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Garth Riley lead our Bird Walk at Humber Bay Park on November 19th. We had amazing weather for the middle of November, and while our species total for the walk was a bit low, we managed to find some nice birds. We had our first ever European Goldfinch: not officially “listable” because it’s almost certainly an escaped pet, but still an interesting find. Of the native birds, we had nice looks at a couple of female Surf Scoters. A male Pintail was hiding in the creek along with a small flock of Green-winged Teal. Roosting in the trees next to the creek wer two juvenile Black-crowned Night-herons. A few people managed to see a Northern Shrike, although most of the group missed it. Here’s the full species list:
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An interesting non-bird sighting was a very late Monarch Butterfly.
After the walk we filled Bird & Beans coffee shop to overflowing. Fortunately, it was warm enough to sit in the sun on the back patio!
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