On Friday, September 28th, 2012, this is the HNC Birding Report: FRANKLIN'S GULL LITTLE GULL SABINE'S GULL POMARINE JAEGER PARASITIC JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER WHITE-EYED VIREO CERULEAN WARBLER YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Wood Duck American Wigeon Blue-winged Teal Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Ring-necked Pheasant Wild Turkey Common Loon Great Blue Heron Great Egret Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Sora Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Semipalmated Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Lesser Black-backed Gull Bonaparte's Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Red-headed Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Olive-sided Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Eastern Kingbird Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Common Raven Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher American Pipit Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Wilson's Warbler Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Rose-breasted Grosbeak Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch Pine Siskin It's been a very busy week here in the Hamilton Study area with lots of goodies at the top of the list to keep people motivated. Let's start out with the action at the beach. Yesterday at VanWagners Beach a FRANKLIN'S GULL was seen in the morning and photographed. The bird was only seen briefly but nonetheless a good sighting. Other second hand reports from this location included LITTLE GULL, SABINE'S GULL, PARASITIC, POMARINE and LONG-TAILED JAEGER. Lots of waterfowl were moving about with the report of Northern Pintail, Surf and White-winged Scoter. Two Peregrine Falcons were seen harassing a Bonaparte's Gull. Out on a pelagic trip last week at the west end of Lake Ontario a dark-morph juvenile LONG-TAILED JAEGER, an adult PARASITIC JAEGER and a SABINE'S GULL were highlights in addition to Common Loon and White-winged Scoter. Other good birds this week included a WHITE-EYED VIREO seen at Lowville Park. A second hand report of the WHITE-EYED VIREO and the CONNECTICUT WARBLER found Friday was refound on Saturday. A first fall female CERULEAN WARBLER was found at Woodland Cemetery last Sunday and lastly a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen at Ruthven. Migration has picked up for passerines with Woodland Cemetery being the place to be for migrating hawks on northwest winds and for migrants on the move. This week migrants included Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Sharp-shinned, Coopers, Broad-winged and Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-headed Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Northern Flicker, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Philadelphia and Red-eyed Vireo, Brown Creeper, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Tennessee, Nashville Warbler. Northern Parula, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Pine, Blackpoll, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Chipping and White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Purple Finch and Pine Siskin. Nearby at the Valley Inn, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, American Pipit, Cape May and Wilson's Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Rusty Blackbird were highlights. At Ruthven this week in addition to the YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Red-eyed Vireo, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Tufted Titmouse, Swainson's Thrush, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Tree Swallow, a late Olive-sided Flycatcher, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, Black-throated Green, Magnolia, Yellow-rumped, Blackpoll and Wilson's Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Chipping and White-throated Sparrow and Purple Finch were highlights. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: The Ruthven Birding Festival is tomorrow. Come out and enjoy the programs, hikes and bird banding demonstrations being offered! http://www.ruthvenpark.ca/ Along the lakeshore, migrants seen at Shoreacres in Burlington include Black-throated Blue and Black-throated Green Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler and American Redstart. In an Oakville back yard earlier in the week, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Yellow-rumped, Pine and Palm Warbler and American Redstart were highlights. Here in south Burlington in my yard this week, highlights included Red-shouldered Hawk, Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Common Nighthawk, Eastern Phoebe, Tree Swallow, Swainson's Thrush, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher and Purple Finch. Goes to show you that some of the best stuff can be seen at home. At Bronte Campground this week, Brown Thrasher, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Phoebe, Yellow-rumped Warbler and White-throated Sparrow were highlights. Shorebirds and other species still seem to be in the picture at several locations. At Princess Point, Semipalmated, Black-bellied and American Golden Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated and Pectoral Sandpiper plus one of the first of fall Dunlin were seen. American Wigeon, Great Blue Herons (50+) and Great Egrets (20), Caspian Terns, Sandhill Cranes and Pine Siskins were also noted here. At the Dundas Hydro Pond, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral and Stilt Sandpiper were seen. Other birds seen here were Wood Duck, Blue-winged Teal and Sora. The first reported Dunlin was seen on the beach strip early in the week. In the odds and sods, a Ring-necked Pheasant was seen on 11th Concession West between Hwy 6 and Centre Road. Sandhill Cranes flew over a yard in this area and Wild Turkeys were also seen here. Common Terns were seen at LaSalle Marina. A young Black-billed Cuckoo was seen and photographed at Waterdown Wetlands yesterday. Common Nighthawks were seen over Dundas Valley Conservation Area on the 23rd. A Blue-headed Vireo and first of season Hermit Thrush was seen at Confederation Park today. Three Common Ravens were seen over Lowville today. Field Sparrows were seen along the beach strip, the first of many migrant sparrows to come. That's the news for this week. There is lots to see out there. Please send along your sightings. It's difficult to write weekly reports without getting them!! Thanks Cheryl Edgecombe HNC _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
