Beautiful sights (and not great quality photos!) at Ontario Place this morning | Scarlet tanager, magnolia warbler, blackburnian warbler, and an indigo bunting #BirdsofToronto

Add to the weekend list: a Baltimore oriole.

Finally, some nest-building grackles

Back at Ontario Place this evening, and a completely different set of sights: a yellow warbler, chestnut-sided warbler, white-breasted nuthatch, many red-winged blackbirds and swallows, and a little mourning dove

Ontario Place bird notes #3 | I might be convinced this is the best place for birdwatching downtown! This evening: yellow warbler, American goldfinch, chestnut-sided warbler, Nashville warbler, Baltimore oriole, song sparrow, palm warbler, and many barn swallows #BirdsofToronto

Ontario Place bird notes #4 | Over 22 species spotted this evening - including many barn swallows, an egret, spotted sandpiper, dozens of cormorants, cliff swallows, chimney swift, gray catbird, cedar waxwings, American goldfinch, and a mink!

Ontario Place bird (& wildlife) notes #5 | New sights this evening - two Gadwall ducks among a group of cormorants, ring-billed gulls, and a mute swan. And a beaver!

Ontario Place bird notes #6 | Finally signed up for an ebird account... This evening quite a few yellow warblers, two eastern kingbirds, eastern phoebes, cormorants, a common tern, and many grackles, robins, barn swallows, & red-winged blackbirds.

Ontario Place bird notes #7 | Noticeably busier but unfortunately still flooded in parts. This evening - dozens of Canada geese & barn swallows, yellow warblers, American goldfinch, cormorants, terns, an eastern phoebe, robins, & mallards. And a sweet baby red-winged blackbird

Ontario Place bird notes #8 | A hot morning down by the lake. Lots of Canada geese, starlings, and grackles. Also a few yellow warblers, a Baltimore oriole, and frantic cliff swallows gathering mud for nests

Ontario Place bird notes #9 | Have been out of the city a lot recently, but back on a warm evening. Lots of house finches, couple of cedar waxwings, immature & adult yellow warblers and american goldfinches, a spotted sandpiper, warbling vireos, and a white mallard (domestic?)

Ontario Place bird notes #10 | The West Island is a small space for so many little environments - a mourning dove, spotted sandpiper, many cedar waxwings, lots of bold chickadees, a female Baltimore oriole, tree and barn swallows, yellow warbler, and a black and white warbler

Ontario Place bird notes #11 | It’s a little more complicated to get around right now with so much going on - but still spotted a downy woodpecker, Baltimore orioles, warbling vireos, many cormorants, song sparrows, a blue-gray gnatcatcher, and a gray catbird.

Ontario Place bird notes #12 | An evening strangely quiet of people and birds - maybe from the looming rainclouds. Mostly various swallows, mallards, Canada geese, a song sparrow, grackle, caspian tern, American goldfinches, and a blue-winged teal duck (top left).

Ontario Place bird notes #13 | Noticeably getting darker much earlier - lots of juvenile starlings in the sumac trees, a great egret fishing, a tiny baby American goldfinch in the grass, a few mourning doves, and dozens of mallards and ring-billed gulls.

Ontario Place bird notes #14 | Stayed around Trillium Park this evening, and lots of bird noise on a quieter night. A song sparrow, juvenile cardinals, a common yellowthroat, yellow-bellied flycatcher, and a few warblers I couldn’t quite photograph - palm warbler top left?

Ontario Place bird notes #15 | Beautiful sunset, but already feels too early. Juvenile black-crowned night heron, common yellowthroat, hooded mergansers, blue-winged teal duck, terns, and cormorants.

Ontario Place bird notes #16 | It really felt like autumn this evening A yellow-rumped warbler, blue-gray gnatcatchers, a Philadelphia vireo, cormorants, black and white warblers, a downy woodpecker, American redstarts, an eastern wood-pewee, cormorants, and a magnolia warbler.

Ontario Place bird notes #17 | I think this egret has been down by the water almost every evening. Also a downy woodpecker, American redstarts, bay breasted warbler, yellow-rumped warbler, mute swans, warbling vireos, and a grey catbird.

Ontario Place bird notes #18 | *Many* white-crowned sparrows, black-throated blue and green warblers, yellow rumped warblers, a yellow-bellied sapsucker (juvenile) and a yellow-bellied flycatcher, eastern phoebes, black & white warbler, common yellowthroats, and a Canada warbler!

Ontario Place bird notes #19 | Two new sights (winter wren and ruby-crowned kinglet) early this morning brings the species count here up to 63! Also pine, palm, yellow-rumped, and magnolia warblers, a yellow-bellied sapsucker, eastern phoebes, and golden-crowned kinglets.

Ontario Place bird notes #20 (!) | *Lots* of yellow-rumped warblers, a couple of palm warblers, white-crowned and white-throated sparrows, a black-throated green warbler, a brown creeper, and a ruby-crowned kinglet.

Ontario Place bird notes #21 | From last week, an afternoon full of golden-crowned kinglets, white-crowned sparrows, yellow-rumped warblers, and the clearest photos I’ve managed to take so far of a brown creeper that is normally around the West Island.

