At about noon today I saw a Clay-colored sparrow on the Anders' trail at Pelee. It was in a group with Field Sparrows. Overall Pelee had a mini-wave of migrants, including Lincoln's Sparrow, 8 kinds of warblers, White-eyed Vireo. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 29 19:55:31 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep2.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3030C481AB for <[email protected]>; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 19:55:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mainoffice (d141-159-105.home.cgocable.net [24.141.159.105]) by fep2.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 0804731B0 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 19:56:29 -0400 (EDT) From: "Cheryl Edgecombe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 19:57:39 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal Subject: [Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - April 29, 2004 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 23:55:31 -0000
At 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 29th, 2004, this is the HNC birding report: PROTHONOTARY WARBLER HOODED WARBLER New Migrants (in capitals at the bottom) American Bittern Black-crowned Night-Heron Solitary Sandpiper Forsters Tern Bank Swallow Orchard Oriole Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Yellow Warbler Palm Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Rose-breasted Grosbeak White-crowned Sparrow Others Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebes Blue-winged Teal Common Moorhen American Coot Great Egret Pectoral Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Pileated Woodpecker Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Rough-winged Swallow Purple Martin Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Hermit Thrush Yellow-rumped Warbler Field Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Purple Finch WARM AIR!!! What a novelty. What a difference a day makes! A splash of colour at the Hendrie Valley this week with the discovery of a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER in the area where the Gray Catbird resided all winter. This bird was seen only briefly with reports from two observers. Subsequent efforts to relocate the bird came up blank. While looking for this gem, I spotted a Solitary Sandpiper flying up the creek. Numerous Wood Ducks and Blue-winged Teal there as well. Another good warbler sighting this week was the discovery of a HOODED WARBLER in south Oakville. It was foraging along with Dark-eyed Juncos in Norway Spruce bordering the west side of the baseball diamond the South East Sports Field in Oakville. Directions from Winston Churchill and QEW: go south to Lakeshore Road turn west (right) take first right into South East Water Treatment Plant and left behind daycare to the sport field parking lot. This bird was seen as recently as yesterday. Reports from Dundas Marsh (aka the Willows off of Olympic Drive) include Blue-winged Teal, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, YELLOW WARBLER, Yellow-rumped Warbler and PALM WARBLER. Today and yesterday migrants seen at Shell Park include BLUE HEADED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, ORCHARD ORIOLE (1st summer), Yellow Warbler along with some other goodies such as Pileated Woodpecker, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Hermit Thrush, Field Sparrow, Purple Finch. In the area of Shell Park this week BLUE HEADED VIREO, Blue-gray gnatcatcher, Savannah Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow were seen at Wilmott Park located on Wilmott St. off of Stevenson Rd.in Oakville. Swallows seem to be more numerous with Tree, Barn and Rough-winged Swallows along with Purple Martins being seen regularly. Today, we welcomed the BANK SWALLOWS at Burloak Park located off of Lakeshore between Hampton Heath and Burloak Drive in Burlington. Up north of the city, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH were seen on Valens Road north of 8th concession. An OVENBIRD was also reported around this location. At the back of Mountsberg C.A. (on Leslie St) two lucky observers spotted an AMERICAN BITTERN standing poised in the marsh. Along with the bittern were Common Moorhen and American Coot. Shorebird reports have been a little thin this week however at 4th Concession and Brock Road, Greater Yellowlegs and Pectoral Sandpipers were seen along with Blue and Green-winged Teal. On the lake, scads of Red-necked Grebes were seen off of Shoreacres/Paletta Park along with one lonely Horned Grebe. Loons were also present at this location. Black-crowned Night Herons appear to be more numerous with birds being seen at Shoreacres, Appleby Creek and Wilmott Park. A Great Egret was seen at Rattray Marsh on Monday. Yard reports this week include ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK, Chipping Sparrow and Hermit Thrush. Thats the news for this week. Keep looking up! Those warblers should be here this week. Good Birding Cheryl Edgecombe Hamilton Naturalists' Club > Tel: (905) 381-0329 > www.hamiltonnature.org
