Leading a birding tour in Southern Ontario
Looking for birds at Rondeau PP - Photo: Melissa Hafting I co-led a sold out tour with Chris Charlesworth and 12 participants with Avocet Tours in Southern Ontario. We flew into Toronto. I came in a day early and braved the horrendous Toronto Highway 401 traffic and went to High Park. It was a beautiful busy park with Cherry Blossoms in bloom. Here I saw Great-crested Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, Carolina Wren, Eastern Bluebird, White-throated Sparrow, Common Grackle, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Parula, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Cape May Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Northern Cardinal, Baltimore Oriole and Scarlet Tanager. The next day May 12th, the group arrived and we rented two 8 seater vans. It was nice to see so many local familiar faces like Mike Fung, Ben Lambert, Jan Bryant, Margaret Koren and those from further afield like Theresa Weismiller from Pri...