Visit to Tommy Thompson Park's TRCA bird station

Please bring your binoculars and comfortable hiking shoes. We will visit the research station to watch researchers band birds, and then walk down to the lakeshore to do some birding ourselves.

About the event:

We will meet at the entrance to the park at the Tommy Thompson Park Pavilion (3 Leslie St, Toronto, ON M4M 3M9) and walk 2.5 kilometers into the Park towards the station. The Park is well paved, but there will be several hundred meters on an unpaved path, starting with a slight downward climb onto the path leading towards the station itself.

Please wear comfortable walking shoes, sunscreen, long sleeve tops and pants to protect against ticks, and bring water. If you have binoculars, please bring them. There are public bathrooms and a water station at the entrance to the park.

RSVP:

We are inviting 10 people to join so as not to overwhelm the station. While the event is free, we encourage donations to the research station, which can be done through the following link: https://foundation.trca.ca/support/tommy-thompson-park/

About the station:

Operating since 2003, TTPBRS is a dedicated research hub that plays a key role in monitoring bird populations.

It is part of the Canadian Migration Monitoring Network, a collaborative initiative of bird observatories across Canada, led by Birds Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada. Member observatories conduct migration monitoring and other research while also supporting training, outreach, and education efforts.

Since 2003, TTPBRS has banded more than 125,000 birds, and our historical breeding bird list now contains 80 species. We have recorded over 335 bird species to date and established a MAPS station to monitor local breeding birds in 2023.

To learn more, please click here, or read below: https://trca.ca/news/tommy-thompson-park-bird-research-station/

Getting here:

By Car: The park entrance is located at Leslie Street and Unwin Avenue. This is five minutes east of the DVP/Gardiner junction along Lake Shore Blvd East.

Parking: There is a free parking lot at the Tommy Thompson Park entrance – car access to the parking lot is 40 meters west of Leslie Street. Street parking is also available on Leslie Street.

By TTC: Tommy Thompson Park is a 5 minute walk from the Commissioner’s Street bus stop at Commissioner’s and Leslie. This stop is serviced by the 83 Jones Southbound bus. Route 83 runs between Donlands Station on Subway Line 2 and Commissioner’s Street. Connections with Streetcar routes 501, 502, 503 and 506, and bus routes 56 and 31B along the scheduled route.

Alternatively, please enter the starting address, Tommy Thompson Park Pavilion (3 Leslie St, Toronto, ON M4M 3M9), into Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/

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