On Friday, September 28th, 2007, this is the HNC Birding Report: SABINE'S GULL
Great Egret Green Heron Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Merlin Sora Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe Bonaparte's Gull Caspian Tern Yellow-billed Cuckoo Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Olive-sided Flycatcher Traill's Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Wood Pewee Eastern Phoebe Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Tree Swallow Red-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Winter Wren Marsh Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Gray Catbird American Pipit Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Mourning Warbler Wilson's Warbler Scarlet Tanager Chipping Sparrow Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Rose-breasted Grosbeak Purple Finch A busier week here in the Hamilton Study Area as a new wave of migrants goes through with the change in the weather. Lots of new migrants to report and yesterday a wave of warblers and other goodies in their exodus from the area. Starting with shorebirds, there are a number of spots good for viewing shorebirds this week. At Windermere Basin/Pier 24 the last two days Semipalmated Plover, Black-bellied Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Baird's ,Stilt, Pectoral, Least Sandpiper, Dunlin and Wilson's Snipe. At the base of Princess Point in Hamilton there is a large mudflat now present and today Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral and Least Sandpiper were viewed. Time for our Godwit to show up. At the Valley Inn, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted and Least Sandpiper. Other birds seen here at the Valley Inn were Bald Eagle, a juvenile Sora Rail, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Ruby crowned Kinglet, Blue-headed, Red-eyed and Philadelphia Vireos, Palm Warbler, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Blue, Wilson's Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Fox Sparrow and Rusty Blackbird. The Dundas Marsh is less busy these days however on Monday an observer had the rare treat of seeing a SABINE'S GULL sitting out in the marsh with the Ring-billed Gulls. Other birds seen in the marsh this week include Great Egret, American Golden, Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plover , Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral, Baird's and Least Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull, Caspian Tern, Red-eyed Vireo, Tree Swallow, Marsh and House Wren, American Pipit,many Yellow-rumped Warbler, Palm and Blackpoll Warbler, Common Yellowthroat and many White-throated Sparrow. Last Saturday brought the first report of Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow to the marsh. Be cautious of walking on the mud its a bit sticky in places since the rainfall. Probably the big story of the week were the migrants which came in on Thursday and Friday to many of our lakefront properties. Shell Park was very productive last Sunday with highlights including Olive-sided Flycatcher, Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Purple Finch for the group. Other migrants seen this week included 14 species of Warbler yesterday, four species of Vireo, Traills Flycatcher, Eastern Wood Pewee, Gray-cheeked, Hermit and Swainson's Thrush, White-crowned and White-throated Sparrow. A similar story at Shoreacres/Paletta Park where yesterday at noon it looked like a mob scene with Yellow-rumped Warblers everywhere. Also seen yesterday and today were Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina and Winter Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Gray-cheeked Swainson's and Hermit Thrush, Gray Catbird, Tennessee, Nashville, Northern Parula, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Palm, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Lincoln's and White-throated Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Purple Finch. Also present however were the party poopers, Sharp-shinned, Cooper's Hawks perched in the woods waiting for lunch and/or dinner and a Merlin which almost hit my head while terrorizing a pigeon. At Rattray Marsh in Mississauga, another nice mix of birds yesterday with Green Heron, Northern Harrier, Osprey, Killdeer, Lesser Yellowlegs, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Nashville, Black-throated Blue, Chestnut-sided and Magnolia Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Mourning Warbler and White-throated Sparrow. At LaSalle Park in the week a nice variety of warblers as well with at least 4 Northern Parulas present in one tree along with Blackpoll, Pine, Wilson's, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green Warbler and American Redstart. Behind VanWagners Ponds this week Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, Red-eyed Vireo, Swainson's Thrush, Gray Catbird, Nashville, Black throated Green, Black-throated Blue, Blackpoll and Magnolia Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and White-throated Sparrow. In the odds and sods, at Woodland Cemetery this week, Chipping Sparrows seem to be abundant and our first Dark-eyed Juncos are starting to appear. A Dark-eyed Junco flew over a yard in Dundas last Saturday. An Osprey was seen today over Dundurn Castle. Merlins are taking up residence again at Central Park and have been seen at Guelph Line and New Street as well. A yard on Mineral Springs sported 23 species of birds this week including our first Orange-crowned Warbler. A juvenile Common Moorhen was seen at the Grimsby Sewage Lagoons. That's the news for this week, this weekend is supposed to be amazing so get out there and enjoy before it gets too cold. Report your sightings to the hotline. Good birding, Cheryl Edgecombe HNC Hotline 905-381-0329 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. 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