The annual OFO Field trip at Toronto's Leslie Street Spit, parts of which
are known as Tommy Thompson Park, took place on Saturday, May 28th.
Twenty-six participants joined co-leaders Lynne Freeman and John Carley for
a walk through the Baselands and the not-so-Wet Woods, leading out to Cells
One and Two. The day was quiet bird-wise, with only 46 species tallied. The
general sense was that migration was generally over. The walk ended at 2 pm,
with a distance walked of 9.5 kilometres.
Highlights were a well-seen female blackpoll warbler along the Spine Road;
thousands of double-crested cormorants skimming across the waters; and
singing alder, willow, and least flycatchers.
The Leslie Street Spit, including Tommy Thompson Park, is Canada's
pre-eminent public urban wilderness: the result of decades of citizen
involvement and public advocacy. www.friendsofthespit.ca
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