At 10:00am, Thursday, October 9th, 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.
October is traditionally a time when Hamilton birders make the trek to the Willows at Dundas Marsh to search for NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS and this year is no different. Birders who made the 'trek' reported seeing at least three NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, as well as AMERICAN BITTERN, OSPREY, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, MARSH WREN, SEDGE WREN, CLIFF SWALLOW, TREE SWALLOW, PEREGRINE FALCON, MERLIN, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, and HUDSONIAN GODWIT. Birds seen nearby at Valley Inn include CAROLINA WREN, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, STILT SANDPIPER, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, and BLUE HEADED VIREO. Areas north of Hamilton proved very productive this past week. At Courtcliff Park RUFFED GROUSE, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, EASTERN PHOEBE, WINTER WREN, EASTERN TOWHEE, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, TENNESEE WARBLER, and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH were reported, and at the North Waterdown Wetland Trails hawks and warblers were abound. 200 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, two OSPREY, five NORTHERN HARRIERS, 25 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, three COOPER'S HAWKS, five AMERICAN KESTRELS, PEREGRINE FALCON and BALD EAGLE were seen, along with BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, TENNESEE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, RUFFED GROUSE, WINTER WREN, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, and DARK-EYED JUNCO. Other local reports include RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD in north Burlington, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and LINCOLN'S SPARROW at Pier 24, plus GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SANDERLING, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER at the Grimsby Sewage Lagoons. Out of town, a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was found near Rondeau Provincial Park on Sunday (but has not been reported since), and a trip to Long Point produced more than 80 species, highlights of which were BLUE-GREY GNATCATHCER, BALD EAGLE, SANDHILL CRANE, SNOW GOOSE, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, PEREGRINE FALCON, WILSON'S SNIPE, CASPIAN TERN, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LEAST FLYCATHCER, OVENBIRD, and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. Last but not least, this week's yard sightings include AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, SONG SPARROW, GREAT BLUE HERON, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in Beamsville, plus GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET on the Hamilton Mountain. 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.
