eastern Lake Ontario to east side of James Bay where she crossed over to Cape Henrietta Maria on 25 May 2011.

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