SABINE'S GULL PARASITIC JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER American Wigeon American Black Duck Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Greater Scaup White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Red-breasted Merganser Common Loon Red-necked Grebe Great Egret Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Common Tern Ruby-throated Hummingbird House Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Eastern Bluebird Black-and-white Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler White-throated Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak
The action is not slowing down this week in the Hamilton Study Area. East winds the last two days have produced good if not record numbers of adult Jaegers at the beach viewed from the Lakeland Centre on Van Wagners Beach Road. On Thursday two adult Long-tailed Jaegers were seen near the 5 o'clock hour. Next a group of nine birds (presumed Parasitic) were seen circling toward the lift bridge and headed out. This was followed up by five more birds in the following hour after that. Yesterday a highlight was two more adult Long-tailed Jaegers followed by "the group of seven" adult Parasitic Jaegers which gave good looks to viewers at the beach. Other birds seen in the week include SABINE'S GULLS, American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Greater Scaup, White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Loon, Red-necked Grebe, Common Terns and keeping you entertained while you look for pelagics, Sanderling and Ruddy Turnstone. East winds are supposed to continue today. Nearby at Windermere Basin a good variety of shorebirds continue to be seen. Highlights include Black-bellied, American Golden and Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated, Least Baird's, Pectoral and Stilt Sandpiper (up to 9). A Long-billed Dowitcher has been a long staying highlight here as well. Two Great Egrets were seen mid-week at the basin. At the islands off Eastport Drive a White-rumped Sandpiper was a good find. The woodlots have been less busy this week. Birds seen at Confederation Park last weekend include, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, House Wren, Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Swainson's Thrush, Black-and-white, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Bay-breasted, Chestnut-sided, Black-throated green Warbler, White-throated Sparrows in good numbers and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. If you were out on a clear night this past week, the thrush migration was on at full force. One keen observer heard Swainson's and Grey-cheeked Thrushes go over in large numbers mid week. Another neat sighting yesterday was of a flock of 120 Eastern Bluebirds swirling around the Royal Botanical Gardens Arboretum. That's the news for this week. Winds are supposed to be East at 25km/h all day today, good conditions for the west end of Lake Ontario. No guarantee on birds but these conditions have produced for the last two days so I anticipate there will be something out there today. Good Birding, Cheryl Edgecombe HNC. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Hamilton Birders email group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To reply to the group, click Reply-all. To reply to the individual who wrote the email, click Reply. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hamiltonbirds?hl=en?hl=en _______________________________________________ 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
