WHITE-WINGED DOVE CERULEAN WARBLER Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Bufflehead Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Red-necked Grebe Broad-winged hawk Least Bittern Common Gallinule Black-bellied Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Upland Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Black-billed Cuckoo Eastern Screech Owl Veery Northern Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler White-throated Sparrow Bobolink Purple Finch It seems like things are quiet here with breeding season in full force but every once in a while there are rarities that pop up that remind us that we should not pass off getting out in the field. Last Sunday a WHITE-WINGED DOVE made a brief appearance in a Dundas neighbourhood. Heard through an open window, the bird was observed on an antenna on Sunrise Crescent. Unfortunately the bird did not stay around more than 10 minutes and was not observed or heard again. In the early week, a CERULEAN WARBLER was heard high in the tree tops along 16 mile Creek in Oakville. Although habitat was very promising, the bird was not refound the next day or subsequently. Nonetheless, the lesson is that there are birds out there. Windermere Basin is still holding birds. This past week Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal (pair), Bufflehead, Black-bellied Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs and White-rumped Sandpiper were all birds of note. The shorebirds were seen last Friday. This will be a place of interest in coming weeks as southbound shorebirds start to show up. Another interesting habitat to visit this time of year is on Lennon Road in north Flamborough. Here, some of the northern species make their home for the summer. Here this week was Broad-winged Hawk, Veery, Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-White Warbler, White-throated Sparrow and Purple Finch were seen or heard. In the odds and sods this week Pied-billed Grebe, Least Bittern and Common Gallinule were heard at Foreman Road Wetland in Flamborough, Red-necked Grebes at Bronte have 2 chicks at last check, perhaps more this week. Upland Sandpipers are still being seen up in Saltfleet with birds seen at 8th Road East and Green Mountain Road two days ago. A Black-billed Cuckoo was seen and photographed at the Royal Botanical Gardens on the Pinteum Trail. Bobolinks are doing well up in Saltfleet with birds present on the Dofasco trail at 11th Road East and other spots along there as well. Thats the news for these past two weeks. Lots of things to look for over the next couple of weeks, returning shorebirds, breeding birds and of course the rarities that seem to pop up just when you least expect it. Good birding, Cheryl Edgecombe HNC
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