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Whimbrel Migration in Toronto on 24 May 2015 |
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1819 Whimbrels migrated past Toronto on
24 May 2015. It was the most exciting Whimbrel watching we had ever
experienced.
Please click on photo above to see video. |
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300 Whimbrels swirled about us, trying
to find a spot to land and rest. We all crouched down and eventually
the strategy worked as 18 Whimbrels, then another 37 landed on the
rocks beside us. |
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Among them was this
Whimbrel with a white flag indicating it was banded in Canada. I
will post its information when I receive it. |
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Bruce Wilkinson made and installed these
signs high up on the pole to give Whimbrel Point its name in Colonel
Sam Smith Park, Toronto. |
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One of 25 flocks that
migrated past Whimbrel Point on 24 May. |
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