SABINE'S GULL PARASITIC JAEGER Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal White-winged Scoter Common Loon Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Sora Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Lesser Black-backed Gull Eastern Whip-poor-will Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Winter Wren Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Black-and-white Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Wilson's Warbler Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Nelson's Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak
It's been a tad quieter this week in the Hamilton Study Area but if you compare lists from this week and last week, one notes a good number of later migrants are on this week's list as we change over. The nice weather we have been having is not conducive to birds sticking around. Clear nights make for longer trips for the migrants so it comes in pulses. Nonetheless as always there are some good birds around to see. This week's rarities again come from Van Wagners Beach. East and northeast winds although light have still brought in some birds and we notice an increase in the number of waterfowl present on the lake as the weeks progress. This week both SABINE'S GULL and PARAISITC JAEGER were seen. Today, a group of three and a group of four PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen. The group of four came fairly close to the wave tower. SABINE'S GULLS were seen at a distance earlier in the week. Other birds seen down here include Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, White-winged Scoters in growing numbers, Common Loon, Sanderling and an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull. Shorebird numbers have decreased significantly but there are still places to check and water levels continue to drop. At Windermere Basin, Black-bellied Plover seem to be the main event. At Red Hill Stormwater Pond, Semipalmated Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral and Semipalmated Sandpiper were seen in the week. Another good location to check is the pond beside the waterslide at Confederation Park. Here this week were Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated, Least and Pectoral Sandpipers. Up to 7 Great Egrets were seen in the pond here as well as Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron and Green Heron. Bronte Marsh is also low producing a mud flat with two Solitary Sandpipers present here this week. Cootes Paradise has been a place of interest this week as an Eastern Whip-poor-will was seen sitting on a branch for two lucky observers. Other birds reported include Sora, Marsh Wren, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Palm and Yellow-rumped Warbler, Swamp, White-throated and White-crowned Sparrows and Nelson's Sparrow. Now is a good time to be looking for these birds in our local marshes. Out in the marsh as seen from the Marsh Boardwalk Platform and Princess Point a number of Great Blue Herons (25) and Great Egrets (19) were seen today. The big fallout this week occurred at Woodland Cemetery where last Sunday, birds were dripping from trees but moving so fast one had to be dizzy looking at all the movement. Never have I looked at a tree and seen 6 Black-throated Green Warblers within a few feet of each other. Other birds seen here in this flurry of activity included, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Yellow-bellied, Least and Great Crested Flycatcher, Blue-headed, Philadelphia (abundant) and Red-eyed Vireo, Winter Wren, Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Swainson's Thrush, Black-and-white, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, Palm, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green and Wilson's Warbler, Chipping and White-throated Sparrow and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Sedgewick Park in Oakville was hopping on Wednesday with Eastern Wood Pewee, Winter Wren, Golden and Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Wood Thrush, Black-and-white, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Yellow-rumped and Black-throated Green Warbler, White-crowned and White-throated Sparrows. In the odds and sods this week, Chipping, Field and Lincoln's Sparrow were seen at the Gates of Heaven Cemetery on Sunday. Another good place for Sparrows was Bronte Creek Provincial Park where multiples of White-crowned, White-throated and Lincoln's Sparrows were present this week. A male and female Scarlet Tanager were photographed last weekend at Ruthven. On this note the Ruthven For the Birds Festival is this weekend. Details can be found here: http://www.ruthvenparknatureblog.com/ It's a great time to be out skulking around and finding hidden treasure. There should be another push of birds again so please report your sightings here! Good Birding, 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 including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
