Thanks to Bob Kortright for these reports.
Humber Bay East Friday November 18
14 degrees and sunny at the start
Bird Highlight: Northern Shoveler
Plant Highlight: nannyberry
Species list: Canada goose, mute swan, mallard, American black duck, gadwall, bufflehead, long-tailed duck, hooded merganser, red-breasted merganser, red-necked grebe, rock pigeon, ring-billed & herring gulls, downy woodpecker, black-capped chickadee, American tree and white-throated sparrows, northern cardinal, American goldfinch. (19 species)
High Park south Saturday November 19
14 degrees and partly cloudy at the start
Bird Highlight: Black-crowned Night-heron juvenile
Plant Highlight: Gray, silky, and red-osier dogwood
Species list: Wood duck, mallard, mallard x black duck hybrid, Red-tailed hawk, ring-billed & herring gulls, kingfisher, hairy woodpecker, black-capped chickadee, American robin, European starling, house sparrow, northern cardinal, American goldfinch. (13 species)
High Park south Monday November 21
-1 degrees, windy & cloudy
Bird Highlight: Red-tailed hawk
Plant Highlight: Sassafras
Species list: mallard, ring-billed gull, hairy & downy woodpeckers, black-capped chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, white-breasted nuthatch, American robin, house sparrow, dark-eyed junco, northern cardinal, house finch, American goldfinch. (14 species)
Marie Curtis Monday November 28
6-7 degrees, sunny, clouding over
Bird Highlight: Red-bellied woodpecker, amidst flocks of 30+ each of robin, waxwing, starling, plus hairies, downies, creeper, cardinals, white-throats, house finches and goldfinches in one spot.
Plant Highlight: zigzag goldenrod
Species list: Canada goose, mute swan, American black duck, mallard, hooded merganser, ring-billed gull, hairy & downy woodpeckers, American crow, black-capped chickadee, brown creeper, American robin, European starling, cedar waxwing, house sparrow, white-throated sparrow, dark-eyed junco, northern cardinal, house finch, American goldfinch. (21 species)
