FLOCK OF WHIMBRELS IN FLIGHT, WHIMBREL POINT, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, TORONTO, ON

   We can ID these birds as Whimbrels by their long downcurved bills, their relatively narrow, pointed wings, dark wing tips and dark area on the leading edge of their wings.  This flock of Whimbrels had 25 -30 birds.  The Whimbrels are migrating to the Arctic..