HUDSONIAN GODWIT FRANKLIN'S GULL PARASITIC JAEGER
Green-winged Teal Greater Scaup White-winged Scoter Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Wild Turkey Great Blue Heron Great Egret Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe Common Tern Forster's Tern Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Brown Thrasher Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Scarlet Tanager Field Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Rusty Blackbird The list is long and transitional this week as the early migrants depart and later migrants are starting to come in. We have had a quieter week in terms of rarities but the weather has been too nice for movement and east and northeast winds are key for the lake specialties. This being said there were still good birds about. At the lake a nice bird yesterday was a FRANKLIN'S GULL that made a flyby from east to west, harassed a couple of PARASITIC JAEGERS and moved on down shore. Another uncommon bird seen over Cootes Paradise yesterday was a HUDSONIAN GODWIT, hopefully the first of a few to come. Shorebirds are still moving through, this week the places to look were Windermere Basin and the Red Hill Stormwater Pond. Reported this week Black-bellied , American Golden and Semipalmated Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated, Least, White-rumped Sandpiper (Windermere), and Pectoral Sandpiper along with a first of season Wilson's Snipe at Windermere Basin. The Raptor migration has been slower this week as the majority of the Broad-winged Hawks have moved through and we are awaiting a new round of different species to move through. This week though along the escarpment at Rock Chapel, Bald Eagle, Sharp-shinned, Broad-winged and Red-tailed Hawks and American Kestrels were on the move. A similar movement occurred down at the lakeshore on north-west winds. Blue Jays were also moving in numbers this week. One of the hotspots this week is Princess Point in Hamilton. Cootes Paradise is viewable from part of the point and a nice mix of birds was seen this week. Green-winged Teal, Common Merganser, Great Blue Heron and Great Egrets (in numbers), a good number of Common Terns (over 40), and a Forster's Tern were seen out off the point. In the edges of the Point, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, a late Yellow Warbler and White-throated Sparrows were noted. The woodlots have been busy this week with reports from Shell Park in Oakville, Shoreacres in Oakville, Confederation Park and Edgelake Park in Stoney Creek. In these woodlots this week Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Least and Yellow-belled Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Philadelphia Vireo, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren (in numbers), Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Gray-cheeked and Swainson's Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Tennessee, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Black-and-White Warbler, American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Lincoln's Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. In the odds and sods this week, Greater Scaup, White-winged Scoter, Common and Red-breasted Merganser were others seen at the western end of the lake. Nine Wild Turkeys were seen on Lower Lion's Club Road in Dundas. At the McMaster Forest several Palm Warblers and a couple Eastern Towhees were seen. A number of Field Sparrows were seen at the Gates of Heaven Cemetery in Hamilton. At the Clappison's Corner wetlands, a Rusty Blackbird was a bird of note there. That's the news for this week, please report your sightings! It's an exciting time of year. Cheryl Edgecombe HNC --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com _______________________________________________ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
