On Wednesday, July 13th, 2005, this is the HNC Birding Report:
DICKCISSEL Pied-billed Grebe Hooded Merganser Peregrine Falcon Least Sandpiper Common Nighthawk Cedar Waxwing Hooded Warbler A slow week in the Hamilton area, too stinking hot for anything to move around! The DICKCISSEL remains in Bronte Park North, the male was seen July 9th. In the Desjardins Canal this week were a Pied-billed Grebe and three Hooded Mergansers. One brave soldier went out in the heat and stumbled across a Hooded Warbler on the Northshore trails at the Royal Botanical Gardens. Nothing new to report from the Grimsby Sewage Lagoons this week except a migrant Least Sandpiper. A lovely sound over the yard on Sunday was that of a Common Nighthawk, not often heard in the Burlington Area. My Cedar Waxwings successfully fledged last Thursday night and took up residence at the neighbours. The three remaining Peregrine Falcons seem to be living well in downtown Hamilton. I have received calls on the hotline from downtowners who are viewing the birds from homes and offices in the area. Keep reporting your sightings, this heat will bring the water levels down and perhaps create some good shorebird habitat. They are on their way back! Keep cool! Good birding, Cheryl Edgecombe 905-381-0329 HNC Hotline
