On Friday, September 24th, 2010, this is the HNC Birding Report: SABINE'S GULL PARASITIC JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER
American Wigeon Blue-winged Teal Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Greater Scaup White-winged Scoter Pied-billed Grebe Red-necked Grebe Great Egret Green Heron Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Bonaparte's Gull Common Tern Common Nighthawk Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Common Raven Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Swainson's Thrush Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Pine Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Common Yellowthroat White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak It's been another great week around the west end of Lake Ontario. We have been spoiled yet again with the LONG-TAILED AND PARASITIC JAEGERS, SABINE'S GULLS putting on a good show for birders throughout the week. Early in the week up until about Tuesday the two sub-adult LONG-TAILED JAEGERS were coming in close to the beach from Confederation Park to Lakeland Centre giving birders and photographers spectacular looks at this often elusive species. PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen also including yesterday when one was seen harassing a Long-tail and another adult PARASITIC gave a good show for viewers. Distant jaegers were also seen. SABINE'S GULLS were seen in small groups last weekend with a small group coming in close to the beach to give photographers opportunity to snap a photo or two. Kittiwakes should be here any day now, east or northeast winds are most ideal for viewing and a scope is always helpful. Other species recorded during the lakewatch this week include American Wigeon, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Greater Scaup, White-winged Scoter, Red-necked Grebe, Bonaparte's Gull, Common Tern, Common Nighthawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Shorebirds are still around in the area. At the Windermere Basin last weekend, Semipalmated Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, White-rumped, Semipalmated and Least Sandpiper were present. At the Red Hill Stormwater Ponds, Semipalmated Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Stilt and Least Sandpiper were seen last Saturday. Three unbanded Great Egrets were seen here on Tuesday. Out at the Dundas Marsh a Long-billed Dowitcher was seen last Saturday. Semipalmated and Black-bellied Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated, Least and Pectoral Sandpiper and Dunlin were other shorebird species noted. American Wigeon, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Great Egret, Bonaparte's Gull, Caspian Tern and American Pipit were other birds noted. Passerine migration is also still happening with birds moving again after the cold front. From Shoreacres this week, reports of Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Winter Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Nashville, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Blackpoll, Black-and White, Black-throated Blue Warbler, American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, White-throated Sparrow and Rose-breasted Grosbeak were birds of note through the week. At LaSalle Park yesterday, American Wigeon, Pied-billed Grebe, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireo, Cape May, Magnolia, Black-throated Green Warbler and Northern Parula were seen yesterday. In the odds and sods, Nashville, Pine, Magnolia Warbler, Swainson's Thrush and Common Nighthawk made good yard birds in South Burlington. Common Raven flew over the 5th Concession and Middletown Road area twice last week as well as another reported in North Halton. White-crowned Sparrows were seen at a feeder in Hidden Valley. Common Nighthawks continue to filter through with a large number over Cambridge in the last week and a few over Burlington tonight. Good Birding, Cheryl Edgecombe 905-381-0329 HNC Hotline _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
