- HikeType Urban Walk
- HikeIcon https://hikes.brucetrail.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/7/marker_urban-walks.png
- PaceTypes ,Leisurely,Moderate
- TerrainTypes Flat
- PaidOuting No
Hosting Club: Toronto
Category: Urban Walk
Location (Google Maps): Power House Recreation Centre, Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr. Coming by transit you can take TTC bus# 44 from Kipling Station at 9:21 (scheduled every 9 minutes) to the end. Look for the tall Powerhouse Smokestack. It is about 50 metres from the stop. Coming by car follow Kipling Avenue to Lake Shore Blvd and keep straight. Kipling Avenue becomes Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive. Follow to the end parking lot which has free parking. On the way you will pass the Powerhouse smokestack on the left. After parking your car walk back to the Powerhouse meetup spot. Please arrive 15 minutes early.
Hike Leader(s): Andrew Proczek Click here to contact Hike Leader(s)
Pace: Leisurely, Moderate
Terrain: Flat
Distance: 9-10 Kms
Description
Please join me and foremost local birder, Peter Sproule, for an enjoyable walk through Colonel Sam Smith Park and westward to Marie Curtis Park and the former Arsenal Lands. Peter won't know exactly what birds are arriving or migrating through until the day before, but we can expect Warblers, Swallows and a variety of shore birds. Peter will be photographing them and so you will be able to see them up close on his camera. You can see the birds with the naked eye but a pair of binoculars will certainly enhance your experience.
Invited to the hike are the former TBTC Bus Hike team of Monica Feran and Tessa Shelvey. If you ever joined their hikes in the years prior to Covid please attend this event for a meet and greet opportunity. They will be happy to see you.
In case you cannot do a lot of walking and you will have your car, you can chose to return to your car when we will be leaving Colonel Sam Smith Park with the option of meeting the group at Marie Curtis Park. There is one small park in between but most of the birding will take place at Sam Smith and Marie Curtis Parks including the former Arsenal Lands. Driver's instructions will be given.
Public washrooms: Ken Cox Community Centre (open from 9 am) opposite the #44 Bus Loop stop; The Powerhouse Recreation Centre will likely be open and there is also a Porta Potty in front; Marie Curtis Park by the boardwalk.