At 6:15pm, Thursday, August 21st, 2003, this is the Hamilton Naturalists' Club Birding Hotline Report. The Hotline is normally revised on Thursday, unless an unusual bird turns up in the Hamilton area.
Fall passerine migration is starting to ramp up. Observers who were 'out and about' this week reported seeing more warblers and flycatchers. A trip to the Waterdown North Wetland Trails produced AMERICAN REDSTART, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, RED-EYED VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, RUFFED GROUSE and an OSPREY. Elsewhere, numerous sightings were received from Courtcliff Park, including BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, BLACK & WHITE WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, CEDAR WAXWING, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN PHOEBE, EASTERN KINGBIRD, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, PURPLE FINCH, GREEN HERON, GREAT BLUE HERON, BELTED KINGFISHER, AMERICAN BITTERN, and COOPER'S HAWK. Other local reports include a MERLIN at Sioux Lookout, RED-THROATED LOON at Spencer Smith Park, LEAST BITTERN near Copetown, and EASTERN SCREECH OWL at New Street and Guelph Line in Burlington. COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen over Burlington, the Dundas Valley, and your reporter's yard in east Hamilton. Shorebirds continue to be seen with some regularity. WILSON'S PHALAROPE, RUDDY TURNSTONE, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SANDERLING, and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were reported from the Grimsby Sewage Lagoons, and a trip to the north shore of Lake Erie yielded 12 species including WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER at Grabell Point, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER at Morgan's Point, and a pair of GREAT EGRETS at Stonemill Road. Last but not least, highlights of banding at Selkirk Provincial Park this past week were a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and a NORTHERN HARRIER. That's all for now, be sure to let us know about your sightings. 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]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
