American Wigeon Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Common Merganser Ruddy Duck Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Red-necked Grebe Great Egret Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Coopers hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail Sora Black-bellied Plover Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher American Woodcock Great Horned Owl Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Northern Flicker Eastern Phoebe Red-eyed Vireo Tree Swallow Brown Creeper House Wren Winter Wren Sedge Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Swainsons Thrush Hermit Thrush Brown Thrasher American Pipit Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Cape May Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Wilsons Warbler Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Nelsons Sparrow Lincolns Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Rose-breasted Grosbeak Purple Finch Pine Siskin This week has been quiet for rarities but we still have a good variety of birds moving through the Hamilton Study Area this week. Shorebirds are still in the news with a good variety moving through Windermere Basin and the Red Hill Stormwater Pond. At these two locations this week Black-bellied Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Sanderling, Semipalmated, Least, White-rumped and Pectoral Sandpiper, Dunlin, Stilt Sandpiper and our first of season Long-billed Dowitcher. A late Solitary Sandpiper has been seen at Valley Inn. Shorebirds at Princess Point include Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Dunlin. This is an ideal place to watch for Hudsonian Godwit. The hawk migration has picked up again with a different mix of birds starting to move through. Turkey Vultures have been seen in numbers moving along the lakeshore. Along with them, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned, Coopers, Broad-winged and Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel and Merlin. While doing a bit sit at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Osprey, Bald Eagle and Northern Harrier were noted moving through. Land birding has produced some interesting early and later dates for this time. At Fifty Point Conservation Area, highlights include Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Phoebe, House and Winter Wren, Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglets (in numbers), Swainsons and Hermit Thrush, Tennessee, Common Yellowthroat, Nashville, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green and Wilsons Warbler, Chipping, Savannah, Lincolns, White-throated and White-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco and Rose-breasted Grosbeak were birds of note. On the OFO trip last weekend centering around Van Wagner's beach, Common Loon, Common Merganser, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Swainsons Thrush, both Kinglets, Winter Wrens in numbers, Nashville, Magnolia, Palm, Black-throated Green, Northern Parula, Cape May and an Orange-crowned Warbler were highlights for the day. Down at the Ruthven Banding Station yesterday a late Mourning Warbler was banded. Other birds seen or banded here this week include Northern Parula, Magnolia, Nashville, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green and Wilsons Warbler. The back end of Bronte Park accessed off of Dundas provided an excellent array of birds this week. Highlights included a couple of Nelsons Sparrow and two lingering Sedge Wrens but also in the field were Virginia Rail, Sora, Northern Goshawk, Wilsons Snipe, American Woodcock, American Pipit, Horned Lark, House Wren, Brown Thrasher, Grasshopper, Clay-colored, Vesper, Lincolns, Savannah, Field and Swamp Sparrow. In the odds and sods this week, ducks at Windermere Basin include, American Wigeon, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal and Pied-billed Grebe. Ruddy Ducks are building in numbers at Tollgate Pond. Red-necked Grebe was seen from Shoreacres Park in Burlington. Of interest yesterday was a kettle of 17 Great Egrets seen late in the day over the harbour, perhaps heading out south. Sandhill Cranes and Tree Swallows were seen in the extreme south end of the HSA down near the Grand River and Hwy 3. Great Horned Owl and American Woodcock and Rusty Blackbird were other birds of note on the big sit at the RBG this week. Over Ancaster on Friday, Eastern Bluebirds and Purple Finch were heard migrating. Now is the time to stock up your feeders, Pine Siskins and Purple Finch are on the move! Get out there this long weekend and find a new place to explore. It's an exciting time of year. Report your sightings here! Good birding and Happy Thanksgiving! 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. 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