CCFEW - November 2011 Bird Walk


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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:


	Black-crowned Night Heron Mute Swan Canada Goose Green-winged Teal American Black Duck Mallard Northern Pintail Gadwall Long-tailed Duck Surf Scoter Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Killdeer


	Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Black-capped Chickadee American Robin Northern Mockingbird Northern Shrike European Starling Northern Cardinal American Tree Sparrow House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow Pine Siskin *European Goldfinch*


		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!