Before Covid, I brought each of my TDSB groups to Col. Sam Smith Park during the week when the Whimbrels are most likely to pass by. This is around May 24.
This year, I made a point of being here during this time for 7 days between 6 and 8 am.
The number of Whimbrels I’ve seen this year?
ZERO! Better luck next year I guess.
Here are some photos that I took from the South Seas some years ago.
MYSTERY BIRD
I will identify it at the end of the post:
Other birds:
Some Col. Sam Smith Park Whimbrel photos taken by Ken Sproule:
MYSTERY BIRD
The slate-gray colour and black cap identify this as a Gray Catbird.
MYSTERY BIRD CORRECTION
Oops! Thank-you to readers who wrote to say that this is a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher not a female Orchard Oriole.
NATURE POETRY
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes, well, you just might find
You get what you need. – Rolling Stones song
Miles Hearn