{"id":12042,"date":"2010-06-22T23:41:51","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T03:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=12042"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:11:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:11:54","slug":"summer-shorts-008-birds-of-tommy-thompson-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/06\/22\/summer-shorts-008-birds-of-tommy-thompson-park\/","title":{"rendered":"SUMMER SHORTS 008: Birds of Tommy Thompson Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"photo by Alan Vernon\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/radio\/images\/spacing-radio-summer-shorts-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2010\/06\/22\/spacing-radio-008-the-birds-of-tommy-thompson-park\/\"><strong>ON TODAY&#8217;S SUMMER SHORT<\/strong><\/a>: What\u2019s the name of the bird that wakes you up every morning with its  high pitched call? What species make up Toronto\u2019s feathered population?  Spacing Radio reporter Andrew Walsh was curious, so <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2010\/06\/22\/spacing-radio-008-the-birds-of-tommy-thompson-park\/\">he enlisted the  finely tuned ears of bird song expert Ralph Toninger<\/a> in avian-dense  Tommy Thompson Park.<\/p>\n<p>Toninger, senior project manager of restoration and environmental  monitoring projects at Toronto and Region Conservation Authority,  provides insights on what we can learn about our city by the kinds of  birds that live here. And because many birds are more often heard then  seen, Toninger provides an aural tour of the amazing variety living on  the Leslie Street Spit \u2014 from the catbird, which is known for mimicking  sounds (including a cellphone ringtone) to early-rising robins and  familiar chickadees and red-winged blackbirds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2010\/06\/22\/spacing-radio-008-the-birds-of-tommy-thompson-park\/\">LISTEN TO THE SUMMER SHORT NOW<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ON TODAY&#8217;S SUMMER SHORT: What\u2019s the name of the bird that wakes you up every morning with its high pitched call? What species make up Toronto\u2019s feathered population? Spacing Radio reporter Andrew Walsh was curious, so he enlisted the finely tuned ears of bird song expert Ralph Toninger in avian-dense Tommy Thompson Park. 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