Ontario Place bird notes #22 | This morning I thought the same hawk was following my path, but then realised both a red-tailed and a juvenile Cooper’s hawk were around (so close!) Also a couple of ruby-crowned kinglets, and lots of white-throated sparrows and dark-eyed juncos.

Ontario Place bird notes #23 | Mostly a winter duck edition - gadwalls, goldeneyes, greater scaups, redheads, long-tailed ducks, mallards, common and red-breasted mergansers, and what appeared to be an Iceland gull. Also a beaver which swam right by the path.

Ontario Place bird notes #24 | Second walk of #GBBC2020 and it was a cool -11°C. But I’ve now seen over 80 different birds here! This evening including brown creepers, scaups, redheads, wigeons, mergansers, a downy woodpecker and a red-tailed hawk #GreatBackyardBirdCount

Ontario Place bird notes #25 | A solitary walk before heading back indoors for the weekend. Sounds of screeching grackles and red-winged blackbirds everywhere, cardinals, golden-crowned kinglets, and all the usual winter ducks. Also a mink and a beaver hanging out nearby.

Ontario Place bird notes #26 | Happy first day of Spring! From this grey and extremely quiet lakeshore park. Large count this evening - buffleheads, long-tailed ducks, red-breasted mergansers, house finches, redheads, gadwalls, many red-winged blackbirds, and a killdeer.

Ontario Place bird notes #27 | Your favourite thread about my local sightings is back & it's full of warblers! Magnolia, Blackburnian, Cape May, Northern Parula, Yellow, Black-throated Blue & Green, Nashville, Ovenbird, Yellow-rumped, Northern Waterthrush. Plus a Turkey Vulture.

Ontario Place bird notes #28 | A Great Crested Flycatcher, a Tennessee Warbler, and Least Flycatcher bring my count to over 100 species in this area... today also an Osprey, American Redstarts, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Lincoln's Sparrows, Killdeer, Catbirds, and a Red-eyed Vireo.

Ontario Place bird notes #29 | First Cedar Waxwings of the year! Also around this morning: Black-throated Blue Warbler, Baltimore Oriole, Swainson's Thrush, Cape May Warbler, Catbirds, Chestnut-sided Warbler, lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers, & a Magnolia Warbler #TOBirdParty

Ontario Place bird notes #30 | Bright, colourful, and first Indigo Bunting sighting of the year. Lots of Yellow Warblers and American Goldfinches, and also a Baltimore Oriole, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Eastern Phoebe, Bay-breasted Warblers, an Ovenbird, and Warbling Vireos.

Ontario Place bird notes #31 | Dozens of Cormorants flocking and a Loon calling out on the water this morning. Also Caspian & Common Terns, Yellow Warblers, ducklings, Barn Swallows, a Spotted Sandpiper, and first sighting of an Orchard Oriole and a Red-bellied Woodpecker here.

Ontario Place bird notes #32 | Very early mornings for a Peregrine Falcon (first sighting here), Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Yellow Warblers, Song Sparrows, Chimney Swifts, Black-capped Chickadees, and Warbling Vireos #TOBirdParty

Ontario Place bird notes #33 | Warbling Vireos, Song Sparrows, Eastern Kingbird, Goldfinches, Northern Rough-winged Swallows, & nesting Eastern Phoebes. The Toronto #FeministBirdClub birdathon for the Black Legal Action Centre continues: you can donate at https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8pQOSstvwg

Ontario Place bird notes #34 | Hundreds of Barn and Cliff Swallows, a family of sleeping Canvasbacks, Great Blue Heron’s fishing, Killdeer, Cedar Waxwings, Baltimore Orioles, and many Song Sparrows.

Ontario Place bird notes #35 | The Canvasbacks are still around, hadn’t see the Egret in a while, and the cinesphere is covered with Cliff and Barn Swallows. Also this morning - Killdeer, Goldfinches, Chickadees, Cedar Waxwings, Common Terns and a Chipping Sparrow.

Ontario Place bird notes #36 | Early quiet mornings. Common terns, Eastern Kingbirds, tiny Cedar Waxwings, Spotted Sandpipers, Chimney Swifts, Warbling Vireos and Blue-grey Gnatcatchers.

Ontario Place bird notes #37 | Noticeably quieter, and fewer swallows, but a handful of warblers have returned! A couple of Gray Catbirds, Northern Cardinals, Spotted Sandpipers, Mallard ducklings, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbirds and a Blackburnian and Pine Warbler.

Ontario Place bird notes #38 | Feels too early for autumnal signs but definitely more migratory birds around Cape May & Blackburnian Warblers, lots of Red-breasted Nuthatches, a loud Belted Kingfisher, Willow Flycatcher, Warbling Vireos, & hundreds of Double-crested Cormorants

Ontario Place bird notes #39 | Many more warblers this week, autumn migration is underway. A Wilson's Warbler and an Olive-sided Flycatcher (two lifers!), lots of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Great Crested Flycatchers, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, American Redstarts and a Carolina Wren.

Ontario Place bird notes #40! | A year & a half into this thread & still seeing birds I haven't seen in this location before. This week a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Solitary Sandpiper, Merlin, & Common Nighthawk. Also around are returning Dark-eyed Juncos & Ruby-crowned Kinglets.