At 6:30pm, Thursday, April 3rd, 2003, this is the Hamilton Naturalists' Club Birding Hotline Report. The Hotline is normally revised on Thursday nights, unless an unusual bird turns up in the Hamilton area.
Most of this week's reports come from futher afield, but locally the following birds were reported: CASPIAN TERNS at the CCIW, three GREAT BLUE HERONS over Rock Chapel, COOPER'S HAWK in Dundas, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER near the Dundas Hydro Station, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK in the Hopkins Tract, an immature BALD EAGLE near Middletown Road and the 5th Concession in Flamborough, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, CAROLINA WREN, NORTHERN FLICKER, BROWN CREEPER, and WINTER WREN at Shoreacres/Paletta Park, PILEATED WOODPECKER at Crawford Lake Conservation Area, a pair of SANDHILL CRANES at Valens, and an immature KING EIDER at the foot of Green Road on the Stoney Creek lakeshore. Out of town, the Long Point area was well represented with a EURASION WIGEON at Lee Brown's Pond, 12 LITTLE GULLS in the bay, VIRGINIA RAIL and SANDHILL CRANE at Turkey Point marsh, and SONG SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, CHIPPING SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, EASTERN TOWHEE, EASTERN PHOEBE, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, BROWN CREEPER, HERMIT THRUSH, NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, WILSON'S SNIPE, and BONAPARTE'S GULL at various locations. The Townsend sewage lagoons were also busy with nine white and three blue phase SNOW GEESE, 200 TUNDRA SWANS, thousands of CANADA GEESE, RING-NECKED DUCKS, COMMON MERGANSERS and many other species of waterfowl. On the Grand River at Cayuga, 46 TURKEY VULTURES were seen kettling on Sunday, SANDHILL CRANES were reported from Grass Lake near Glen Morris, and 100 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS were seen on the Niagara River above the falls near the barge. New arrivals at Point Pelee this past week include LESSER YELLOWLEGS, FIELD SPARROW, WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, CLIFF SWALLOW, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, CHIPPING SPARROW, DUNLIN, TREE SWALLOW, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, and BARN SWALLOW. Be sure to let us know about your sightings this week. Leave your name, telephone number, as well as the time and date of your call. Sightings can also be reported by e-mail. GOOD BIRDING! Keith Dieroff C/O Hamilton Naturalists' Club Birding Hotline Report Hamilton, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hamilton Naturalists' Club Tel: (905) 381-0329 www.hamiltonnature.org ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca Keith Dieroff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
