The up-and-down buzz song of the Cerulean Warbler was a real highlight from dawn to dusk in Thickson's Woods on June 8. Around 4pm I finally managed to see him in the centre of the woods.
On the wetlands---Green Heron, Great Egret, Black-crowned Night Heron, Great Blue Heron and several families of ducks. Birding and botanizing will be highlights at the Thickson Festival on Sunday, June 11, officially starting a 11am Doug Lockrey, Whitby. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jun 8 21:48:50 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep3.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0060063C47 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 21:48:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from videoedge (d141-150-198.home.cgocable.net [24.141.150.198]) by fep3.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 0B9E522653 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 21:48:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "Cheryl Edgecombe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 21:48:16 -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) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Subject: [Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Thursday, June 8th, 2006 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 01:48:50 -0000 On Thursday, June 8th, 2006, this is the HNC Birding Report: Common Loon Red-throated Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Least Bittern Green Heron Greater Scaup Common Goldeneye Ruffed Grouse Virginia Rail American Coot Upland Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Common Tern Black Tern Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Eastern Screech Owl Common Nighthawk Eastern Wood-Pewee Least Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Tree Swallow Marsh Wren House Wren Eastern Bluebird Gray-cheeked Thrush Cedar Waxwing Northern Parula American Redstart Canada Warbler Northern Waterthrush Savannah Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Eastern Meadowlark The list of birds this week has taken a turn for more nesting species in the Hamilton Study area with a few migrants peppered in to make it a little spicy. This week, a couple of new places to report. A walk in Courtcliffe Park this week yielded Spotted Sandpiper, both Cuckoos, Eastern Wood Pewee, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird on nest, Warbling Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Tree Swallow, House Wren, Eastern Bluebird, Cedar Waxwing in courtship feeding and nest building, American Redstart, Savannah Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting and Eastern Meadowlark. This park, located on Carlisle Road in Carlisle, holds a number of great habitats, easy walking trails and unfortunately mosquitoes so be prepared. Another place not reported from in a while is the LaFarge Trail on 10th concession in Flamborough accessed by Hwy 6 North. This trail runs north and south of 10th concession W. Here this week Ruffed Grouse were seen with chicks, Canada Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, White-throated Sparrow, Veery, Blue-winged Warbler and Brown Thrasher. The cedar swampy area holds many of our northern species and unfortunately mosquitoes (again). In the Beverly Swamp, (Concession 8 W and Westover Road in Flamborough) Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Black-billed Cuckoo, Alder Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Northern Waterthrush, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, all reported. Nearby at Valens Conservation area, Least Bitterns could be heard calling in the marshy area at the north end of the reservoir. At the Crieff Bog, Alder Flycatcher could be heard with its zipping call and Grasshopper Sparrow can be heard north of the bog as well as several other traditional areas in the Flamborough area. Moving a little east but still in the north of HSA, Black Terns could be seen flying at Mountsberg Conservation area and a pair of Osprey appears to be back at the nest. Back near the lakeshore, the lake is still holding a few goodies. Many Common Loons seem to still out on the lake along with the occasional Red-throated Loon. Seventeen Common Loons, 20 Red-necked Grebes and 2 Horned Grebes were seen off of Shoreacres/Paletta Park in Burlington and Red-throated and Common Loon were seen off of Sayers Park in Stoney Creek. A couple of Greater Scaup were seen at Tollgate Ponds and at Sayers Park and a Common Goldeneye was seen on the Northeast Shore of the bay. At Shoreacres/Paletta Park in Burlington, a late Northern Parula was seen today and a Yellow-billed Cuckoo was heard. Feeding along the water was an American Coot and a Common Tern. Lots in the odds & sods department today, Green Heron was seen on the islands off of Eastport Drive, Virginia Rail was seen with young at Kerncliffe Park in Burlington, Upland Sandpiper was reported from 10th Road East in Salfleet and a total of 5 seen on the Brantford Airport property, Eastern Screech Owl was reported from a backyard in the Walkers Line/New Street area with an unfortunate casualty of a dead baby Robin below it, Common Nighthawk was seen over a yard in Dundas, a Gray-cheeked Thrush made a new yard bird list in the same area, and Marsh Wrens can be heard at the marsh on Safari Road just east of Kirkwall Road. That's the news this week. Keep reporting your sightings during breeding season, you never know what is lurking around from migration. Have a great week. Cheryl Edgecombe HNC Hotline 905-381-0329
