Discovering Photogenic Toronto – Colonel Samuel Smith Park in Winter – PHOTO GALLERY
Jan 15, 2013Estonian Life No. 3 2013
Located on the shores of Lake Ontario, at Kipling Avenue south of Lakeshore Boulevard, Colonel Samuel Smith Park is the west-end counterpart to Tommy Thompson Park.
In addition to lovely scenes of the Toronto skyline, the park is traversed with numerous fine-gravel trails that are ideal for strolling or jogging. Dog-walking is permitted. The trails provide easy access to numerous types of vegetation, including a variety of trees and shrubs. With the shoreline and marshlands, the park has become known as a premier bird-watching site within Toronto. Over 100 bird species have been recorded as nesting in the park.
As is typical of the Lake Ontario shoreline, the spring and fall will bring even more migratory birds to the park. On a bright winter's day, as seen in the photo gallery, shorebirds made up most of the visible population, along with an occasional Cardinal and the chirpy but flitting Black-capped Chickadees. A special treat was the sighting of a Sparrow Hawk (as known as a Kestrel). It is hoped that future visits later in the season will bring more bird species to the photo Gallery
