PARASITIC JAEGER POMARINE JAEGER
NELSON'S SPARROW Snow Goose Common Loon Red-necked Grebe Great Egret Osprey Peregrine Falcon Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Hudsonian Godwit RUddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Snip Bonaparte's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Common Tern Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Common Raven Tree Swallow Brown Creeper House Wren Winter Wren Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Brown Thrasher Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Pine Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Pine Siskin The list is full of later fall migrants now with a few late stragglers as a bonus for those who comb the woodlots carefully. As expected PARASITIC JAEGER is a highlight this week with the high east winds. Twice this week a Jaeger has grounded itself at Windermere Basin, once last Saturday and then again mid-week. The bird from Windermere was the same seen at close range at VanWagners beach in the middle of a flock of gulls. A POMARINE JAEGER was also reported, these should be more common as the month goes on. Many of the waterfowl that spend the winter here are returning to the lake, these will be mentioned in coming reports. Common Terns continue to straggle through with some ending up on the bay and at Tollgate Pond last weekend. Other notables include Common Loon, Sanderling, Bonaparte's Gull and two different immature Lesser Black-backed Gulls. A NELSON'S SPARROW was found in the northeast corner of the field at Rebecca and Great Lakes Blvd but was not relocated subsequently. Windermere Basin and Red Hill Stormwater Pond have still been good for shorebirds. White-rumped Sandpipers seem to be in good supply this year with numbers in the teens over the week at both locations and 26 today at Red Hill Stormwater Pond. Birds at Windermere include Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone (Tollgate), Sanderling, Semipalmated, White-rumped, Pectoral and Stilt Sandpiper and Dunlin. An interesting find is a late Short-billed Dowitcher keeping company with a Long-billed Dowitcher at Windermere Basin. The first of fall Wilson's Snipe was flushed from the basin as well. Two lucky observers had two Hudsonian Godwits flyover at VanWagners Beach. The week before an incredible 42 were seen from the end of Green Road. Another one was reported near the lift bridge that week as well. An American Golden Plover was seen in a flock of Killdeer at the field behind the Home Depot on Burloak this week. The woodlots have been full of migrants this week. With high winds last weekend, birds were grounded and concentrated in sheltered areas. Areas reported from include Bronte Bluffs, Bronte Cemetery, Shell Park, Great Lakes Stormwater Pond, Shoreacres, Sherwood Forest Park, VanWagners Ponds, Confederation Park, McMaster Forest, Olympic Arena and Princess Point. It's nice to see all these areas covered. Birds reported include Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Shoreacres/Paletta in Burlington), Black-billed Cuckoo (Bronte Cemetery), Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (late record at VanWagners Ponds), Eastern Phoebe, Blue-headed, Philadelphia and Red-eyed Vireo, Brown Creeper, House Wren (in numbers), Winter Wren, Marsh Wren (Great Lake's Stormwater Pond) Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Gray-cheeked, Swainson's and Hermit Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Tennessee, Orange-crowned, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, Palm, Pine , Yellow-rumped and Black-throated Green Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Chipping, Field, Savannah (Great Lakes Stormwater Pond) , Lincoln's, Swamp, White-throated, White-crowned Sparrow. Another good record was an immature male Indigo Bunting at Burloak Waterfront Park. In the odds and sods this week, five Snow Geese were seen in a large flock of Canada Geese on Hwy 8 near Van Dam Seeds in Flamborough. A Horned Grebe was spotted near Bronte where a late Osprey made a flyby on Tuesday. A small gathering of Red-necked Grebes took shelter in the harbour last Saturday during high winds. There have been reports of Great Egrets in Cootes Paradise and at the Red Hill Stormwater Pond. Two Peregrine Falcons have been looking at Windermere Basin as their own personal snack bar. Two Common Ravens were seen circling over the fields at the Home Depot east of Burloak Dr and the QEW. An Eastern Meadowlark was seen at Windermere Basin. Rusty Blackbirds are starting to move with one seen at the lakefront trail near Barangas just west of Confederation Park. Pine Siskins are being reported in small numbers at feeders throughout the area. It's an exciting time of year, anything could show up at any time. Keep your sightings coming and report them here! Good birding, Happy Thanksgiving 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
