At 8:45 p.m. on Thursday, September 8th, 2005 this is the HNC Birding Report:
PARASITIC JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER SABINE'S GULL Red-necked Grebe Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Wood Duck Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Sanderling Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Common Tern Common Nighthawk Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Eastern Wood Pewee Great-Crested Flycatcher Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Ruby-crowned Kinglet Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black and White Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Mourning Warbler Wilson's Warbler Chipping Sparrow Things have quieted a bit this week either because school is back or the weather is just too nice to migrate!!! Van Wagner's beach was hopping on Saturday. The passage of a cold front made conditions ideal to bring things in from the north. On Saturday, LONG-TAILED JAEGER, PARASITIC JAEGER and many SABINE'S GULLS were seen on moderate north east winds. It was a great day to view these species as many of them spent a great deal of time going back and forth and viewable distances before taking off over the lift bridge and on to better places. Unfortunately on Sunday, many people came down on the same winds to see if they could catch up with these northern rarities but the birdlife was quiet with only one Jaeger Sp. being seen but as a sideshow, a flying Red-necked Grebe, Green-winged Teal, some Common Terns and Sanderling. Warblers continue to filter through the lakefront properties. Shoreacres/Paletta Park in Burlington and Shell Park in Oakville were productive this week with Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Great-crested Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Swainson's Thrush, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green , Blackburnian , Blackpoll, Black and White Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird and Wilson's Warbler being reported through the week. At Shell Park, an early Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Wood Thrush and Mourning Warbler added some variety to the mix above. At Woodland Cemetery a similar mix of warblers were seen with Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Wood Pewee, Bay-breasted Warbler, and Chipping Sparrow were seen in addition to some species mentioned above. Mountsberg Conservation Area was productive today with reports of Green-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Wood Duck, Great Egret (seven of them), Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron (Juvenile), Green Heron, Black-bellied Plover (two), Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs and Pectoral Sandpiper. In the odds and sods this week, two Great Egrets were seen from the GO Train on the Credit River today, a Gray-cheeked Thrush was heard calling in the wee hours of the morning from Dundas and Common Nighthawks continue to be seen on migration over Hamilton. That's the news for the week, until next time.... Good birding, Cheryl Edgecombe HNC Hotline 905-381-0329
