Saturday 6 August, 2005
Today there was seen at Woodland Cemetery in Hamilton
Chipping Sparrows
Black Capped Chickadee
American Goldfinch
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
White-Brested Nuthatch
American Robin
Common Flicker
Carolina Wren
Warbling Vireo
Osprey
>From Burlington west on Plains Road or from Hamilton east of Plains Road
to Spring Garden Road.
George Redburn
Hamilton, Ontario
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Subject: [Ontbirds]OFO Lake Erie Shore Field Trip
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Today (Saturday) 14 birders joined Betsy and me for some great weather and
birding in a tranquil and beautiful place - the Lake Erie shore of Ontario.
The trip convened at Rock Point Provincial Park, south of Dunnville, and hit
several spots between there and Fort Erie. As expected, Rock Point was the
most productive for shorebirds with 10 species including 3 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES, and a SANDERLING. SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS
were the most common bird here as well as at every other stop along the
shore. On the rocks around the shorebirds were BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2
LONG-TAILED DUCKS, and a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. Flying over were lots of
swallows, including one CLIFF. In the trees along the shore at Rock Point
we had good numbers of songbirds but all birds that could have bred in the
area. Among them were BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, a CUCKOO, TRAIL'S FLYCATCHER
(Willow or Alder), and numerous BALTIMORE ORIOLES and YELLOW WARBLERS.
After Rock Point we headed inland slightly to the turf farms along Canal
Bank and Poth Roads. Along Canal Bank Rd, we added Horned Larks, at least
10 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, and a distant-in-the-heat-shimmer WHIMBREL, about
which someone remarked was probably the worst look they ever had at that
species! I couldn't argue the point and quietly wrote down that person's
name in my little black book. Poth Rd added more Horned Larks and over a
hundred Killdeer.
Our next stop was Morgan's Point, just southeast of the hamlet of Burnaby.
8 COMMON MERGANSERS were new but other than lots of gulls, there was little
on the shore. We ate lunch at the park adjacent to the point and added a
few more songbirds including one unidentified warbler, probably a BAYPOLL
(Blackpoll or Bay-breasted) from the sounds of the description, and a
CAROLINA WREN. We continued east, stopping at several more points along the
shore and although we saw quite a few more shorebirds, we were unable to add
any new shorebird species. There was still quite a bit to look at and among
the many new species seen, we added 15 more COMMON MERGANSERS at the foot of
Stonemill Rd as well as a GREEN-WINGED TEAL and a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at
the foot of Buffalo Rd. Our list topped out at 73 species. This was a
competent and fun group. Thanks to all for a great day!
Good birding!
Willie
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Willie D'Anna
Betsy Potter
Wilson, NY
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Subject: [Ontbirds]James Bay Shorebirds (Saturday) Report # 3
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This is the third report from Jean Iron who is surveying shorebirds along
the south coast of James Bay in northern Ontario for the Ontario Ministry
of Natural Resources (OMNR). She is part of a crew under the direction of
research biologists Ken Abraham and Carrie Sadowski. The OMNR is gathering
information on habitat changes along the coast of James Bay. One change is
the coastline has moved outward about 150 - 200 metres in places over the
past 30 years because of isostatic rebound. The land is still rising
gradually after being lowered by the weight of the continental glacier
during the last ice age. The land in the James Bay area rises about 1.2
metres per century. This means a dramatic ongoing advance of the coastline
because the land is so flat.
Shorebirds observed Saturday (Aug 6) near Shegogau about 20 km north of the
mouth of the Moose River. Jean surveyed about 1400 metres of coastline 1 km
south of Friday's location. Saturday was very windy and the temperature
rose to a warm 28 C. The shorebirds slept for 45 - 60 minutes on grassy
mounds at high tide before starting to feed again 30 minutes after the tide
began to fall.
Semipalmated Plover, 17 mostly adults
Greater Yellowlegs, 34 mostly juveniles
Lesser Yellowlegs, 65 mostly juveniles
Hudsonian Godwit, 4 molting adults
Red Knot, 10 molting adults
Sanderling, 8 molting adults
Semipalmated Sandpiper, 2263, about 8% juveniles, # of juveniles increasing
Least Sandpiper, 12 juveniles
White-rumped Sandpiper, 1732 molting adults
Pectoral Sandpiper, 4 worn adults
Note # 1. Molting shorebirds are in body molt; none in wing molt.
Note # 2. Other birds of interest were 12 Sandhill Cranes, 3 Yellow Rails
and 2 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows.
Ron Pittaway
Minden and Toronto ON
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