On Friday, February 15th, 2008 this is the HNC Birding Report: American Wigeon Green-winged Teal Wild Turkey Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Peregrine Falcon Barred Owl Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting
Winter continues to bless??? us in the Hamilton Study Area. All is quiet here but there are some new birds to report this week in Hamilton. Of interest to winter listers was a Red-shouldered Hawk seen today at Stoney Creek Ballpark in Stoney Creek. At the Desjardins Canal today 3 Pied-billed Grebes and a Horned Grebe were seen at the west end of the canal. A female Green-winged Teal and 2 American Wigeon were seen today at LaSalle Park. Out on the bay a total of 9 Bald Eagles were viewed on the ice today and at the lift bridge 2 Peregrine Falcons are still being seen. Another good winter bird was a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker which was seen near Irma Court in Ancaster this week. Down in the south end of the HSA amongst flocks of Snow Buntings on Irish Line a single Lapland Longspur was seen at the side of the road last Sunday. In the odds & sods, Pine Siskins are being reported in the Brantford area at feeders. A mixed flock of Bohemian and Cedar Waxwings were seen on the rail trail south of Glen Morris. Bald Eagles were reported along the Grand River as well as over Hwy 403 and Hwy 6. A Barred Owl has been seen sporadically in the Halton County Forest. This bird appears to have a very wide range with no specific location reliable. A large flock of 40 -50 Wild Turkey were seen today near 8th Road East and Green Mountain in Stoney Creek and 7 more were seen on the east slope of the upper Ottawa Street Landfill. That's the news for the week. Hopefully the weather mixes things up a bit, we seem to have lost our winter finches! Please report your sightings, my reports are getting far too short! Good birding, Cheryl Edgecombe HNC Hotline 905-381-0329 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
